Florence Pugh is speaking out about the alleged sexual assault case at Cornell University, and she's calling out Instagram for censoring her social media post on the subject. The actress addressed the case directly, refusing to let the conversation be quieted.
“It’s an ongoing conversation and will always be an ongoing conversation until we are harder on those that do that to women,” Pugh said.
Pugh has built a reputation as one of the most outspoken performers of her generation, and this is her at full strength: using a massive platform to say what a lot of people in this industry only say in private.
Why this matters: Actors are told to stay neutral, stay likable, stay out of it. Pugh keeps proving that conviction is its own kind of star power. The performers who last aren’t the ones who play it safe, they’re the ones audiences believe.