As Megan Fox’s celebrity rose early in her career, she was pressured to dress a certain way so that she would be taken “more seriously” by the film industry.
“I was battling my own demons psychologically,” she told Who What Wear. “I wasn’t really worried about fashion at that moment.”
She said many people “wanted me to look a certain way” during the early days of her career. “Everyone wanted me to look like a movie star so that I could land this role,” the 35-year-old explained, referring to the cult film Jennifer’s Body.
She also addressed a number of outfits she’s donned and how each look made her feel. When shown a photo from an event in Los Angeles in the early 2000s, Fox said, “This was the era of me not giving a single fuck. I was famous and not happy about it.”
At that time, she was struggling with her unexpected fame and nothing else mattered. “I had a real problem with authority when I was young. I resent people trying to tell me how to look, or act, or speak.”
“I’m much better about it now,” explained the alum of Transformers, New Girl, and This Is 40. “But at this point, if you tried to push me in a certain direction, I would go the opposite way.”
Fox also praised her current stylist, Maeve Reilly, who she called “forward-thinking.”
“I like Maeve because she’s not that way. She has a really good eye, and I like the fact that she’s not afraid. She’s not trying to hide me. People were trying to hide me and make me less sexy so that I could be taken more seriously. And I don’t give a single fuck about that. I just want the look to be right.”
