Renee Zellweger has insisted she treated the role of her plus-size character in The Thing About Pam with care, following immense backlash over her casting.
has insisted she treated the role of her plus-size character in The Thing About Pam with care, following immense backlash over her casting., a businesswoman who was arrested for murder.
Before the drama’s release, photos from set emerged of Zellweger, 53, wearing a fat suit sparking backlash with many questioning why a plus-size actress wasn’t cast in the first place. Some argued that fat suits essentially ‘mock fat people’ while others described the use of such prosthetics as ‘damaging and triggering’.: ‘There are plenty of incredibly talented plus-size actresses that could have been hired for the role instead of Zellweger.
‘For Zellweger to masquerade as a plus-size person is damaging, fatphobic and potentially triggering to other plus-size people. It seems like she has not considered the effects this will have on fat people, and is unaware and/or naive that she is adding to the stigma fat people already face on a daily basis.’: ‘Look, you want to be respectful and responsible.‘There’s always a limit to how much you can establish an authentic approximation without being distracting.
Many questioned why Renee was cast in the role of a plus-size character, which meant she had to wear a fat suit and prosthetics Paulson later responded to the criticism, saying she ‘would not make the same choice going forward’ and that fatphobia was ‘an important conversation to have’.
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