Rachel Weisz: Botox “should be banned” for actors
Rachel Weisz is no fan of botox.
“It should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen,” the Mummy actress tells UK Harper’s Bazaar.
“Acting is all about expression; why would you want to iron out a frown?” continued Weisz, who won an Oscar for The Constant Gardener.
She is a fan of a more laid-back look.
“I love the way girls in London dress. It’s so different to the American ‘blow-dry and immaculate grooming’ thing,” says the English-born Weisz.
Source, Bauer-Griffin
July 11th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
The whole “Nicole Kidman is to acting what Barry Bonds is to baseball” analogy that Weisz made in her magazine interview is coming under some scrutiny. Typically, and Barry Bonds is a good example of this, steroids improve performance. In addition, they’re much more dangerous. Weisz asks us, on the other hand, “why would you want to iron out a frown?” Botox would, in that case, diminish the performance.
Weisz said Botox injections should be banned for all actors. But to compare the procedure to steroids is like comparing a Chihuahua to a mountain lion. Barry Bonds’ head has grown as much as his body. You can see the effects of years of steroids. It’s not known by the general public what other side effects he may be suffering, but long-term use is extremely dangerous.
Nicole Kidman, on the other hand, looks just fine. I agree with Rachel Weisz that Botox injections are a waste of money, and she seems to be doing well without them. But steroid use is a real problem in this country, and to trivialize it by comparing it to Botox makes absolutely no sense.
If I see Nicole Kidman with “droopy eyelids,” then I’ll start to worry. In the meantime, Manny Ramirez is back to hitting home runs for the Dodgers, and instead of apologizing to his fans, he said: “Why do I have to? I’m one of the best players to put the uniform on.” He’s one role model we can do without.
Steroids and Botox have nothing in common. Rachel Weisz is right, though. In America, we are obsessed with the way we look. That’s more of a psychological problem. But she goes on to say that the use of Botox injections leave actors less able to convey emotion, and that it harms the acting industry as much as steroids harm athletes.
You’ve got to be kidding.