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Chrissy Metz Says ‘This Is Us’ Exec Asked If Her Role Was Plus-Size “Like Kate Winslet”

After her Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated run on 'This Is Us', Chrissy Metz recently opened up about the significance of her plus-size role.

While opening up about her run as Kate Pearson on NBC ‘s This Is Us, the 2x Golden Globe nominee explained how it felt to be “chosen for such a special role” by creator Dan Fogelman that ultimately contributed to plus-size representation on screen. She added, “But also, it was pitched originally as a film, and one executive at some, I don’t know, wherever place said, ‘Oh, wait, so the plus-size girl, she’s, like, how plus size? Milo Ventimiglia and Moore played Jack and Rebecca, the parents of “the big three,” triplets Kate, Kevin ( Justin Hartley) and Randall ( Sterling K. Brown), for the entirety of the NBC drama series’ six-season run from 2016 to 2022.

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