Sitting down with InStyle magazine, the 36-year-old opened up about her acting methods when it came to her role as the iconic jazz singer. “I didn’t want any element of sexualization.
I had come out of something in my own life – dealing with porn addiction, sex addiction,” she explained. “I’m being very candid with you because I’m not the only one.
But I knew I wanted all of that very much gone.” Day went on to explain how playing Holiday helped broadened her ways of thinking when it came to sexuality and femininity. “I feel now, after playing Billie, that I’m honouring her, and the strength that is feminity.
I’m definitely in a healthier place to enjoy that because I’m outside of the addiction, if you will,” she stated. The Golden Globe