'Dirty Dancing' Sequel Star Had to Deal with Body Shaming
by EG
At age 17, Romola Garai was given the opportunity to star in the 2004 sequel of the classic 1987 film “Dirty Dancing.” However, the British actress doesn’t have fond memories of her time on set.
The now 34-year-old told The Guardian how a female producer pointed at her thighs while she stood in her underwear and declared “This isn’t good enough.”
Garai even described how she was “weighed in and out every day with a dietician flown to Puerto Rico” to ensure she stayed “underweight” for the leading role in “Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights.”
“It screwed me up for years,” explained Garai to the UK-based publication. “Not only did it completely changed how I felt about my body, but I felt like I’d failed because I hadn’t fought back. I felt complicit, because I didn’t say no. I signed off on Photoshopped images and felt terrible for perpetrating this… lie.”
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The original Dirty Dancing starred Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey.