Not interested in playing damsel in distress roles: Tomlinson

Actress Eleanor Tomlinson, who plays strong-headed Demelza on TV show "Poldark", has praised Hollywood actress Jennifer Lawrence for paving the way for women to play strong characters in Hollywood.

The 24-year-old actress says she herself wants roles that are not about being the damsel in distress, reported The Sunday Telegraph.

"Jennifer has really opened up a whole category of films for women. There are now superhero movies fronted by women and I think directors generally are moving away from that stereotypical woman's role that is just about being flirted with by a man before falling into his arms.

"I'm not interested in being the damsel in distress; I want someone who has her own storyline and her own mission - not a woman who, to use a comedy term, is just there to provide the feed line to someone else's joke."
 

The actress she also has no plans to be a part of social media.

"That's why I'm not on any kind of social media: I don't want people having an insight into my life. I don't want them knowing what I had for breakfast. And I don't want to hear from these faceless trolls who aren't brave enough to say things to people's faces. I've already read things saying that I'm 'too thin' and that I 'need to eat a burger', and I feel like saying: 'Actually, I just have.