Mary J. Blige Reveals Why She Resisted Going Makeup-Free for MudBound

She may convey the image of strength and confidence through her music, but Mary J. Blige, the queen of hip-hop soul, says her own insecurities and struggles about her looks made it nearly impossible for her to surrender to the makeup-free look required for her character in Netflix’s Mudbound. Blige has already won an IndieWire Honors award and a Hollywood Film Award for her role as matriarch Florence Jackson in the post-World War II southern drama. Despite the praise and accolades that keep rolling in for her performance, the usually glammed-up star reveals in a one-on-one interview with Salma Hayek, that going makeup-free was a difficult transition that almost hampered her performance.

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