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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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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
corruptionoflol 26th-Nov-2012 01:49 am (UTC)
i thought it was an apple and a can of tuna? just as awful though
onyxobsidian 26th-Nov-2012 06:52 pm (UTC)
What I want to know is when did he eat the apple? and the tuna? Did he split them up? Or was it for breakfast and that's it?
hannahstarr 26th-Nov-2012 12:40 am (UTC)
usually when I've seen articles mention his weight loss for The Machinist it hasn't been praised because he got so shockingly thin (he dropped to like 90 lbs or something IIRC). Same with Matthew Mcconnaughy and whatever movie he's been filming lately - there's been a lot of posts about him lately criticizing his weight loss
londonshowers 26th-Nov-2012 01:25 am (UTC)
Yea he has a heart problem now as a result iirc
heure_actuelle 26th-Nov-2012 04:57 am (UTC)
yeah I was sitting here wondering what the lasting effects were for him. so dangerous.
it_llbeyourname 26th-Nov-2012 02:56 pm (UTC)
omg really? says who?
makahakat 26th-Nov-2012 01:41 am (UTC)
i remember during life as a house hayden christensen saying he dropped 20 lbs for it by only eating a salad (no dressing) a day for like a month or something, too

mainly i remember cause i had an ed at the time and it was so effing thinspirational to me. i think people assume male actors wont invoke the same response in people with eds maybe?
bellwetherr 26th-Nov-2012 02:40 am (UTC)
praised by complete fools lol. but its never healthy no matter who does it- and its just as bad when people are gaining weight.
nasstasja_sk 26th-Nov-2012 07:34 am (UTC)
And now his heart has shrunk. Ridiculous.
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