'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.
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