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5:56 pm - 11/25/2012

Anne Hathaway On Her 'Les Miz' Buzz Cut: 'I Looked Like My Gay Brother’



She took the brave step of shaving off her hair to play a diseased waif in the movie adaptation of the musical, Les Misérables.

But Anne Hathaway wasn’t too shocked when she looked in the mirror after losing her shoulder length hair because she saw a familiar face – her gay brother!

Speaking at a New York screening of the movie on Friday, Hathaway said: “When I eventually looked in the mirror I just thought I looked like my gay brother.”

It’s not the first time the actress has spoken about her gay older brother Michael. Two years ago she told British GQ that she and her family left the Catholic Church because of its stance on homosexuality after he came out.

Hathaway said: “The whole family converted to Episcopalianism after my elder brother came out. Why should I support an organization that has a limited view of my beloved brother?”

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Hathaway was so dedicated to playing the role of Fantine in Les Misérables that she shed 25 pounds from her already thin frame.

She lost the final 15 pounds by eating just two thin squares of dried oatmeal paste a day.

Hathaway said: “I had to be obsessive about it – the idea was to look near death.”

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brokenseas 26th-Nov-2012 12:08 am (UTC)
Seriously, we need to stop rewarding this crap from actresses. She's thin enough already, regularly--put some death-like make up on her and I am a believer. There's no need for this.
beatlesluv 26th-Nov-2012 12:15 am (UTC)
Why do they speak about it like it's something worth talking about? What kind of message are they sending to young teens? I fucking CANNOT.
one_hoopy_frood 26th-Nov-2012 12:19 am (UTC)
Especially saying "I had to be dedicated". Not okay.
ectypes 26th-Nov-2012 12:24 am (UTC)
THIS. since when do actors need to be so candid about their methods? especially when what they're doing is DANGEROUS, all for the sake of a damn movie.
sweet_honesty 26th-Nov-2012 12:20 am (UTC)
I honestly worry about their health when they do this kind of stuff for a role.
hearthecity 26th-Nov-2012 12:21 am (UTC)
Haven't male actors done the same thing and been praised for it though? I think Christian Bale was terrifyingly thin in the Machinest. It couldn't have been healthy.
brokenseas 26th-Nov-2012 12:24 am (UTC)
Well I think Bale is kind of nuts in general, and what he did is awful as well.
nouns 26th-Nov-2012 12:29 am (UTC)
he was eating an apple a day. a fuckin apple a day. and that's it
poisoned_summer 26th-Nov-2012 12:23 am (UTC)
lol its hilarious how ontd is so touchy and social justice-y about literally everything on this planet and then always conveniently attacks the victim of a fucked up system instead of the system itself
lordfoldemort 26th-Nov-2012 12:25 am (UTC)
eh idk it's her job, and she gained the weight back. some people are just that dedicated. i guess the way we GLORIFY it does hurt
pilotparties21 26th-Nov-2012 12:27 am (UTC)
srsly. kristen stewart looked like a skeleton in breaking dawn (i think it was that one) bc of the makeup and it had the same impact
x_butterfly19_x 26th-Nov-2012 12:31 am (UTC)
Fair enough usually, but Fantine is destitute - not just "actress skinny". Anne really went in
expromqueen 26th-Nov-2012 12:55 am (UTC)
yeah but go into a hunger games post and you'll find wank about jennifer lawrence not looking destitute and malnourished enough to play a starving person. women just can't win. either way, anne hathaway would be "wrong" to someone
panicqueen_ 26th-Nov-2012 03:22 am (UTC)
Also, um, computer graphic editing? That much easier.
lovinewan 26th-Nov-2012 06:49 am (UTC)
SO true. That is just way too extreme of a diet for her to be on. I think she starves herself anyway, tbh. Comparing to how she used to look.
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