Renee Zellweger reveals the reasons behind wearing a body prosthesis for her role in the upcoming series of real crimes The thing about Pam.
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Renee will play Pam Hup, who is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of Luis Gumpenberger, a disabled man.
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In the trailer for the miniseries, Renee is shown in a thick suit. Speaking of Fun tonightshe said: “The idea is to be accurate, the idea is accuracy. I think, especially in the case of telling this story, it was really important to look as close as possible to Pam Hup, because she looks so familiar, she looks like a person we recognize and know. “
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The 52-year-old continued: “To better understand how many people can design on it who they are sure it can be or what kind of person it can be, it just seemed really important that we got as close as possible to this. “
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Renee also added that the make-up and prosthetics process is “amazing to watch” and “part of the adventure” of the actor, although it is “really hot” to wear during the New Orleans shoot for hours.
The reactions to the casting of the Oscar winner are understandably negative, with viewers saying that instead, fat actors should have been hired for the role.
God forbid we hire a medium-sized actress – no, let’s dress Renee Zellweger in a thick suit. It’s 2022 and we’re still dressing people in thick suits instead of hiring fat actresses.
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I guess they had to dress Renee Zellweger in a thick suit, because there were absolutely no other actors in Hollywood to play the role. https://t.co/VR1mVaNiyL
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Okay, I just saw a trailer for The Thing About Pam and um, sucks? I listened to a podcast series about this case a few years ago, and since then I’ve seen others cover it and get Renee Zellweger to wear a thick suit to play a really troubled woman who killed her friend, well … STOP
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Just last year, fellow actor Sarah Paulson also faced criticism and reactions for wearing a thick suit in her role as Linda Trip in Impeachment: An American Crime Story. For her role, she gained 30 pounds in addition to wearing a body pad.
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The spectators Called the decision was “dehumanizing” and advocated hiring large actors instead.
“It’s very difficult for me to talk about it without feeling like I’m justifying myself,” she told the Los Angeles Times. “There is a lot of controversy over actors and thick suits, and I think the controversy is legitimate. I think obese phobia is real. I think I’m pretending to do more damage. “
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However, she added that she believes that “the entire responsibility” of this conversation does not fall solely on the actor and claims that her casting goes beyond the “physical self”. She said: “I would like to believe that there is something in my being that makes me play this role.”
“I think most of all I think I’m sorry I didn’t think it through,” Sarah concluded, adding that she had the “privilege” to think about it afterwards and in retrospect would not make the “same” choice for the future. . “
The thing about Pam premieres on NBC at 22:00 PT on March 8.