’It’s Utterly Insane’: Laverne Cox And The Uglies Cast Talk Beauty Standards They’d Go To The Smoke For

 What’s even scarier than a dystopian sci-fi concept? The one’s that actually feel relatable to the world we live in. Among the newest 2024 Netflix movie and TV release dates to hit the streaming service is an adaptation of Scott Westerfield’s Uglies. The movie follows a fictional world where people get cosmetic surgery at the age of 16 to enjoy the land of the “Pretties.” But as our main character, Tally, learns, those who reject these societal standards flee to a place called The Smoke, which completely accepts everyone.

When CinemaBlend sat down with the cast to learn more Uglies movies details (such as the wild long time Joey King has been trying to get the movie made), they spoke about the beauty standards in our current world that they would escape to another world for. Here’s what Laverne Cox said:

Oh gosh, all of it. I mean, I love beauty and it's interesting because I have to be really critical about the men that I'm attracted to, right? I love beautiful men. I love a certain kind of bone structure, but I think weight – our fat phobic culture is like so toxic in diet culture and fat phobia. I would go to The Smoke for that.