How gorgeous is Rosie Huntington-Whiteley? But the supermodel and girlfriend of actor Jason Statham isn’t just a pretty face, and proves it during her sit down with The Observer for one of her most in-depth interviews yet. The actress, entrepreneur and Victoria’s Secret Angel reveals her insecurities, her thoughts on the modeling industry and why you should always be ready for someone to take your picture.
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New Interview: Get to Know Supermodel Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
- On her style at 15: “I was never particularly fashionable. I remember walking into a restaurant wearing them [fake UGGs], and literally everybody turned to look at me, and they all laughed.”
- On living in the public eye: “It can become uncomfortable. I remember having a conversation with one of my girlfriends in New York, a very famous model, and she said: ‘It’s so exhausting to have to constantly try and be what everyone wants me to be.’ Everyone’s paparazzi. The moment you leave your house you’ve got to be ready for somebody to be taking something of you, someone who’s going to be making money from you.”
- On feeling insecure about her lead role in Transformers: “It was very upsetting for me – there was this other Rosie that was becoming famous and it was quite an out-of-body experience. I didn’t know how to handle it. I cut myself off from everything. I wouldn’t go on the internet. I hid for quite a while. I got very nervous in public, actually. There was… not a lot of support for me during that time. I took the opportunity, because how was I supposed to say no? [But] people want to see you fall. Your fans want to see you fall. Everyone wants to see you fall.”
- On the modeling industry: “There’s been a real shift. It’s been a funny 10 years to be in the industry. I started in 2003, when castings were sent to me by fax. Now everything is put out on social media as soon as it’s shot. There’s more engagement. Everybody wants to know the models. You’re more real now than ever. You’re no longer this one-dimensional image. Perhaps the paparazzi is part of that. It’s more expected now for supermodels to be smart, to have opinions, to have a personality.”
To read the full interview, click here! It’s a good one. xo
