Hollywood actress Emma Thompson has spoken out about the crisis of anorexic women in the industry. The 57-year old was speaking to a Swedish television show when she revealed that the situation is getting worse and worse all the time. She said ‘It is evil what is going on out there and it is getting worse.’
She also said that she almost once quit a film after her co-star was asked to lose weight. ‘There was a wonderful actress in a film I did called Brideshead Revisited and the producer said to her, “Would you lose some weight?’ Thompson then insisted to the bosses that if they ever make such a comment again she would walk away from the picture. Emma was in the film with many actresses including Felicity Jones, Hayley Atwell and Greta Scacchi. She did not reveal the name of the actress in question.
Thompson also spoke of one instance when she told an American producer that she was an actress, not a model when he made a comment about her appearance.’It is evil what is going on out there and it is getting worse. The French fashion industry said they would get rid of size zero and they didn’t. Not only they didn’t but it continued.’
However, she was quick to add that the problem extends far beyond Hollywood. She added that it was a wider issue that needed to be properly addressed.