BFD Loves: America Ferrera
You've all seen Real Women Have Curves, right? And Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants? And you all love America Ferrera, right? She's got a new show coming out in the fall called Ugly Betty, which I hope lives up to her awesomeness:
"She's outstanding as the title character, a homely young woman working at a high-fashion magazine. Ferrera, of course, is much more attractive than Betty, but she's not as stick-thin as most young actors. Which is, frankly, a mark in her favor.
'I didn't even know I was fat until I started acting,' she said. 'I didn't know how fat and ugly I was until I started going on auditions.' Far from pity, there was empowerment in what she said and how she said it. She was great.
'I don't feel that way inside... To me it seems like the roles that mean something, the roles that really delve in and really make people feel connected to it and make me feel connected to it are roles that are flawed and the roles that nobody else wants to play.'"
I totally agree with the author of this article: if there's any justice in the world, America Ferrera will be a huge star. And are they making a sequel to the Pants movie? Because I effing loved the Pants movie so much.
"She's outstanding as the title character, a homely young woman working at a high-fashion magazine. Ferrera, of course, is much more attractive than Betty, but she's not as stick-thin as most young actors. Which is, frankly, a mark in her favor.
'I didn't even know I was fat until I started acting,' she said. 'I didn't know how fat and ugly I was until I started going on auditions.' Far from pity, there was empowerment in what she said and how she said it. She was great.
'I don't feel that way inside... To me it seems like the roles that mean something, the roles that really delve in and really make people feel connected to it and make me feel connected to it are roles that are flawed and the roles that nobody else wants to play.'"
I totally agree with the author of this article: if there's any justice in the world, America Ferrera will be a huge star. And are they making a sequel to the Pants movie? Because I effing loved the Pants movie so much.
posted by mo pie at 10:53 PM
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Do you know if this is an english remake of Betty la Fea?
The article says its a remake of a telenovela also staring America Ferrera. That could very well be its name!
This sounds really great. I love her!
How could ANYONE (even in our crazy fat-fearing society) think she is ugly? She is just lovely. Christina
Sorry for the late comment -- but I'm just now catching up on this blog, and I'm SO excited about this tv show! My Colombian roommate and I used to watch Betty la Fea obsessively about five years back. It was a dumb soap opera, but ridiculously addictive. So addictive, that I'd watch it with the closed-captioning on, because I don't really speak Spanish, but could understand enough by just reading the words. Happy sigh.
America Ferrara rocks my world, too.
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