Teyana Taylor Doesn’t See Her ‘One Battle After Another’ Character As “Overly Horny”: “Are We Watching The Same Film?”
As Teyana Taylor garners acclaim and awards for One Battle After Anotherthe actress is responding to criticism of her performance.
The Golden Globe winner recently reacted to viewers calling the character Perfidia Beverly Hills too hypersexualized in the Paul Thomas Anderson movie, which is expected to rack up some Oscar nominations this week.
“I think we don’t enjoy seeing the harsh reality, but this is what’s happening,” she told Vanity Fair.
“Another person interviewed me and mentioned something about Perfidia and how people felt like she was overly horny,” added Taylor. “And I’m like, do you realize the first thing we see of Perfidia is her having a gun to a guy’s head and he calls her sweet thing? Are you—are we watching the same film?”
Taylor explained that Perfidia weaponizes her sexuality against Sean Penn’s Col. Lockjaw, instead of letting him take advantage of her. “Perfidia kind of dived into the, ‘Oh, you think I’m hot? All right, bet. Cool if I get to still do what I’m doing, all I gotta do is show you a little titty or something,’” she said.
Teyana Taylor in ‘One Battle After Another’
Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection
Last weekend, Taylor won her first Golden Globe for Supporting Motion Picture Actress – Drama for her performance as Perfidia.
