5 CommentsBritney Spears wasn’t the only starlet to suddenly shave her head last year. Not long after the pop singer went short, actress Mena Suvari went hairless.
Suvari observed American women and told Fox News that, in part, she did it as a psychological experiment because hair really seems to “make a woman.”
“That was exciting to me, a psychological experiment. To me it’s just hair, it grows back,” she explained on the website. “But people are going to look at it any way that they want to, and it’s sad that this industry and our society have gone to that level. It’s like all about how can we knock someone down. How can we tear someone apart?”
After being judged for her decision to go bald, she admits, “It didn’t really hit me until I was getting ready to come back to L.A. and I was like ooh, just wait. I think I know what’s going to happen. The comparison [to Britney Spears] is going to come up.”
Suvari added, “It really sucks that people could look at me and the first thing they think is ‘Oh, Mena lost her mind.’”
The 29-year-old actress, who has since grown out her blonde locks, continues to try and break out of her pretty-girl, American Beauty reputation.
“Basically there were two female roles and you were either the pretty girl or you were the character role that wasn’t so pretty, but the character role had the personality,” Mena said on the website. “I always identified with the character role. It was something that I felt was more realistic, but I would be turned down for that because of looks and I never understood that and I don’t feel that that’s realistic. So I guess I’ll keep pushing the envelope more.”
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1 patty • Jun 10, 2008 at 10:33 am
ewww what a man!!! is she trying to be like britney spears?!?!?!?
2 Marky • Jun 10, 2008 at 10:34 am
OMG… Im scared for my children.
put a bag over this freak
3 nicole • Jun 10, 2008 at 6:08 pm
shaved head or not she is is still beautiful….
4 Stella • May 8, 2009 at 7:51 pm
I know this is an old article and picture - but she really looks great like this. It’s a fantastic look! Men get all freaked out when women do something awesome like this just for themselves. Get a clue men - we don’t cut or style our hair for you. If women out there are, they need to get over it and be themselves. Mena, I say you and your experiment rock.
5 Murphy's gal • Jul 10, 2009 at 5:34 pm
You look beautiful. I shave my head and it has given me a new, spiritual outlook on life.