Elle Fanning is reminding us of the uncomfortable realities of Hollywood experienced by far too many young actors. The Great star, who has been in the industry since 2001, shared a gross story with The Hollywood Reporter about being told she was “unfuckable” as a teenager.

While participating in THR‘s Emmys roundtable interview, Fanning — who is now 25 — said she lost out on a role in an unnamed comedy when she was 16 because of her appearance.

“I’ve never told this story, but I was trying out for a movie. I didn’t get it. I don’t even think they ever made it, but it was a father-daughter road trip comedy,” Fanning began. “I didn’t hear from my agents because they wouldn’t tell me things like this — that filtration system is really important because there’s probably a lot more damaging comments that they filtered — but this one got to me.”

She continued, “I was 16 years old, and a person said, ‘Oh, she didn’t get the father-daughter road trip comedy because she’s unfuckable.’”

Sheryl Lee Ralph, who was also participating in the roundtable, said, “Whoa. At 16?!” to which Fanning replied, “Yeah, it’s so disgusting. And I can laugh at it now, like, ‘What a disgusting pig!’”

Fanning did not name the film, but went on to tell THR, “I was always immensely confident, but of course you’re growing up in the public eye, and it’s weird. I’ll look at paparazzi photos from when I was 12 and think, ‘Is that a good thing to see such a mirror of yourself at that age?’ I don’t feel like it damaged me, but it definitely made me very aware of myself.”

Fanning has since gone on to book plenty of roles in the past nine years, including her part as Catherine the Great in Hulu‘s historical dramedy. She’s also appeared in The Neon Demon, The Beguiled, Mary Shelley and The Girl from Plainville, and has a whole slew of projects in the works.