“I was already starving myself and as thin as I could possibly be for this body.”
“All the girls had this regimen they had to go on.
It was ridiculous,” she toldThe Hollywood Reporter.
Melanie Lynskey.Taylor Hill/FilmMagic
Do people think you’re their best friend?
“I see this has become a headline so just let me clarify some things!
“The first person was mean, the person credited was not.”
“I had argued for it because I worked at Hogs and Heifers.
I said, ‘Why can’t I dance?'”
“And I was told that I was too old.
The truth is the movie was run by men, right?
It was different back then.
I remember arguing about it, but I wasn’t gonna win.”
Here’s hoping thesupposed sequelrectifies the situation, but on-set issues like this prevail.
Lynskey has also been candid about the body-shaming she dealt with on the set ofYellowjackets.
“They were asking me, ‘What do you plan to do?
I’m sure the producers will get you a trainer.
They’d love to help you with this,'” Lynskey toldRolling Stone.
That representation is important.”
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