Emma Thompson's Matilda fat-suit branded 'dehumanising and degrading'

'Why on earth would they go with a skinny woman in a fat suit?'

Emma Thompson has sparked debate online over the fact that she wears a fat-suit in the upcoming adaptation of Matilda. The legendary actress plays the role of the infamous Agatha Trunchbull in Matilda The Musical, which is a modern-day retelling of Roald Dahl's classic children's tale. The trailer for the film was released last Wednesday, giving fans a first look at the hotly-anticipated film. In the trailer, Thompson is sporting heavy prosthetics in the role of Miss Trunchbull, the dreaded headteacher of the school. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5BTt0x4Bpg The Oscar-winning actress is also wearing a suit to make her look larger and heavier than she actually is, and it is this that has upset some people. On Good Morning Britain, Queen Mojo argued that plus-sized actors carry "an energy" that other actors can't bring to a role, and that roles where the character is overweight should only be played by plus-size actors. https://twitter.com/GMB/status/1539512842331856896 Others seemed to agree, with one person asking "why on earth would they [the studio] go with a skinny woman in a fat suit" for the role. https://twitter.com/plantwiser/status/1539094658592145409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1539094658592145409%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tyla.com%2Ftv-and-film%2Femma-thompson-fat-suit-matilda-remake-starts-debate-20220621 Someone else said it was "fat phobic" and another labelled it "discomforting." https://twitter.com/TheTrueBrendanF/status/1537148893288349700 https://twitter.com/FatBodyPolitics/status/1537614996758315009 But others disagreed, saying that prosthetics are just a part of acting, and that actors adopting roles that are different to their real life is exactly what their job is. One person wrote: "If you’re p**sed about #EmmaThompson in a Fat Suit playing Miss Trunchbull... a character... "Then be p**sed about #RobinWilliams as Mrs Doubtfire .. a character." https://twitter.com/OklahomaAnnie/status/1539064096078938113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1539064096078938113%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tyla.com%2Ftv-and-film%2Femma-thompson-fat-suit-matilda-remake-starts-debate-20220621 Another argued that Thompson was being made to look "towering" and "muscular" as oppose to fat. https://twitter.com/Asher_de_Forest/status/1539011022593347605 Matilda The Musical is set be released in the UK on December 2 this year. Related links: