Anne Hathaway Remembers Subtly Being Advised to Lose Weight For a Function When She Was Simply 16
Again in 1999, a younger—and keen—Anne Hathaway landed her first gig on the short-lived drama sequence, Get Actual. (The Princess Diaries got here quickly after, don’t be concerned.) However slightly than have fun, she was subtly instructed to deal with her physique.
“At 16 years outdated, it was ‘Congratulations, you have got the half. I am not saying you have to shed pounds. I am simply saying do not acquire weight,'” the Oscar winner recalled to Attract for his or her September situation. “Which, in fact, means you have to shed pounds.”
Now, twenty years later, the 36-year-old continues to be enthusiastic about her determine albeit in a extra optimistic gentle. Take, for instance, her expertise on set of her newest flick, The Final Factor He Wished.
“I’ve [costume designer] Ane Crabtree asking me what my physique does on my moon—which I spotted meant my interval—and so she will make adjustment for me,” Hathaway mentioned. “It was simply this lovely factor.”
Nonetheless…
“I’m cautious in my reward of how Hollywood is shifting,” she famous. “There may be a lot extra physique inclusivity—which is nice!—however the skinny factor is certainly nonetheless the centralized ‘regular’ expectation.”
For the upcoming thriller, she was truly requested to pack on 20 kilos, which, she instructed Attract, she fortunately agreed to. Alas, whereas prepping for the half, she nonetheless needed to, in fact, shut down physique shamers.
“I’m gaining weight for a film position and it’s going nicely,” Hathaway wrote to her Instagram followers final yr. “To all of the people who find themselves going to fats disgrace me within the upcoming months, it isn’t me, it is you. Peace xx.”
Now, wanting forward, the pregnant star—she is already mother to Jonathan Rosebanks Shulman, three—is optimistic. Particularly in the case of ladies a making change in Hollywood.
“It is extra nuanced, and it is extra attention-grabbing,” she admitted. “It is allowed for extra attention-grabbing characters and tales. Now the massive query is are audiences appreciating it? If it isn’t supported, it will not proceed. It should return to the way in which it was, and other people will say, ‘Okay, that did not work.'”
The September situation of Attract hits newsstands on August 20.