This is a pubic service announcement

I have a bugbear - something that ruins a lot of films for me . . .

. . . it's factually inaccurate pubic hair.

Let me give you 2 examples that I've seen just recently.

Firstly, Felicity Jones as Erzsebet in the Brutalist. She's a disabled woman who has fled nazi Germany to America. A serious, dark haired woman who wears high necked shirts and cardigans. - Yet when she takes a bath there is not a shred of hair on her armpits.

Saoirse Ronan as Rona in the The Outrun. A young woman who is overcoming alcoholism by living alone in a remote Scottish croft. - She takes a swim in the cold sea in her high waisted swimming costume and there is not even a sniff of pube poking out anywhere.

This is, in no way, a criticism of the actresses or their appearances. This is a criticism of the film industry. In both these cases it's genuinely broken the spell of the film for me, very distracting. Why must women be shown as so smooth and kept?

I think Rona would have had a generous smattering of pubes, armpit hairs and many small bruises on her legs that she's no idea where they came from. Erzsebet would have had thick armpit hair and maybe a few stray nipple hairs too.

This is part of the reason I made my flashers, I had an urge to depict some lovely full bushes. I think I could have further though, I'm aiming for bigger and better in how I represent women going forward.