Hollywood’s Hottest Men, from Brad Pitt to Jon Hamm, Open Up about How Their Looks Have Hindered Their Careers, Following Eiza Gonzalez’s Statement about Being ‘Hot’ Holding Her Back

CHARLIZE THERON

She used to be a fashion model and her red-hot looks have landed her magazine covers and a very lucrative deal with Dior.

But Charlize Theron, 48, has said that her looks have held her back from meaty roles.

‘Jobs with real gravitas go to people that are physically right for them and that’s the end of the story,’ Theron told British GQ.

She used to be a fashion model and her red-hot looks have landed her magazine covers and a very lucrative deal with Dior. But Charlize Theron has said that her looks have held her back from meaty roles. Seen March 10

Which is odd, because she won an Oscar for Monster, though she had to cloud her beauty by gaining a lot of weight. ‘Jobs with real gravitas go to people that are physically right for them and that’s the end of the story,’ Theron told British GQ. Seen March 10

John Galliano and Charlize at the Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Arrivals in 2006

‘How many roles are out there for the gorgeous, f***ing, gown-wearing eight-foot model? 

‘When meaty roles come through, I’ve been in the room and pretty people get turned away first.’

She also did not like that so much attention was paid to her looks when she did Monster.

She had to gain weight and wear ugly makeup to play the part. 

‘The greatest thing I can hope for, which is an impossible thing to hope for because so much emphasis has been put on the transformation, but it’s that people can go see it and get past all that,’ Theron said at the time.

Theron is a South African actress who has won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 2016, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Her films include Cider House Rules, The Devil’s Advocate, Old Guard, Atomic Blonde, Snow White and Mad Max: Fury Road. 

SOFIA VERGARA

She started off as a sizzling hot bikini model in Miami.

Many years later played the hot chick in Modern Family opposite Ariel Winter, Sarah Hyland and Julie Bowen.

The series, created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for ABC, showcased the brunette bombshell’s sexy vibe while allowing her to have sass and smarts. 

But still for decades Sofia Vergara, 51, was typecast as the gorgeous gal.

And the Colombian goddess felt she was judged for her looks.

‘I’m limited because of my accent, the way I look. And if I want to do more serious stuff I think I’m going to have to end up producing it myself,’ Vergara told Vanity Fair in 2015. 

She started off as a sizzling hot bikini model in Miami. Many years later played the hot chick in Modern Family opposite Ariel Winter, Sarah Hyland and Julie Bowen. The series, created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for ABC, showcased the brunette bombshell’s sexy vibe while allowing her to have sass and smarts

But still for decades Sofia Vergara was typecast as the gorgeous gal. And the Colombian goddess felt she was judged for her looks. ‘I’m limited because of my accent, the way I look. And if I want to do more serious stuff I think I’m going to have to end up producing it myself,’ Vergara told Vanity Fair in 2015. Seen March 10

The star had to alter her beautiful face to play Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco. And she won raves for her work. Vergara was convincing as the ruthless and very ambitious drug maven nicknamed The Godmother. The star may even win an Emmy for her work

Still, the ex-wife of actor Joe Manganiello used her incredible looks for work projects: she recently modeled the green swimsuit she designed herself for Walmart, a company she has made clothing for for years

Regarding her shapely figure and her red carpet style, the star told the magazine, ‘Sometimes you read in the press like, ‘Oh, Sofía is wearing again the same shape dress,’ and I want to answer them and say, ‘What the f*** do you want me to wear?’ Obviously there’s a reason why that’s what I go for.”

The star had to alter her beautiful face to play Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco in a miniseries that debuted this year.

And she won raves for her work.

Vergara was convincing as the ruthless and very ambitious drug maven nicknamed The Godmother.

The star may even win an Emmy for her work. 

Still, the ex-wife of actor Joe Manganiello used her incredible looks for work projects: she recently modeled the green swimsuit she designed herself for Walmart, a company she has made clothing for for years. 

JENNIFER LAWERENCE

Her looks have made her red carpet gold, magazine cover royalty and someone who can move luxury goods like Dior.

In other words, no one would ever call Jennifer Lawrence, 33, ugly.

Her first big film was Winter’s Bone where her acting was raw and unflinching. It landed her an Oscar nomination.

She was launched to worldwide stardom playing Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games.

Her looks have made her red carpet gold, magazine cover royalty and someone who can move luxury goods like Dior. In other words, no one would ever call Jennifer Lawrence ugly. But she was called too pretty; seen in 2019

Lawrence attends the Kari Feinstein Sundance Style Lounge in 2010 in Park City, Utah

Lawrence’s spectacular career might have never happened because she was considered to be too beautiful when auditioning for Hunger Games.

‘They turned me down, and then they moved the casting to New York,’ shared Jennifer. 

‘I put myself on a red-eye to just show up to casting the next day in New York.

‘So that always helps. Red-eye. Not showering. No makeup. Eventually, they went, ‘Oh, she’s right. She’s not cute!’ she shared.

Lawrence has used her good looks to star as the ballerina turned spy in the sex-filled film The Red Sparrow.

And she was the cutie in Silver Linings Playbook who won the attention of Bradley Cooper – the turn earned her an Academy Award. 

And more recently the Kentucky native used her attractiveness to star as the seductress in the comedy No Hard Feelings.

HALLE BERRY

Halle Berry, 57, was also told she was much too striking looking to land gritty roles, but she fought to be taken seriously.

The former model and beauty contestant wanted people to see into her soul and not just her impressive curves.

The actress’ breakthrough role came in Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever, which was released in 1991.

The red carpet stunner played against type as a down-and-out drug addict.

Halle Berry was also told she was much too striking looking to land gritty roles, but she fought to be taken seriously. The star seen with her Oscar in 2002

She used her good looks to be a Bond girl named Giacinta ‘Jinx’ Johnson in the 2002 film Die Another Day 

Berry with Patrick Wilson in the sci fi film Moonfall in 2022 

She had on no makeup, dirty hair and she was dressed in baggy clothing which hid her superstar figure.

The ‘too pretty thing got to be old,’ Berry told People in 2003. 

‘Especially as I started to grow and go through all kinds of trials. I’m like, ‘I’ve lived this! I’ve been down and out. I know what this is!” she added.

She went on to win an Oscar for playing a distraught woman in Monster’s Ball in 2002.

And she used her good looks to be a Bond girl named Giacinta ‘Jinx’ Johnson in the 2002 film Die Another Day.

Berry is also known for the films Catwoman, Moonfall and John Wick 3. 

Next up is The Mothership with Molly Parker which is sci fi film as the synopsis reads: ‘One year after her husband’s mysterious disappearance, Sara Morse discovers a strange, extraterrestrial object underneath their home. She and her kids are on a race to find their husband, father, and the truth.’

JESSICA BIEL

She is now a thriving mom married to pop star Justin Timberlake as they nest in Los Angeles.

But decades ago Jessica Biel – born in 1982 – was a favorite on the family show 7th Heaven whom teen boys had a big crush on.

Soon she blossomed into a pinup as she landed on the cover of men’s magazines.

Next the looker starred in movies such as The Illusionist, Blade: Trinity, Next and A-Team.

But the blonde from Ely, Minnesota wanted to sink her teeth into more challenging roles.

She is now a thriving mom married to pop star Justin Timberlake as they nest in Los Angeles. But decades ago Jessica Biel was a favorite on the family show 7th Heaven whom teen boys had a big crush on. Seen in 2018

Biel, far left, and cast on the hit series 7th Heaven which aired from 1996 until 2007

Soon she blossomed into a pinup as she landed on the cover of men’s magazines. But she was told she was too pretty. ‘One director told me, ‘I’m not looking for the sexiest woman. I’m looking for the girl next door.” she relayed. ‘[My beauty] really is a problem. I just want an opportunity’; seen in 1996

This image released by Hulu shows Biel as Candy Montgomery in the series Candy

‘One director told me, ‘I’m not looking for the sexiest woman. I’m looking for the girl next door.” she relayed.

‘[My beauty] really is a problem. I just want an opportunity. If you don’t like the audition, then don’t hire me. But if you don’t want to even see me—that’s hurtful. And why? You know nothing about me,’ she added.

Later in her career, Jessica would get the roles she craved like in the series Sinner and in the miniseries Candy.

Next on her radar is the series  The Good Daughter.

The synopsis is: ‘The Quinn sisters, Samantha and Charlotte, have spent the last twenty-eight years trying to piece together the lives that were fractured by a single night of violence.’

MEGAN FOX

Megan Fox, 37, has the type of incredible good looks that make her more than simply the girl next door.

And she has said that is a problem at times.

‘It pisses me when people f***ing complain that I’m too beautiful to get this part,’ said the rave-haired star with the tiny waistline and big pout.

‘That’s bulls***,’ she added.

‘You wouldn’t be working if you weren’t attractive. Hollywood is the most superficial thing you could possibly be a part of. And if I weren’t attractive I wouldn’t be working at all.’

Fox used her good looks to get parts in films like Jennifer’s Body and Transformers.

Recently she admitted that her great looks were not all natural.

Megan Fox has the type of incredible good looks that make her more than simply the girl next door. And she has said that is a problem at times. ‘It pisses me when people f***ing complain that I’m too beautiful to get this part,’ said the rave-haired star with the tiny waistline and big pout. ‘That’s bulls***,’ she added. Seen in February

‘You wouldn’t be working if you weren’t attractive. Hollywood is the most superficial thing you could possibly be a part of. And if I weren’t attractive I wouldn’t be working at all,’ she added

For years, the star, 37, has baffled fans with her everchanging appearance but has kept quiet amid the constant speculation. 

In particular, her drastically different look at a Super Bowl after party last month led to a frantic guessing game on social media over what she’s recently had done – with posters and even plastic surgeons believing she’d had a nose job, cheek filler and a brow lift.

Now, the mother-of-three has spelled out what cosmetic procedures she has undergone – including spending $30,000 on the ‘biggest boobs that could fit in my body’. She also admitted a nose job in her early 20s – but denies claims she’s had the procedure done seven or eight times. 

Megan went on to dismiss rumours about other procedures she’d endured – insisting she would never have fat taken out of her body because she’s so lean – while candidly discussing the work she wants to have done in the future. 

A photo of the Transformers star, 37, left social media stunned over how much she has changed

Ironically, despite admitting she loves the results of surgery and wants people to regard her as a ‘circus freak’, she confessed she’s shunned many common procedures because she’s terrified of anaesthetic. 

Speaking on the Call Her Daddy podcast she revealed the work she’d had had done on her face – getting filler and Botox but not a facelift or threads – a nonsurgical procedure designed to lift sagging skin and stimulate collagen production.

She explained: I’ve never had a facelift of any kind, no lateral brow lift although I would like one!

No regular brow lift, I’ve never done threads. That’s not because of some moral thing, I just don’t really believe they work and I’m also afraid that they would interfere when I do need to have a facelift. 

‘I am very tempted to go have my eyebrows snatched like all the way [back]. I want that look. That seems fun and you can do it on a lunch break and I see why it’s so tempting.’

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

She came to fame as the women who attracted not one but two hot men in Love, Actually.

And she became a household name as the damsel not really in too much distress whom bewitches Orlando Bloom in Pirates Of The Caribbean.

So it’s not a surprise that Keira Knightley, 38, is known for her photogenic face.

At one point she said her good looks almost lost her a role.

The British star almost lost out on the role of Elizabeth Bennet in the film version of Pride And Prejudice. The director, Joe Wright, thought she was just too attractive for the homebody who was almost getting too old to marry.

Knightley made a funny joke of it. 

‘Then he met me and said, ‘Oh no, you’re fine!” laughed Knightley. She got an Oscar nomination for her work.

She came to fame as the women who attracted not one but two hot men in Love, Actually. And she became a household name as the damsel not really in too much distress whom bewitches Orlando Bloom in Pirates Of The Caribbean. So it’s not a surprise that Keira Knightley is known for her photogenic face

Kevin McNally, Knightley in Pirates Of The Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest – 2006 

The British star almost lost out on the role of Elizabeth Bennet in the film version of Pride And Prejudice. The director thought she was just too attractive. Knightley made a funny joke of it. ‘Then he met me and said, ‘Oh no, you’re fine!” laughed Knightley. She got an Oscar nomination for her work. Seen in 2020

Born in London, she got an agent at age six then did TV.

She was Sabé in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), a soccer player in Bend It Like Beckham (2002) and then came Love Actually (2003). 

Next: Elizabeth Swann in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series (2003–2017).

Other standouts are Atonement (2007), The Duchess (2008), A Dangerous Method (2011), and Anna Karenina (2012). 

She had minor hits with End of the World (2012), Begin Again (2013), and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) as well as The Imitation Game (2014), and Colette (2018).