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 photo via SplashIt never fails: It's practically impossible to look at The Daily Mail without getting irked by its sexism or double standards. This week, Kate Beckinsale's poor body image is taking the hit. She has a slim, toned figure that most women would die for. But Kate Beckinsale has demanded a body double for her latest film - because she "loathes" her bottom. Producers have had to hire a £1,000-a-day nude stand-in after Kate, 34, refused to bare her derriere in a shower scene. In the past, the actress, who earns £3.2 million for a film, has not been shy about squeezing into sexy clothing, and almost showed her bottom in Uncovered in 1994. We all know that body image is a war hard fought by women (and men) of every size, and I'm not going to question whether Kate really does struggle with her body issues (although evidence supports that she does). But after reading the Mail's tripe, I've learned the following:
And I understand that some of us would cut off a limb to look like Kate Beckinsale, but if we start questioning her right to be insecure, then we have to question our own right to have those feelings too. I understand that she certainly doesn't face the same consequences for her food issues that someone who, say, wears a size 24 might, and those consequences are very real (and also suck a lot more than those of being a perfect little size 2), but both Kate and the girl in the size 24 both get to feel insecure about themselves. Don't buy into the Daily Mail's contention that she somehow owes us all a glimpse of her naked bare bodkin, because she doesn't. And, quite honestly, she doesn't owe anyone an excuse either. 3 CommentsLeave a comment |
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Every woman who works in Hollywood has body image issues. Because you can never be thin enough. There is always someone, whether it's a producer, director, casting director, fellow actor, etc. who will find fault with you. Sometimes it's a tabloid editor, who will photoshop fat or cellulite on your body and splash it all over the pages of his/her magazine. Or do the opposite, and make it appear as if you are starving to death.
The idea that Kate Beckinsale "owes" us a shot of her naked body is ridiculous and extremely offensive. Does anyone tell Brad Pitt that he "owes" us naked shots of himself? Of course not! It's women who are treated like cattle. Hollywood has not woken up to the fact that it is the 21st century and women are no longer property. This is why producers like to work with very young women; because they are more impressionable and desperate than older women, and will do what they are told. And, yes, I have heard producers and directors actually say that.
Um...what's with all the commenting. Why not just make the movie, sure, use the butt stand in, and not mention it. I swear, movies have lost that 'lost feeling' if you know what I mean because everyone is commenting on this, explaining that. It's all just a big story.
Another angle here is privacy -- body issues aside, as a star your ass might be the last private thing about you! Why not protect it? Even if you think your ass is one of the few perfect things on this earth, you don't necessarily want two million internet sites hosting an image of your ass (unless you have a huge ego -- definitely not the same thing as having self-acceptance). It might be hard to accept your own body, at any size, but it's doubly hard when you are in the public eye. And it's true that she has to protect her future ability to say no to ass-baring scenes, because you lose a bit of leverage with your producers if they know you've done it before. I don't think there's any such things as a born-again ass-coverer in hollywood!