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Reductively speaking, its a show about control.
Okay, I do like you.
I still look at some girlfriends Instagram and immediately feel jealousy.Its so true.
We went through this whole female-empowerment thing where we said women can do anything.
And then Reagan becomes president, and its like, no.
I have no illusions about that.
I like my body.
I like what it looks like.
I trust him, so I went.
There were 40 pages of her talking about herself that way before it even gets to me.
And I realized why it had to be somebody who looks like me to be opposite her.
So I felt really empowered about looking how I did.
And Greta gets to have this huge empowerment storyline, which fueled me to push on.
Where does this show fit into the body-positive movement, then?Its tricky, isnt it?
Sheila really is disparaging of herself.
And Greta is too, at first.
Do I look okay today?
Is this person going to like that?
Am I brave enough to pull this off?
Like I said, Im pretty happy with my body.
Thats just human nature or if not human nature, its female nature.
We look in the mirror, and we question ourselves.
Sheila starts to do that through aerobics and learning her body is actually strong and capable.
Did you actually shave your head?
like tell me you did.When I read that script, I was staying with my parents at the time.
I ran out of my bedroom and screamed, Mom!
I shave my head!
And I thought,I have to do it.
I have to shave my head.I actually surprised myself; I thought I would do it.
[Pauses] Oh God.
Now Im afraid Apples going to read this and be like, Lets shave her head!
You could put that on your resume: Will shave my head for roles.
I mean, if one thing is certain, its that hair grows back.
Well, death, taxes and that hair grows back the three certainties in life.
[Laughs] Thats a good one!
Ill get that on a Greta T-shirt.
Send me one when you do.
But back to Greta this was a huge moment for her.Its such an amazing moment for Greta.
She is claiming her marriage.
She is claiming her own empowerment.
They become partners in a big way in that moment.
And Ive heard people say things along those lines.
But I feel that to get to make a move like that, you have to embrace it yourself.
He doesnt ask her to, and he doesnt participate in it.
