Keri Russell shared her opinion on the impossibly high beauty standards and plastic surgery trends in Hollywood.
The actress, 49, discussed how she's 'totally empathetic' with her character on The Diplomat, U.S. Ambassador Kate Wyler, whose makeup free appearance is often judged by other characters.
The Felicity star admitted that while she likes her on-screen look, she feels it's 'strange' to look natural given the pressure for physical perfection.
'It's such a weird thing being a woman. Everyone has an opinion about the way you look, the way you dress, the way your hair is,' she told People in a new interview.
'It's something my girlfriends and I talk about all the time. Plastic surgery is having such a moment right now -- men, women, 20-year-olds. I mean, it is around,' the actress added.
'We're inundated with these movie stars. Even though they might be 50 or 60 years old, they look amazing.'
Keri Russell, 49, shared her opinion on the impossibly high beauty standards and plastic surgery trends in Hollywood, saying it feels 'strange' to look natural; Seen 2023
She discussed feeling 'totally empathetic' with her character on The Diplomat, Kate Wyler, whose makeup free appearance is often judged by other characters; Seen in a still
She went on: 'I watch this show and I'm like, I do not look like that, you know. I like the way I look on the show, and it’s amazing that I feel like that’s strange, like that’s a unique thing to look like that, but it is.'
'It’s just the nature of our society. But I also find it really enjoyable, I mean, it’s like a fun thing to play,' she said of her character.
Russell went on: 'I like how cranky she is about it, and how she’s always trying to fight people about it, and is rude about it. I love it. I find it delightful.'
She also recently told the outlet that she 'loved' the show's nod to the long-running discussion about her hair.
In episode 4 of season 3 her character has a terse conversation with a secret service agent who is meant to be her double, as she criticizes her disheveled hair.
'It’s not like I don’t wash it. I do. And I comb it,' her character says.
'It’s a style. That style is: not looking like you spend hours [doing your hair], because some people have more important things to do. It’s not: couldn’t get the top up on the convertible.'
Season 3 of The Diplomat is currently streaming on Netflix.
'It’s such a weird thing being a woman. Everyone has an opinion about the way you look, the way you dress, the way your hair is,' she told People in a new interview; Seen in 2024
'Plastic surgery is having such a moment right now -- men, women, 20-year-olds,' she said, adding, 'We’re inundated with these movie stars. Even though they might be 50 or 60 years old, they look amazing'; Seen in October
'I watch this show and I’m like, I do not look like that,' the star said, adding, 'I like the way I look on the show, and it’s amazing that I feel like that’s strange, like that’s a unique thing to look like that, but it is'; Seen in a still
Season 3 of The Diplomat is currently streaming on Netflix; Seen in a still with Rory Kinnear
Keri co-stars with Rufus Sewell, 55, who plays her husband.
The Diplomat follows Keri's character Kate, who is named the new American ambassador to the United Kingdom, as she attempts to defuse international crises and form strategic alliances with other countries.
The character also has to manage her deteriorating marriage to Rufus.
The political series also stars Rory Kinnear and David Gyasi as the UK Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary.
The Netflix series was created by former The West Wing and Homeland writer Deborah Cahn.
Keri is also a producer on the series, a first for her illustrious career.
After rising to fame on The All New Mickey Mouse Club, she would later land the iconic role that would end up defining her career - the title role on the TV series Felicity.
She played Felicity Porter, a teenager who decides to enroll at the University of New York to pursue her high school crush.
The star famously played the iconic role of Felicity Porter on the TV series Felicity (pictured in a still)
The show earned countless fans, but viewers were crushed when Felicity infamously chopped off her iconic curly hair in 1999 (pictured in a 2000 still with Erich Anderson)
The show earned countless fans, but viewers were crushed when Felicity infamously chopped off her iconic curly hair in 1999.
'Then they cut my hair on the show. They were like, "Would you do that?" I was like, "Yeah." Because the character wasn't known to be this beautiful person. She was this nerdy, kind of overly emotional college student.
'And I thought, Of course, every one of my friends cut their hair. They'd break up with a boy, and then they'd have this terrible haircut. So I thought it was perfect.'
'But it was crazy. People were very upset by that haircut. Sorry.'