Ivy snitzer biography
Ivy snitzer biography
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Gwyneth Paltrow’s 'Shallow Hal' body double struggled with disordered eating: 'I hated my body'
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 as Paltrow's body double in the 2001 film "Shallow Hal," which starred Paltrow alongside Jack Black and Jason Alexander.
In the film, Paltrow played Rosemary, a 300-pound woman with whom Black's character falls in love after being hypnotized to only see people's inner beauty.
Snitzer's role was having her body filmed for closeups of Rosemary's arms, torso and thighs, while Paltrow wore a fat suit for scenes that featured the character's face.
In an interview with the newsletter The Waiting Room, republished by The Guardian on Tuesday, Snitzer said she had a positive experience working on the film despite its weight-centric premise.
"At that point, if you saw someone obese in a movie, t