Actress
Lily Collins said she was shocked when she was complimented for losing weight to play an
anorexic woman
.
The 28-year-old actress, who has suffered an eating disorder in the past, said people's obsession with being thin is responsible for the disease.
In an interview , the actress spoke about her role in show 'To the Bone' and how it affected her personally.
"I was leaving my apartment one day and someone I've known for a long time, my mom's age, said to me, 'Oh, wow, look at you!'"
Collins
said.
"I tried to explain (I lost weight for a role) and she goes, 'No! I want to know what you're doing, you look great!' I got into the car with my mom and said, 'That is why the problem exists.'''
The actress said it was hard to play the character as she understands the toll the illness takes on people. "There's a scene where I'm taking my clothes off to be weighed by
Carrie Preston, my stepmom in the movie, who takes a photo on her phone and shows it to me. I didn't think she'd actually take one but she did," Collins recalled.
"I saw myself in the photo and my heart dropped. So when my mom saw the film, she saw Lily's reaction because she knows me the best." The actress says her mother had a breakdown to see her so thin.
"The first time she was a bit in shock. The second time I looked over at the end and she was sobbing; it really hit her hard."
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