The former star of 'The Crown' has landed in hot water after expressing desire in a recent interview to stay away from 'posh' roles and eying 'gritty' independent movie.
- Feb 28, 2023
AceShowbiz - Jessica Barden has slammed "posh actors" like Emma Corrin, accusing them of "working class tourism" for coveting "gritty" roles. Hailing from the English region of North Yorkshire, "The Lobster" star has expressed her annoyance after fellow screen star Emma - who uses the pronouns they /them - declared they wanted to appear in an independent film after a previous turn in royal drama "The Crown".
"I hate words like gritty or feisty. Gritty means working class and feisty means you have an opinion. I die inside when I read them," she explained in an interview with The Sunday Times newspaper's Culture magazine.
"Emma Corrin finished playing [Princess] Diana in 'The Crown' and said they wanted to do a 'gritty' independent film in Scotland with an 'outrageous accent' and red hair. I was, like, why are you allowed to talk like this? How is working class tourism still OK for posh actors?"
She went on to insist the description of "gritty" means something else when it's relating to a script she's given, adding, "I'm from Yorkshire. I get a script for a gritty working class woman, and it means I'm playing somebody being abused."
Emma previously opened up about plans for their career after "The Crown" in an interview with the Guardian newspaper - declaring they didn't want to be "pigeon-holed" in "posh English" roles after playing Princess Diana.
Emma said, "The industry loves to pigeonhole. The sooner I can move away from doing posh English, the better, even though that's what I am ... I want to do a gritty, independent film, maybe in Scotland or something. I'll have an outrageous accent, and flowing red hair."
