'Yellowjackets' star Melanie Lynskey opens up about being body shamed during 'Coyote Ugly' movie.
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Melanie Lynskey has spoken candidly about the body shaming she’s faced in her career and revealed she felt pressured to lose weight while filming Coyote Ugly.
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Lynskey played Gloria in the 2000 comedy about a songwriter Violet Sanford (played by Piper Perabo) who gets a job at an NYC bar run by women.
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Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci were the others participating in the interview with The Hollywood Reporter where Lynskey discussed her experience filming "Coyote Ugly."
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"I was already starving myself and as thin as I could possibly be for this body, and I was still a (size) four," Lynskey noted
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Lynskey said that while she was working on the film, the feedback was constantly "you're not beautiful."
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Lynskey has faced these kind of comments years later in her career. She previously told Rolling Stone that while she was filming "Yellowjackets."
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"They were asking me, ‘What do you plan to do?" Lynskey recalled. "I’m sure the producers will get you a trainer. They'd love to help you with this."
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