![]() Everyone needs to see this beautiful work of art.”ĭe Filippis added: “Having Julia Fox join our ‘Something You Said Last Night’ team is a dream come true like no other. On a personal level, this film left an indelible impression on me, and a deep sense of connection. sales.įox said: “I am so honored to join Luis De Filippis and the team behind the remarkable film ‘Something You Said Last Night.’ The significance of authentic representation in this industry cannot be stressed enough, and regrettably, is often lacking. Executive producers also include Jennifer Konawal, Francesca Silvestri and Kevin Chinoy, producers of Sean Baker’s “The Florida Project.”ĭistribution is being handled by Elevation Pictures in Canada, and First Hand Films in Switzerland, with UTA and Flmkr handling U.S. She's also set to star in the upcoming adaptation of Carrie White's best-selling memoir, Upper Cut: Highlights of My Hollywood Life.The film is produced by Jessica Adams, Michael Graf, Harry Cherniak, Rhea Plangg, Michela Pini and Luis De Filippis through JA Productions and Cinédokké. You are providing a service."įox, a longtime fixture on the Manhattan party and creative scene, was nominated for the Breakthrough Actor Award at the 2019 Gotham Independent Film Awards. And obviously there were submissive moments in there as well. "I just felt like I released so much aggression on these guys. And so it was a little more emotional I would say," she said. much less about sex and more about mind-fucking and being a sadist or being a masochist or whatever. Of working as a dominatrix, Fox recalled the emotionally tolling aspects of the job. And now a thousand dollars isn't as much money to me, but at the time I felt like, wow, you know? I was living on my own and I just got so thrown, I got exposed to things that I never had growing up, for sure, like I was literally 18 years old checking the stock market because that would in turn affect my clients, my money." I just remember being, like, 'No, that check was fake, it bounced. "I remember getting tipped a thousand dollars and seeing that money in my checking account. I had never held a thousand dollars before," Fox responded. Rabbit White also brought up how New York City sex workers are "keenly aware of how much money other people have and of the disparity of wealth." Get your fucking head out of the gutter." "What am I supposed to do, apologize for it and hide it so that your reaction to me is acceptable? I'm not responsible for your reaction to me. A big butt is super mainstream now and it's like, 'Get with it!'" Fox said. "There were some things said about my figure, about my butt potentially being too big to be in a movie, which is ridiculous because we see big boobs in movies. Still, she recalled being sexualized by certain unnamed Hollywood executives. Julia Fox attends the Golden Globe Ambassador Party in 2019. Hopefully film and television will become a little more accepting." So, I feel like, you know, music now has accepted it. ![]() "That's huge for, you know, a stripper to come out and now be like fucking Cardi B. Like, she's really doing her thing," she continued. "For sex workers, Cardi B is like, a great example. She added that the career trajectory of someone like Cardi B, who formerly worked as a stripper, is a step in the right direction. "I honestly feel like they'd be lucky to have someone like me to endorse them, you know what I mean? Like, they're just not there yet I feel." ![]() And I'm sure that it's because I don't have the cleanest image," she said. "For instance, after a movie like Uncut Gems, I probably should have gotten some sort of brand deal, whether Chanel or something like that. I'm really grateful for how everything happened organically."ĭespite starring in a critically acclaimed film, Fox reflected on some ways that the industry still stifles sex workers. I knew I didn't want to be in the sex industry forever but I really didn't know how I would get out, I didn't have a plan. At the time, I didn't have high hopes but I was optimistic. … I wish I could go back in time and tell myself ten years ago things are going to turn around for you and you'll be seen finally. It's that people don't take you seriously if you’re a creative and also a sex worker. "Just that I've been given these opportunities when that just doesn't happen for a lot of sex workers. "It's always been in the back of my mind," Fox replied. "In the New York City sex work community that created a buzz," the writer said, "like she's one of us, and she's really doing it." Rabbit White began the conversation by lauding Fox for her feature film debut in the Safdie brothers' 2019 crime thriller, Uncut Gems. The actress, who entered the sex industry as a dominatrix while in high school, opened up to poet and sex worker Rachel Rabbit White for Office magazine. Julia Fox is speaking out about Hollywood's perception toward sex workers.
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