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I don’t expect to become a sex symbol, says Florence Pugh

The Lady Macbeth star said US audiences are prudish.
The Lady Macbeth star said US audiences are prudish. The Lady Macbeth star said US audiences are prudish.

Florence Pugh has said she does not expect to become a sex symbol with her upcoming spy thriller role, claiming Americans are “scared of bums”.

The Lady Macbeth actress is set to feature in a John Le Carre adaption, The Little Drummer Girl, alongside Alexander Skarsgard.

She said the production was careful to avoid upsetting a potentially prudish American audience, and claimed US viewers were “strange people”.

Speaking to Radio Times magazine, the 22-year-old star of the upcoming six-part spy series said: “I don’t think I’m going to be an international sex symbol. I mean, I know I’m not going to be an international sex symbol.

“But there is a big potential that when this series comes out, life will be very different.”

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She added that production was tempered to appease an international audience for the new series.

Pugh said: “America is quite scared of bums. And nipples. We had to make sure there were no bums and nipples out. I don’t know why. Such strange people.

“My parents were very cool and made sure we watched lots of European films when we grew up, so nudity has never been a problem for me, as long as it’s done beautifully.”

Pugh said she takes exception to the Hollywood portrayal of often-unattainable female forms.

The actress said she accepts comparisons to Kate Winslet, who was an inspiration when she started out in the industry. Pugh said that she would re-enact scenes from Titanic as a young girl.

Le Carre’s The Little Drummer Girl features Pugh as a spy embroiled in 1970s Israeli espionage.

The full interview with Pugh can be read in Radio Times Magazine, out today.