Italian beauty and international object of desire Monica Bellucci has no intention of moving to Hollywood to further her acting career, because she hates the way women are treated by the American film industry.
Monica, 36, says she refuses to conform to the obsession with youth in Los Angeles, and echoes the complaints of many mature US actresses who feel they are shunned by producers once they pass the age of 40, according to contactmusic.com.
"The Passion of the Christ" star says, "I could never live there. They are obsessed with youth and beauty even more than us. There is this thing in America where actresses reach 40 and go mad. The film industry wants all these young people."
"They also like a different sort of woman (to me). I will never be skinny. I also had a child a year ago, and I have been lazy. I love to eat. Who cares? I am natural."
Despite growing older, Monica has never been shy about taking off her clothes for the camera and say that nudity doesn't bother her, providing it's not gratuitous. She told The Guardian in a recent interview: "I'm not scared by nudity, because for me, nothing is more beautiful than a body. You can have such an amazing emotion from a body. In Irreversible, I treated my body like it was an object and it's great when you can have this kind of relation with your body, it's a part of your job, an object you can work with. When you can have this kind of freedom it's the moment where you can give your best as an actress."
