The 44-year-old, who stars in “Westworld” and British police drama
“Line of Duty,” made the startling comment whilst in conversation with
“Line of Duty” exec Jed Mercurio.
“I found myself more empowered naked than I did with the saloon outfit
on,” she said comparing her nude scenes in HBO hit “Westworld” to the
flouncy, busty getup she wears as the sex worker robot Maeve Millay.
“I was more comfortable naked because the costume was the most potent
objectification of a woman, with the boobs pushed right up, the tiny
waist. It’s an invitation for sex,” she explained. “The fishnet tights,
the little heels with the laces... It’s all about sensuality. It’s about
eroticism. It’s about ‘Look, but don’t touch.’ It’s all there to make
the invitation for sex as provocative as possible and then the promise
of satisfaction is practically just there.”
Newton has been outspoken about issues like racism and sexism in the
past. She revealed she was sexually abused as a teen early in her acting
career by an unnamed male director, who she claims had her touch
herself during a callback audition on tape and then played the tape at
parties for guests.
The mother-of-three has also confessed to struggling with bulimia while studying anthropology at Cambridge University.
"I was not perceived as the person that boys wanted to go out with. And
that has a very strong effect on a young girl,” she said. “I was lying
in bed and I remember feeling my heart against my ribcage. Because my
ribs were so close to my skin it was like my heart was coming out. I
thought: ‘f----, I’m going to die.’”
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