Rachel McAdams has had the opportunity to live out most people’s wildest dreams on-screen in films like The Notebook and Doctor Strange. But in her personal life she’s far more inclined to honour authenticity than fuel a fantasy.
“I love that juxtaposition of beauty, glam, fantasy, and then truth,” Rachel said in a recent interview with Bustle, referencing a past photoshoot with Girls. Girls. Girls. magazine where she posed with breast pumps strapped to her chest.
Rachel is in favour of unretouched photos…
As we saw in her Bustle photoshoot, Rachel asks that minimal retouching is done to the images. Which means her honest tufts of armpit hair are here to stay, as is her post-baby bod.
“With this shoot, I’m wearing latex underwear. But I’ve had two children,” she said. “This is my body, and I think that’s so important to reflect back out to the world.”
“It’s OK to look your best and work at it and be healthy, but that’s different for everyone,” she went on to say.
She’s confident in her decisions
Her candour extends to her latest role in the film adaptation of Judy Blume’s Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, an honest adolescent exploration of faith and puberty.
“I remember being very disappointed by my first bra,” she revealed. “I wanted leopard print, but it was more like a bandeau top with a tiny little white bow.”
According to her sister and makeup artist Kayleen McAdams, Rachel’s assuredness is something that she carried with her into adulthood; “[Rachel is] very confident in what she believes and being able to align with her inner compass.”
“Rachel has such a strong internal sense of self and a really strong belief that the world will work out as it should,” she gushed.
We’re in love with Rachel’s refreshingly confident attitude about her body. What are your thoughts on photo retouching?
Photo retouching is going way too far these days.
Her post-baby bod is like a never-had-a-baby bod.
Yes, she looks great!
I know!
I don’t like photo retouching, if she has hairy armpits she isn’t showing them.
Certainly confident
I could only wish
I love her
Yes it must be lovely to feel totally comfortable with yourself.
Too right, you must feel and look good I guess.
I expected a pic of Rachel showing her armpits. I disliked my armpit hair so much that I used IPL to remove it permanently.
Good on Rachel for her stance on photo retouching!
So did I, where’s the hair?
Me too but thank goodness we did not have to check that our?
Why should we care?
She looks great.
Good on her!
Such an awesome actor
I loved her from the Notebook. And yes, We are the only ones to decide what to do with our bodies, what to wear and how to look!
Yeh unretouched photos are nice but speaking with a ‘retoucher’ he said they even do teens these days – and in fact, he said, that they do the most retouching on teens. I was super shocked by that, I didn’t think they’d need any but then he mentioned pimples and stuff.
There is a limit I feel as re touched photos are still about presenting that perfect image.
That’s crazy! It’s sad how much retouching is done
Gosh how much pressure would teens feel when they see these unrealistic photos of other teens.
She looks awesome.
Rachel is happy within herself why should se be happy with photo retouching
Great positive attitude.
Love her even more after this
Yes Asami I feel the same.
Good on Rachel for taking a stance in what she believes in, but I can understand why others in the spotlight would be happy with photo retouching because not everyone is happy with their appearance.
That is true Onlyoni as long as it is minor retouching nor representing the perfect image all the time.
Looove! Plus she looks amazing and like a real modern woman!
The breastfeeding/pumping pic makes me wish I had an electric pump when I was on that journey.
Yes so many new things available now compared to years ago. Lucky new moms.
I think it’s great that Rachel is standing up for herself and what she believes in.
Me too, we need more positive role models like her
Good on her, what a wonderful attitude.
I love this! Normalise normal bodies. She looking amazing naturally anyway.
She looks great!
I love her
Become her fan
papa’s pizzeria
To each his own but I chose to remove my armpit hair.
Good for her!
I have to say it’s easier to avoid retouching when you look great to start with – but it’s a great philosophy.
i was thinking the same, she is stunning but I am glad she is normalising it and is being a good role model
I love Rachel McAdams, there is something really wholesome about her and reading this has just cemented that thought
I have enough idea why breastfeeding is being frown upon, it fed my babies and nourished them!
I meant to say no idea why! Typo.
I love her even more!
Good on her for being real.
She looks great!
I really like her confidence.
I loved her photoshoot.