is definitely the man of the moment right now, but the British star has opened up about the toll his new-found fame has taken on him.His various romantic roles have quickly landed Nicholas heartthrob status, but he’s admitted he’s not always found it easy to be seen as such.
“I think the most important thing to me is that I’m taken seriously as a performer,” he shared in a recent interview with “I’m not gonna ask you to cry me a river here, but it’s been difficult being part of a conversation that feels very much like I am a cut of beef at a meat market,” he said of the overly objectifying attitude that can pervade his work and personal life.Henry Cavill also spoke out back in 2016 about there being a “double standard” when it comes to men and women being objectified.
“I mean, if a girl shouts something like, ‘Oi, love, fancy a shag?’ to me as I walk past, I do sometimes wonder how she’d feel if a builder said that to her,” he toldinterview, Nicholas went on to say he finds it especially challenging when people conflate his characters with his real self, particularly in regards to the“I felt a sense of uncertainty sometimes about whether I’m taking up someone’s space, and perhaps guilt. At the same time, I see those characters as not solely their sexuality.