The film centers around a “shallow” guy named Hal (Jack Black) who gets hypnotized into only being able to see women’s inner beauty so that he no longer fixates on their physiques. He eventually falls ...

Ivy Snitzer had always joked about her size, but when it was magnified on the big screen, her insecurities ballooned — and it proved near-fatal. Snitzer was cast as Gwyneth Paltrow’s body double in ...

Gwyneth Paltrow may not remember all the movies she’s been in, but she’ll never forget Shallow Hal — as much as she may want to. In a Netflix video, the Goop ...

Content warning: This story includes descriptions of eating disorders. Ivy Snitzer, who played Gwyneth Paltrow's body double in the 2001 film "Shallow Hal," is speaking out about the struggles she has ...

The body double for Gwyneth Paltrow's plus-size character in the 2001 comedy "Shallow Hal" says she developed eating disorders and was practically "starving to death" in the years after the movie came ...

Gwyneth Paltrow was able to shed her celebrity status completely and found out what it was like to feel unappealing and unnoticed while trying out her Shallow Hal fat suit in public, in an excerpt ...

Gwyneth Paltrow’s body double in Shallow Hal loved being in the film — until the body-shaming from critics nearly cost her her life. “At that point, if you saw someone obese in a movie, they were a ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook There comes a time when a joke is not funny anymore. It may be very amusing at first, but then it ...

2001-11-11 04:00:00 PDT Los Angeles-- Some might find it surprising that willowy beauty Gwyneth Paltrow has insecurities about her looks. "Sure I'm insecure," the 29-year-old actress says. "I never ...

Gwyneth Paltrow’s “Shallow Hal” body double is reflecting on the near-deadly eating disorder she developed after the 2001 flick saw her become the target of fat-phobic people. It was the body of ...