Actor
Alicia Silverstone has opened up about the body-shaming remarks she was subjected to when she starred as Batgirl in Joel Schumacher's '
Batman
and
Robin
'. The 43-year-old actor said she was nicknamed 'Fatgirl' by paparazzi and throughout the 1997's film press tour was mocked for her body.
"They would make fun of my body when I was younger. It was hurtful but I knew they were wrong. I wasn't confused. I knew that it was not right to make fun of someone's body shape, that doesn't seem like the right thing to be doing to a human," Silverstone told.
She also recalled being asked about her bra size during an interview.
"That definitely wasn't my (favourite) filmmaking experience," she said of 'Batman & Robin', which also featured
George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger and
Uma Thurman.
"There were working circumstances that were less than (favourable) in terms of how things went down. And no, I didn't ... come out like a warrior but I would just walk away and go, OK, I know what that is and I'm done. I'm not going near that again."
Silverstone said that she "stopped loving acting for a very long time", after her experience with 'Batman & Robin', but has matured since then.
Her next movie is indie project 'Valley Girl'.
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