![]() She added, “It was a character I’ve never seen on TV before and I don’t know if we’ll ever get something like that in that specific way that was so edgy. ![]() So I had to follow my own path.”Ĭoming to that mutual understanding, Ferreira noted was “really freeing for both of us,” despite how much it personally hurt due to her own and the fans’ love of the character “with all her good and bad - mostly bad, which I love.” It also made not just her feel happier but “everyone,” as they could now be free of “press making it into this drama that it’s not” and she could “get to do my own thing.” So for me it actually felt good to be like, ‘OK, I get to not worry about this and we both don’t get to worry about this,'” she continued, “because Sam writes for things he relates to. I just felt like maybe I overstayed my welcome a little bit. ![]() “That was actually really hurtful watching and seeing the fans get upset. Sam, me - it was a struggle to find a continuation of her,” the actress explained. “I felt was a kind of a struggle for both parties. I don’t want to play that and I think they didn’t want that either.”įerreira added that if the opportunity was there and depending on what material she would’ve been working with, she would have continued to play Kat “for as long as I was asked.” But right now, the ensemble’s size, Levinson’s own writing interests and her vision for Ferreira complicated things too much. I really wanted to be able to not be the fat best friend. I don’t know if it was gonna do her justice. I just don’t think it would have fit into the show. “I mean, I think that there were places you could go. “I don’t think there was a place for her to go,” the actress says at one point during the podcast. In March, however, Ferreira dismissed the so-called drama as “untrue.'Winning Time' Director Salli Richardson-Whitfield on Recreating Showdowns Between Two Basketball Rivals The news outlet also reported that there was tension between Ferreira and Levinson, leading the actor allegedly to walk off set. In February, the Daily Beast reported allegations of a toxic workplace, including long, late-night shoots and disorganized set days under Levinson. When Ferreira announced in August that she wouldn’t return for a third season, fans were quick to blame Levinson for her exit. The second season seemed to have more of Kat in store, but plot points about her complicated self-acceptance journey and her dwindling relationship with Ethan were cut short and took a back seat to other characters. With roles in HBOMax’s “Unpregnant” and “Euphoria,” model turned actress Barbie Ferreira is changing the way Hollywood thinks about inclusion: “People are starting to figure out that maybe they don’t always cast actors who are super thin.” Movies How Barbie Ferreira is fighting against fat-shaming in Hollywood
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