VERY FAT GAY MEN MOVIE
The movie goes to great length to portray Bridget as overweight. Most of the action revolves around the love triangle between Bridget and her sleazy boss Daniel Cleaver, played by Hugh Grant and the stern-looking Marc Darcy, played by Colin Firth.īut one lingering theme throughout the movie is Bridget's looks, namely her weight. The 2001 movie stared Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones, a London singleton looking for love in the noughties. Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones in Bridget Jones's Diary, 2001 She said that Ferrera was part of a cohort of actresses presented to audiences as fat 'even though they were probably not even close to mid-size.' Speaking of the way Ferrera has been represented throughout her career on her TikTok, Marielle Greguski said: 'When I thought of Ugly Betty, or any of the movies or shows that America Ferrera was in, she was sold as the fat friend.' While she was not a size 2 at the time the movie was shot, Ferrera was hardly overweight, but was often cast in roles where her curves were seen as a detriment. The size of the trousers is not specified, however, both Alexis Bledel and Blake Lively are thought to be size 2. No comment is made about the bodies of Lively, Tamblyn and Bledel, who are presented as skinny teenagers.īut when it is her time to try the pants on, Ferrera's character Carmen tells the rest of the group: 'You think a pair of pants that fits all three of you is going to fit.
VERY FAT GAY MEN PLUS
Here Femail takes a look at other movies and TV shows which have portrayed size 8-10 women as plus size.Īmerica Ferrera as Carmen Lowell in the Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, 2005, and Betty Suarez in Ugly Betty, 2006īased on the book series of the same name by Ann Brashares, the story hinges on the fact a pair of jeans fit four friends. Other examples included Martine McCutcheon in Love Actually whose character Natalie was told she had 'thighs the size of big tree trunks'.
such as Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones Diary, who famously put on 30lbs to play the character.Īccording to the book, Bridget weighed 9st 10lbs which is nowehere near overweight for a woman of average height like Renee - who agreed in interviews that her character was a 'perfectly normal' weight. 'Anyone who grew up in the early thousands and have body image issues because of it, do you remember how we were made to believe she was fat?' she asked.Ĭommenters were quick to share other examples. in which she pointed out that American Ferrera was portrated as the 'fat, funny friend' in her hit show Ugly Betty. The trend was highlighted in a viral TikTok video by user Marielle Greguski, from the US, entitled 'early 00s fatphobia'. Popular films and TV shows from the noughties are being called out by fans who are waking up the fact that female characters were presented as 'fat' despite being a perfectly normal body size.