He claims that when it comes to appearance, there is “still more of a pressure for women.”
When he was a teenager with acne on EastEnders, Emmy-nominated actor Himesh Patel felt “defective.”
The 34-year-old started his career on the BBC One serial opera as Tamwar Masood and is most recognized for portraying the lead role in the Danny Boyle-directed Yesterday.
“Having acne as a teenager is the worst thing in the world,” Patel told GQ magazine. However, it’s a very other matter when you have pimples in front of millions of viewers each week on EastEnders.
“It was rough,” he continued. Being surrounded by performers makes you feel a little flawed. I simply felt the strain, even if everyone gets spots. I now aim to do better.
“I believe that growing older in various ways is undoubtedly challenging. I had thick hair growing up, and the hairdressers constantly assured me that I would be well.
After my 30th birthday, the building’s evacuation just began.I am therefore somewhat affected. However, in the end, I believe that women are still under more pressure.
“There’s a danger to pursuing a certain homogenous idea of beauty,” added Patel, who is also renowned for his roles in the farce The Franchise, the HBO Max dystopian series Station Eleven, the Netflix catastrophe movie Don’t Look Up, and the Sir Christopher Nolan-directed Tenet.
“So I’m very cautious of going a bit too far in the other direction,” he continued. I just believe that you can look for yourself, which should aid you as much as possible.
As in, don’t smoke 20 cigarettes a day. Avoid being in the sun for too long.
As the bookworm Tamwar in the soap opera, Patel’s plot revolved around his marriage to Afia Masood (played by Meryl Fernandes) and his mother Zainab (played by Nina Wadia) meddling in his affairs.
His wedding day won the best wedding prize at the 2011 Inside Soap Awards.
Additionally, for his role as paparazzo turned health worker Jeevan Chaudhary in Station Eleven, he received a 2022 Emmy nomination for outstanding actor in a limited or anthology series.
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