(5) Times Actresses Had Their Appearances Demeaned On Set

[pumkinbutter]

“The director told me that in certain lights, I looked like a monster.” https://t.co/Wy5DZ5jIze
- BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) March 20, 2022

1. In a recent Instagram post, Amanda Bynes wrote, "I once did a movie where the director told me that in certain lights, I looked like a monster."

Comments

[quaintcunt]

who is CGM talking about?? how fucking gross.

[agentsoup]

She's was 15 in 2012/13. If you then think of a 2013/14 release you're somewhere along the lines of Carrie, Movie 43, Kick Ass 2, maybe Laggies, If I Stay, or Clouds of Sils Maria but those may be pushing it.

[sarahvma]

The rapist Ansel “I fetishize ballerinas because of my mommy issues” Elgort was her love interest in Carrie. Case closed.

[hellcatshalala]

he was 19

[el_natural]

Is Chloe talking about Kick Ass 2?! She would've been about 15 when it filmed...

[little_vienna]

Or maybe "If I stay," her costar (Jamie Blackley) was about 21-22 when they filmed, and she would have been 15-16, I think.

[el_natural]

Oooohh good guess, I don't remember that movie 🤔

[boomstick]

No, that Aaron guy was married and not her love interest in Kick-Ass or Kick-Ass 2.

[ponyboy]

a fucking nude line up!?

[blorpz]

so weird. was it for xmen? i can't imagine what would have led to such a thing. nude scene body doubles? very confusing

(i know this isn't the point of the story. but it being so weird is also a testament to how coercive hollywood stuff can be)

[vina_3]

So demeaning and disgusting. I'm upset people think we solved anything with just #MeToo and intimacy coordinators

[skyler_white_yo]

I’m so glad more women are coming out with how toxic Hollywood is. I remember when women would tell these stories likeit was some lighthearted fun story. I remember an interview with Sarah Michelle Gellar, where she talked about how casting for Buffy she wore long skirts, but they wanted to see her legs, to make sure they weren’t “bad”. She told it in a fun light hearted way, and like it was just another funny story. Knowing what we know now, fuck Joss Whedon.

[saintlys]

Yeah, it's interesting and heartbreaking to hear these women re-contextualize these experiences. Sarah Polley recently did a podcast where she talked about how she had this funny party story she would tell about her worst date ever which was with Jian Ghomeshi when she was 16 that she would laugh at and looking back on, doesn't feel the need to frame it as a funny anymore.

[skyler_white_yo]

When stories like this are told in a fun way, it makes most people hearing them not realize how fucked up it is, and normalizes that culture so it can continue to exist.

[patenipat]

Yes, I had a friend that would always tell really embarrassing and sad stories where she made fun of herself or something reeeally harmful she experienced, always in groups with other people, at parties, always as a super funny anecdote. I know many ppl tell "funny" stories, have a self deprecating humour (Hell, I do it too and usually love it when others do it), but sometimes the bad is just so obvious, especially when they haven't healed and repeat their experiences.
I'm always glad and relieved to hear when people re-contextualise their experiences, as the user above you has stated. I get sad when I think about close people who are stuck in self desctruction, defend abuse or laugh it off. But everybody does things in their own pace.

[tomelette]

"how on earth are we gonna make her attractive?" This was said of Kate Beckinsale. Like, there are many reasons that I don't find myself attractive and a comment like this is one of the reasons. She was gorgeous in Pearl Harbour.

"Emma Thompson said that she almost quit the 2008 movie Brideshead Revisited after her female costar was asked to lose weight." This was said of Hayley Atwell.

Which dick said that to Chloe? You're in your twenties, you shouldn't date her period!

[sarahvma]

The Brideshead thing was especially ridiculous because it was partway through filming and they’d already cast her so what… she was supposed to lose weight halfway through the shoot and ruin continuity?

[sarahvma]

Obviously not saying that she should’ve been asked to lose weight beforehand either, just that it proves it has nothing to do with the look of the film and everything to do with wielding power.

[sadmagikarp]

i think the michael bay experience permanently fucked with both kate beckinsale and megan fox's perception of themselves. i was young so i don't remember the exact timeline but there was a point where kate wouldn't step out the house until a glam squad had turned her into la barbie and megan started messing with her face pretty soon after transformers