Anya Taylor-Joy

While promoting Furiosa, Taylor-Joy described a demanding shoot, recounted having to fight for months to obtain a scream of rage for her character and mentioned aspects of the experience that she did not yet wish to discuss. Her remarks fuelled reports of tension with George Miller.

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Taylor-Joy joked that women might engage in method acting less often because they had things to manage and could not completely lose their minds. She also criticised the idea that an actor could use immersion in a role to justify mistreating a crew.

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At the London premiere of Dune: Part Two, Taylor-Joy wore a white hooded and veiled Dior outfit. Social media reactions accused the look of borrowing aesthetics associated with Muslim or Middle Eastern women's clothing without context, with some referring to Orientalism.

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Taylor-Joy posted images of a very tightly laced corset worn at a Dune event, triggering criticism accusing her of promoting an extremely narrow and potentially harmful waist ideal. The controversy formed part of a wider debate about the return of corsets and celebrities' body standards.

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Taylor-Joy's Twitter account briefly published an announcement claiming that a second season of The Queen's Gambit was coming. The post was deleted and the account was confirmed to have been hacked, generating false hopes and widespread media coverage.

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Following the Golden Globes, Variety described Anya Taylor-Joy as the first 'woman of colour' to win a category before correcting the article to describe her as a 'white Latina'. The episode sparked debate about Latino identity, race and how media outlets categorise multicultural public figures.

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