Downward Angle Symbol A symbol in the form of an angle pointing downwards. Sarah Snook spoke in a recent interview about how she was body shamed early in her career. Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage/Getty Images
- Sarah Snook told the Sunday Times that a producer once body-shamed her for eating cake on set.
- The actor said a costume designer stood up for her but she still remained “dying inside.”
- The “Succession” star did not name the producer or the film set where the incident occurred.
Sarah Snook said she was body-shamed by a film producer for eating a piece of chocolate cake on set after she was given a personal trainer to help her lose weight for a role.
In an interview with The Sunday Times published on January 14, the Succession star recalled the incident when she landed a role that came with some strings attached.
Snook said that after being cast, she was asked to change her appearance to become more “marketable.”
She said she had her teeth whitened, darkened her naturally red hair and sought advice from a personal trainer before filming began so she could “lose weight and look good”.
Snook said she agreed to the terms, believing at the time that “in order to be successful, I have to be everything that isn't me.”
“And then one particular day, I ate the smallest piece of chocolate cake,” she said, which led to a producer on the film reprimanding her in front of the rest of the film's cast and crew.
Snook said she was “dying inside” after the producer's outburst, but a costume designer stepped in and told her to keep eating the cake.
While Snook did not name the producer, according to the interview, it was on “her next film,” following her first major role in an Australian TV movie in 2011.
Snook shared that when she got the role, the casting agent for the film told her bluntly, “We don't really want you because you're a nobody, but the director and the writer think you're good for the role.” role.” “
The actress, who won two Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of Shiv Roy in the HBO drama “Succession,” said her body image was also distorted after she received compliments for playing the “realistic” role of a prisoner of war following her weight loss TV movie “Sisters of War.”
“I remember this guy said, 'Oh, when did you get hot?'” she said.
Snook said she internalized the compliment to mean, “Well, I wasn’t hot before. So I must have been disgusting. Therefore, I must maintain this form at all costs, and I am only valuable as an object in the eyes of another person by having a form that is noticeable to them.
She added: This is so fucked up.