Emma Thompson Threatened to Quit a Movie After Her Co-Star Was Told to Lose Weight

Women around the world are praising Emma Thompson for standing for their rights. The famous actress with over 30 years of experience nearly quit a film to defend a co-star.

Emma recently shared this story in an interview. She was working on the Brideshead Revisited set in 2008 when the producers asked her (unnamed) co-star to lose weight. Emma remembered:

“She was absolutely exquisite and I said to them, ‘If you speak to her about this again on any level, I will leave this picture. You are never to do that.'”

The actress has been fighting this battle for decades now and she still can’t win it. “Do you want me to be an actress or a model?” she often asks when people comment on her weight.