Melanie Lynskey Remembers Body Shaming During ‘Coyote Ugly’

Lynskey stated, “It was absurd.” “I was already starving and as thin as possible for my body. I was still a size four.” I was already being put under a lot of pressure by people in my wardrobe fittings. 

The costume designer was very disappointed to see me.

Lynskey said that she received “really intense feedback” about her physicality and body throughout filming. She was also interviewed with “Yellowjackets’ castmates Christina Ricci, a ’90s child star.

Both women claimed that they were typecast as “character actors” but denounced using the term “quirky” for their descriptions. Lynskey recalls a time when Lynskey’s character description was changed from “beautiful to “cutely and quirky” in a script.

She said, “I have never liked that word.”

Lynskey spoke out about the scrutiny she faced over her appearance after her first film, Peter Jackson’s “Heavenly Creatures.” Lynskey stated that she received fewer offers than her co-star Kate Winslet, who went on to play many ingenue roles.

She told Vulture that she kept being reminded of the fact that I wasn’t all that I needed to be in May. “Thin, confident, pretty. Most people are thin.

Lynskey, who was criticized for her looks in Hollywood’s early years, told the Reporter that she is “very protective” about her younger “Yellowjackets co-stars. They are all younger versions of the main characters. Lynskey and her co-stars shared the good news that younger cast members can stand up for their rights.