Gwyneth Paltrow was able to shed her celebrity status completely and found out what it was like to feel unappealing and unnoticed while trying out her Shallow Hal fat suit in public, in an excerpt ...

The film centers around a “shallow” guy named Hal (Jack Black) who gets hypnotized into only being able to see women’s inner beauty so that he no longer fixates on their physiques. He eventually falls ...

One of Gwyneth Paltrow’s best movies was Shallow Hal where she wore a fat suit to play plus-sized Rosemary. For close-ups of Rosemary’s arms, torso, and thighs, then-20-year-old Ivy Snitzer played ...

Content warning: This story includes descriptions of eating disorders. Ivy Snitzer, who played Gwyneth Paltrow's body double in the 2001 film "Shallow Hal," is speaking out about the struggles she has ...

Ivy Snitzer, pictured here in 2001 on the red carpet for the premiere of Shallow Hal, opened up about her life after making the film. (Vince Bucci/Getty Images) At 20, Snitzer was an aspiring actress ...

There are many parts of pop culture that were accepted in the early 2000s that have been reframed in a way that acknowledges the harm they caused. The widened perspective of the past 23 years has ...

Gwyneth Paltrow’s body double in Shallow Hal loved being in the film — until the body-shaming from critics nearly cost her her life. “At that point, if you saw someone obese in a movie, they were a ...

A former actress is getting real about the personal impact of one of her movies. "It was just fun to be part of a movie, there are so few people who actually get to do that," the 42-year-old told The ...

A look back at Shallow Hal (2001) and how its use of a fat suit and body image humor has sparked ongoing discussion about stereotypes, casting, and representation in film. MPs react to Trump ...

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A woman who played Gwyneth Paltrow's body double in a comedy about physical beauty is opening up about the ugly side of her big-screen moment. Ivy Snitzer, a then-20-year-old acting student, was cast ...