lousy fat-suits
So your movie has a character who's overweight. But why hire a fat person when you can hire a thin person and a crew of make-up artists who can spend hours each day of the shoot covering the actor with latex padding?
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- DirectorBobby FarrellyPeter FarrellyStarsJack BlackGwyneth PaltrowJason AlexanderA shallow man falls in love with a 300-pound woman because of her inner beauty.
- DirectorJohnnie ToKa-Fai WaiStarsAndy LauSammi ChengRikiya KurokawaA depressed, obese woman tries to lose weight in order to win back her ex-boyfriend with the help of a fellow Hong Konger whom she met in Japan.
- DirectorYong-hwa KimStarsJu Jin-moKim Ah-jungSung Dong-ilA talented but obese girl, who ghost-sings for a not-so-talented pop star, undergoes extensive plastic surgery to become a slender beauty with a new identity.
- DirectorBrian RobbinsStarsEddie MurphyThandiwe NewtonTerry CrewsA mild-mannered guy, who is married to a monstrous woman, meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her.
- DirectorJay RoachStarsMike MyersHeather GrahamMichael YorkDr. Evil is back and has invented a new time machine that allows him to go back to the 1960s and steal Austin Powers' mojo, inadvertently leaving him "shagless".This passes a certain suspension of disbelief test, in that Mike Myers' Fat Bastard is so disgusting that its hard to critique the appearance of the suit.
- DirectorSatish MotlingStarsMakarand AnaspureTrupti BhoirUsha NadkarniThis family drama begins at home but snowballs into a comical circus.This is a fairly egregious example. The makeup on the actress' face seems to have left her all but incapable of moving her mouth. The suit doesn't seem to restrict movement much-- gotta allow for that in the dance sequences. But the more you see of it the weirder it looks, especially in a sequence where she's hopping around in jeans and a belly shirt; it looks every bit like latex, and not at all like a human body.
- CreatorAlfred GoughMiles MillarStarsTom WellingMichael RosenbaumAllison MackA young Clark Kent struggles to find his place in the world as he learns to harness his alien powers for good and deals with the typical troubles of teenage life in Smallville, Kansas.Amy Adams -yes, that Amy Adams- wears some lumpy padding and a latex double chin for the episode "Craving", in which she slims down with a kryptonite diet drink. As there always are with these crazy fad diets, there are side effects.
- CreatorBrad FalchukRyan MurphyHalley FeifferStarsLady GagaKathy BatesAngela BassettAn anthology series centering on different characters and locations, showcasing different aspects of horror.Chrissy Metz wore one for the Freak Show season. Seems like she can barely move in it.
- 2019– 44mTV-MA6.9 (1K)TV EpisodeDirectorRoxanne BenjaminTom SaviniStarsMelissa Saint-AmandChad Michael CollinsDana GouldIn "Skincrawlers," an overweight man considers a radical weight loss treatment involving leeches on the day of a rare solar eclipse. In "By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain," a young girl finds the lake monster her father was after.KNB EFX can do better than the cut rate photoshop and suit on display here.
- CreatorLauren GussisStarsDallas RobertsDebby RyanChristopher GorhamA disgraced, dissatisfied civil lawyer-turned-beauty pageant coach takes on a vengeful, bullied teenager as his client and has no idea what he's about to unleash upon the world.
- DirectorJames DunnisonStarsAlex HouseMaggie CastleBill TurnbullThe fattest girl in school uses the book to become skinny, but her leftover fat creates a monster that turns all the other girls in the school fat. Jenny becomes fat and Todd has to prove to her that his feelings for her aren't shallow.The lumpy suits here look inconsistent in size from scene to scene, and the prosthetics are, well, no doubt intentionally hideous.
- DirectorFrank HenenlotterStarsJames LorinzJoanne RitchiePatty MullenA medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan street prostitutes.Before her untimely lawnmower accident, Elizabeth is supposed to be a bit on the chunky side.