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Maggie Gyllenhaal Recalls Wanting to Be ‘As Thin as Possible’


Maggie Gyllenhaal opened up about her journey to accepting her body, sharing she previously wanted to be ‘as thin as possible’

In the early days of Gyllenhaal’s Hollywood career, she said she was told by two different directors to lose 10 pounds. “When I first started auditioning and acting and stuff, it was a time when you could say all sorts of crazy things to actresses,” she said. Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Renee Zellweger, and Christian Bale are just a few of the many celebrities who've lost or gained significant amounts of weight for movies

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