Ivy Snitzer is opening up about the toll the role took on her life and her mental health.
), who has been hypnotized to only see women's inner beauty. Paltrow wore a bodysuit and prosthetics for scenes where she needed to appear overweight. However, Snitzer -- then 20 -- was cast as her body double for closeup shots.
Snitzer said that the crew"treated me like I really mattered, like they couldn't make the movie without me" and made sure she was"comfortable" with everything going on. "[I was] technically starving to death," Snitzer said, explaining that she didn't have health insurance, and when she finally got a job, she had to wait three more months for her insurance to kick in, so she could afford to see a doctor. During that time, she lived off of nothing but liquids.
When asked why she underwent the procedure, Snitzer said,"Because I was supposed to! If you're fat, you're supposed to try to not be."
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