Why Keri Russell Rejects Plastic Surgery Trends and Beauty Standards in Hollywood: 'I Like the Way I Look'

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he Diplomat star says "it's such a weird thing" that "everyone has an opinion about the way you look"

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00:00Now, it's a sit down with Keri Russell.

00:02Hi, Keri.

00:03We are so back, baby.

00:05Season three of The Diplomat is here.

00:07This show has so many twists and turns,

00:09some very shocking.

00:11How far in advance do you get the spoilers?

00:13I pretty much read it as we read the scripts.

00:15In a way, these scripts and these stories are so dense

00:19that it's best paced out the way it is

00:23because it's a lot to hold, you know?

00:27And so I don't know anything that far in advance.

00:30Your character's looks are constantly being scrutinized

00:33and discussed.

00:34I'm sure you can relate to that being a woman in Hollywood.

00:37Are you empathetic towards your character, Cade?

00:39Or do you ever want to be like,

00:40listen, it's worth the power?

00:42No, I'm totally empathetic.

00:43I mean, it's a weird, it's such a weird thing being a woman.

00:51Yeah, everyone has an opinion about the way you look,

00:53the way you dress, the way your hair is.

00:55That's just the nature of our society.

00:57But I also find it really enjoyable.

00:59I mean, it's like a fun thing to play.

01:00And I like how cranky she is about it

01:02and how she's always trying to fight with people about it

01:05and is rude about it.

01:09I love it.

01:09I find it delightful.

01:12Try a bra with a little padding.

01:13I know there's not much to hide,

01:14but when your jacket opens, I'm getting headlights.

01:17It's something my girlfriends and I talk about all the time.

01:19Like there's so much,

01:20like, I feel like plastic surgery is such,

01:24having such a moment right now.

01:27Men, women, 20 year olds.

01:29I mean, it is around.

01:31We're inundated with these movie stars,

01:34even though they might be 50 or 60 years old,

01:37they look amazing.

01:38And they're like 25.

01:40I watch this show and I'm like,

01:42huh, I do not look like that.

01:45You know?

01:46I like the way I look on the show.

01:48And it's amazing that I feel like that's strange.

01:51Like that's a unique thing to look like that.

01:54But it is.

01:56How odd is it being part of a political show

01:59amidst a very intense political time?

02:01It's actually really cool.

02:03And I feel fortunate that right now in this time,

02:08we are telling some specific stories

02:11and shining a light on civil servants

02:16who are in a sticky point right now.

02:19And anything we can do to celebrate them

02:25and tell them how much we respect them

02:28and as many of them lose their jobs,

02:32I feel fortunate we get to be a part of that.

02:36Since you were an ambassador to the UK in the show,

02:38did your happy Matthew give you any tips

02:40about life over there?

02:42No, but I loved working in London.

02:46And I mean, we just had such great summers there

02:49and he got to go home a lot because it was so close.

02:53And we did one whole episode in Scotland,

02:57which was so fun.

02:59I'd never been and that was amazing.

03:01And my kids came over and we swam in freezing cold locks.

03:05And it was winter and we went in anyway

03:09and like did these cold dips.

03:11I love shooting there.

03:13I love the crew we have.

03:15It's been really nice to shoot there.

03:17How is your Welsh coming along?

03:19My Welsh?

03:21It's a hard language.

03:22And I'm not going to sing my world.

03:24I'm going to sing my world.

03:25Our youngest speaks it and understands it.

03:27It has a really good accent,

03:30but I should know it better than I do.

03:34OK, to end the show,

03:35we're going to put 10 seconds on the clock.

03:36T season three of The Diplomat for us.

03:39Ready? Go.

03:40The twists come quick and hard.

03:42It's so fun and dramatic.

03:45And this is one of my favorite shows I've ever worked on.

03:48I just think it's a total delight.

03:52Carrie, thank you so much for dropping by today.

03:54Thank you. Thank you very much.

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