Megan Fox opens up about being perceived as a ‘shallow succubus’

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Megan Fox has opened up about how the public perception of her as a “shallow succubus” dictated the types of roles she was offered. “And then that started to change more recently as people revisited my interviews, listened to me speak and started to see me in a different way.” Because of her physical appearance, Fox said: “I was never really established as having been talented.” The 35-year-old added that she noticed “people were surprised” to find she was funny when she starred in the hit comedy series New Girl as Reagan. “I was like, how does that get so lost when there’s ridiculous amounts of material that can educate you otherwise?” Megan Fox The This if 40 star reflected on her early career, stating: “I was so lost and trying to understand, like, how am I supposed to feel value or find purpose in this horrendous, patriarchal, misogynistic hell that was Hollywood at the time. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free “Because I had already been speaking out against it and everyone, including other women, received me in a very negative way for doing it.” Elsewhere in the interview, Fox said that she would like to see her 2009 horror film Jennifer’s Body rebooted as a TV series.