I love this movie but I never understood why they had to add in a jab about a perfectly slim woman being called "chubby". so uncalled for!
shareThe whole point of labeling her fat was to make Hugh Grant's character seem reasonable and align him with the agreeing viewer.
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The fat references didn't stop with Natalie. The Portuguese maid said she couldn't eat biscuits because she would get fat like her sister. Then Emma Thompson's character talked about dieting too. Not sure what was the point of it all. They never shot much of Natalie below the waist so it was tough to see if she even had "thunderous thighs". The woman who made that remark was not so skinny either, so that was odd.
Billy Bob Skeevy President didn't seem to mind Nat's curves either. I wonder if this was all some post-Monica Lewinsky era inbred humor? IDK, all a bit confusing nowadays in the Kardashian bulbous buttocks era.
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Emma had to wear a fat suit for this movie.
shareIt has been standard in Hollywood to have attractive actresses play unattractive characters. See, for example, Dorothy McGuire’s Laura in The Enchanted Cottage (1945), who is supposed to be homely; Katherine Hepburn’s Lizzie in The Rainmaker (1956), who is supposed to be plain; Betsy Blair’s Clara in Marty (1955), who is supposed to be a dog; and Lili Taylor’s Rose in Dogfight (1991), who is supposed to be ugly. Picking actresses that were genuinely fat or ugly to play these romantic roles would have been more realistic, but doing so would have resulted in movies that no one wanted to see.
shareThe script called for a chubby girl, yet honestly? Hugh Grant is going to fall for a fatty?
The darling, perfectly proportioned girl who played Natalie has a round face. I guess that made her "plump" enough for the PM.
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Natalie was chubby is correct. So?
shareShe's just right. Knightly is a skeleton with leather stretched over it.
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