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Is she the sexiest woman of the 21st century?

Megan Fox

By AbigaillPublished 10 months ago 6 min read
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She was named the "Sexiest Woman of the 21st Century" and once topped Hollywood's "Hottest" and "Most Beautiful" lists.

Whenever "Transformers" is released without her, there are always netizens who edit her clips to express their nostalgia.

She was once chosen to replace Angelina Jolie, but her conflict with the director caused the entire Hollywood to ban her. She... is Megan Fox.

The news about her in recent years has mostly been about the controversy over her changing appearance and the gossip about her relationship with MGK. But there's more to Megan Fox than that.

Megan Fox began her acting career at the age of 15 and is often said to have reached her peak. But her path in Hollywood wasn't exactly smooth.

Misogyny was rampant in Hollywood at the time. She once sadly joked on Jimmy Kimmel Live that she was 15 years old when she played a group role in "Jedi Men 2", the role was originally a girl drinking at the bar, but the crew and director said that under the age of 18 could not do that scene.

Instead of asking her to change into a more teenage look, the director responded by asking her to dance wet under a waterfall in a star-spangled bikini, a red cowboy hat and six-inch heels. Because then "there is no less than 18 years old". The host and the audience roared with laughter and showed no pity.

The same goes for her in the two Transformers movies, which have a lot of action, including escape scenes. She was made to wear high heels and run as fast as a soldier until her feet bled and she was not allowed to rest.

Even scarier, male-centric websites like Ask Men and Just a Guy Thing set up a "Meghan Lockdown Day" for bad fun. Just because her daily page views are too high, everyone likes to watch her too much, so it is necessary to "make room for other female stars, rain or shine.

In fact, Megan Fox, despite her flirty looks, is secretly a quiet two-dollar girl.

She grew up in Rockwood, a rural town in the Mid-Levels, with a simple family. Before her parents divorced, life was pure country, with her father hunting ducks and her mother cooking.

Her hobbies are reading comic books and drawing comic books. Since she was a child, she has been fascinated by many artists who create comics, and feels that the second Yuan is really a wonderful world, and she often goes to comic con. Her favorite comics are "Witch Blade", "Gen 13" and "Deep Sea".

The reason why she dreamed of becoming an actress was because she longed to become the sweet and lovely Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz.

After entering Hollywood, she was not good at socializing and her only good friend was a facial therapist. She also never attended extravagant parties and never smoked or drank.

Although being labeled as a single sexy label was not Megan's dream at first, she also wanted to work hard to play a sexy goddess and even tattooed Monroe on her body as inspiration. But then she read a lot about Monroe and realized that her life was extremely difficult. It was not a good idea to have a future with her, so Megan finally had the tattoo removed.

Did not expect that the last social girl, or because of the outspoken in that era, led to the suspension of the blocked career.

At the time, she told the press, "He's like Napoleon, trying to project an image of a crazy, notorious madman. He wanted to be like Hitler on the set, and he was. So working for him was like a nightmare, but when you take him off the set and he's not in director mode, I really like his personality because he's so awkward, so hopelessly socially awkward. He has no social skills whatsoever. When I look at him, I think he's cute. In real life he's fragile and easily hurt, but on set he's a bully."

Her statement is actually a #MeToo declaration today, but at the time, it can be said that it caused a tug-of-war between Bei and Bei. The "Transformers" cast released an open letter in response to Fox's comments, calling her a "disgraceful, graceless and arguably unkind bitch."

But Meghan has been adamant that she did not make up the truth, saying she knew the open letter was not true and she was waiting for someone to speak up for her, but no one did. She concluded, "I think it's because I'm a girl. They left me there to be beaten mercilessly".

Hollywood rushed her into position and unceremoniously fired her. When things cooled down a bit in 2016, she said in an interview that people thought she had been kicked out of Hollywood, subjecting her to several years of extremely negative press. She also said that the single images she's always played in the past led the public to mistakenly believe she was playing herself.

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, there has been a cultural rethinking of how female celebrities have been judged in the past. Her famous movie Jennifer's Body has also been reconsidered, causing some people to rethink what she said in interviews.

Meghan has said that it is her favorite movie and that the role says everything about her time in Hollywood. While the movie is sexy and provocative on the surface, it actually explores women's resistance to the male gaze, but it didn't resonate at the time.

In the play, several male band members hope to advance their careers by sacrificing the life of a virgin. But because of a botched operation, the heroine, played by Megan, began killing men. The last crazy behavior was stopped by bestie Nidi, who also carried out revenge and counter-killing for herself.

Looking at the plot, most people should not think of this as a male B-movie, but that is how it was packaged by the movie and television company that year. Even though the movie was written by Deborah Cody, who had just won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Juno.

Jennifer's Body, on the other hand, was a critical failure, barely scraping by with a 44% Rotten Tomatoes score. Because the film's marketing emphasized Megan Fox's status as a sex queen and hyped the lesbian kissing scene, others seemed disappointed that the film was less sleazy than they had expected.

The careers of Megan Fox, director Kareen Kusama, and screenwriter Deborah Cody have all suffered to varying degrees.

The movie challenges our expectations of female characters and teen horror. For one, it's a female-led movie, which is not common in the horror world. Second, Jennifer's characterization is both cunning and charming, which is rare in movies. But even though the movie was very avant-garde in many ways, it still had its critics.

And Megan Fox's experience overlaps a lot with the movie. She said she often spoke out against abusive, misogynistic things, 10 years before the #MeToo movement. At that time, people were not ready to accept those things, and she was ridiculed and ostracized.

But in fact, after her career took a downturn, she admitted that it was much easier. Getting married and having a baby allowed her to take a break from the industry and find a new purpose. She believes that the child saved her because at that point she needed something to escape the overwhelming public opinion.

She also said that she had no complaints about her life in the past, and that she attributes her growth to the time she spent raising her children, which made her more introspective, self-reflective, and empathetic to others.

Although she has received a small number of jobs in the past few years, the roles are all of her own choosing, and she is no longer the single image of a sexy goddess. In 2016, Meghan entered Hollywood again, and her guest role on the comedy New Girl was the closest thing she had to her own persona. Even after a near-devastating blow, she did not give up on finding her place in Hollywood, which was not friendly to her. When I was with my ex-husband, I was not only responsible for earning money, but also took care of my three children and a stepson, and gained a good reputation.

Now she is a girl with a dream, and she wants to take on roles that are "challenging" and "interesting," but unusual. A fan of comic books, Fox wants to be part of the Marvel or DC Comics universe.

And given her upbringing, she fits right in as a female revenge hero. The road to freedom hasn't always been as easy for an actress as it is today, and she remains controversial.

But from another perspective, whether it is a change of appearance or those who are considered mad in love, it is a very rare experience of freedom for them. After all, it's impossible to win everyone's applause after she takes off her disguise.

Since she's happy and smiling, let's wish her well!

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