Sarah Snook is opening up in regards to the time a producer body-shamed her for consuming cake on set.
In a brand new interview with The Sunday Times, the “Succession” star, 36, recalled that the merciless incident occurred after she was forged in a task that required her to shed extra pounds to turn out to be extra “marketable.”
Snook mentioned she was assigned a private coach to shed extra pounds for the half amongst different demanding stipulations.
“One particular day, I had the tiniest bit of chocolate cake,” Snook defined, which she mentioned induced the unnamed producer to tear into her in entrance of the remainder of the movie’s forged and crew.
The Emmy-nominated actor mentioned the producer’s outburst left her “dying inside,” however a fancy dress designer intervened and advised her to maintain consuming the cake.
The “Winchester” actor didn’t title the producer who berated her, or the movie set wherein the demoralizing incident happened.
“The infantilizing of women, to not be able to make their own decisions, why would we do that to women?” Snook advised The Sunday Times, including that after touchdown the movie function, its casting director advised her she was a “nobody.”
“‘We don’t really want you because you’re a nobody, but the director and the writer think you’re good for the role. So, what we’ll do is change all of you so that you’re marketable: We’ll whiten your teeth, darken your hair, we’ll give you a personal trainer so you can lose weight and look the part,’” she recalled the casting director telling her.
The Australian actor mentioned she went together with every part on the time as a result of she thought, “In order for me to be successful, I have to be all the things that aren’t me.”
Last week, Snook scored her second Golden Globe award for her function as Shiv Roy in HBO Max’s drama “Succession.” She can be nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead actress in a drama sequence at Monday’s upcoming primetime ceremony.
