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It's a shame that Hollywood results in women ruining their looks whilst the men carry on regardless (Wicked)

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ByCoolWriter · 23/11/2024 20:02

I've been looking at videos of the lovely Cynthia from the Wicked movie a few years ago. She looked wonderful and healthy. Now her face is all sharp angles. The same for Ariana who looks dangerously thin. I've heard many say that it's the gruelling film schedules etc but I don't see the male members looking like a lettuce leaf would fill them up.
Isn't it sad that actresses still feel this need to look a certain way whilst men don't

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Tropicana46 · 23/11/2024 21:25

icelolly12 · 23/11/2024 21:00

Pretty sure Ariana Grande has had disordered eating for a number of years. She's starting to look worryingly ill now and like she should be in hospital not undertaking a gruelling schedule.

She has. I think she has been going through a relapse for a while now although I'm sure all the pressure from being in Wicked hasn't helped.

stargazerlil · 23/11/2024 21:27

PullTheBricksDown · 23/11/2024 21:24

Err I'm going to need more than two words. What about him?

Err no I give you the name and if you don’t know what I’m talking about then you google him and find out. Or do I look like your slave?

scatterolight · 23/11/2024 21:28

It's Ozempic.

Snorlaxo · 23/11/2024 21:28

@PullTheBricksDown Goggle image his face today.

betterangels · 23/11/2024 21:30

LadyKenya · 23/11/2024 20:59

No, not as thin as she looks now. I was taken aback by how thin she is.

Me too. It really does not look healthy.

monkfruitmartini · 23/11/2024 21:31

desidi · 23/11/2024 20:41

it's extremely sad and I hope Ariana Grande is getting support. Way back in the 1930's, a teenage Judy Garland was also going through eating issues whilst filming the Wizard of Oz.
Sad that nothing has changed in nearly 100 years.

She wasn't going through eating issues, she was being issued amphetamines to keep her appetite down to keep her small and keep her 'energy' up.

BaldingClare · 23/11/2024 21:33

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FleaDog · 23/11/2024 21:37

AG needs to stop having plastic surgery. Her nose is a completely different shape.

Clarissa111 · 23/11/2024 21:41

KrisAkabusi · 23/11/2024 20:42

I know many people are naturally thin but neither of these two were this thin a few years ago

Arianna Grande has been skeletal her entire career!

I've got teenage girls who are fans of Ari. And have watched her back in her "Victorius" days.
She was always slim yes, but not like this.

Wellingtonspie · 23/11/2024 21:41

Sure I read shes on some very strict vegan diet. Though between being a nickelodeon
star, the dead bf, the Manchester attack, general famous shit, then the whole
shagging a married man with a heavily pregnant wife/baby at home I’m not surprised she’s got a few issues one clearly to do with her eating.

betterangels · 23/11/2024 21:42

I'm reminded of Joaquin Phoenix in Joker 2. I was absolutely shocked at how thin he was. It was uncomfortable to watch. Abuse of your body for a role.

isitsnowingyett · 23/11/2024 21:43

Funnily enough this photo of Judy Garland popped up the other day. I was shocked.

It's a shame that Hollywood results in women ruining their looks whilst the men carry on regardless (Wicked)
betterangels · 23/11/2024 21:43

isitsnowingyett · 23/11/2024 21:43

Funnily enough this photo of Judy Garland popped up the other day. I was shocked.

My god 😥

Wellingtonspie · 23/11/2024 21:44

isitsnowingyett · 23/11/2024 21:43

Funnily enough this photo of Judy Garland popped up the other day. I was shocked.

She looks painfully thin. Like someone being helped into hospital sick.

rewilded · 23/11/2024 21:48

That is so sad.

Zilla1 · 23/11/2024 21:48

As a PP has alluded to, the widespread use of PED will take its toll on many lead actors' health though it will be less obvious and perhaps take longer. The recreational drug use by both sexes similarly.

Coolasfeck · 23/11/2024 21:48

isitsnowingyett · 23/11/2024 21:43

Funnily enough this photo of Judy Garland popped up the other day. I was shocked.

To think she was only 47 when she died. She looks in her 70s at least here. The studios destroyed her.

rewilded · 23/11/2024 21:49

Why is she with a vicar?

Lollypop25 · 23/11/2024 21:50

Catza · 23/11/2024 20:29

What about all the men in superhero movies who have to go through months of dieting and workouts and then dehydrate themselves before a naked torso scene. Don't fool yourself. It's not just women.

It is mainly women, not just in the film industry. It's undeniable that the pressure on women to stay young/thin etc is a whole other kettle of fish.

Wellingtonspie · 23/11/2024 21:50

Coolasfeck · 23/11/2024 21:48

To think she was only 47 when she died. She looks in her 70s at least here. The studios destroyed her.

crikey I thought that was a photo of a very old lady.

MermaidEyes · 23/11/2024 21:54

betterangels · 23/11/2024 21:42

I'm reminded of Joaquin Phoenix in Joker 2. I was absolutely shocked at how thin he was. It was uncomfortable to watch. Abuse of your body for a role.

Same with Christian Bale in The Machinist

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 23/11/2024 21:55

Bale lost 62lbs for The Machinist 😳

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 23/11/2024 21:56

And then had to put 100lbs on in six months for Batman.

MermaidEyes · 23/11/2024 22:03

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 23/11/2024 21:55

Bale lost 62lbs for The Machinist 😳

Good lord

EmotionalSupportPotato · 23/11/2024 22:04

Disturbia81 · 23/11/2024 20:06

It's very shit. And I'm sick of seeing older male actors alongside young female ones, when older female actors would be amazing in the parts.
But even on here there are threads full of women talking about appearance, aging etc.. men don't really do it

Like this one I guess. Focused on appearance

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