Michelle Williams' Marilyn Curves Are Gone, But Not Forgotten

on January 11, 2012 at 1:40 PM

Michelle Williams gained weight to play Marilyn Monroe in My Week With Marilyn, and critics say she nailed the role. There's even buzz that Michelle's the frontrunner right now to win the Best Actress Oscar.

I found it admirable that Michelle would radically change her figure in order to play Marilyn more realistically -- and I was heartened that she looks HAWT with the extra weight, to boot. Ordinarily, when actresses gain enough weight to play a normal-sized woman, they're made up to be frumpy and unattractive (Bridget Jones, anyone?).

But now, Michelle has lost all her Marilyn pounds, and then some.

Personally, I miss the curves.

See what Michelle looks like now after the jump -- and tell me what you think.

Michelle Williams

Oh, Mia. Er, I mean, Michelle.

I can totally understand that you'd want to lose some weight after My Week With Marilyn, but let's emphasize the word "some" here.

Did you have to shed every last little curve?

Unless you're preparing to play Kevin McCallister in the remake of Home Alone, your new look is completely unacceptable to me.

Girl! Get some junk in that trunk!

I could comment now on the size zero obsession that seems to be plaguing even our more talented, intellectual actresses in Hollywood, but it's all been said before, hasn't it?

RIP, Michelle Williams curves. I will miss you.

What do you think of Michelle's new look?

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Comments (38)

Nonmember comment from Momma Pug

on Jan 11, 2012 at 1:55 PM

Dude. The curves weren't real. Read a great interview with Michelle in Vogue. All the weight she gained went to her face so she wore padding to fill out her body. http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/michelle-williams-my-week-with-michelle/#1

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Nonmember comment from amanda

on Jan 11, 2012 at 1:57 PM

She wore padding, she didn't gain weight. Read her interviews.

missusmc

It was the same as her old look. You know, before the movie in which she gained weight to depict someone else. She's beautiful the way she is.

Melissa042807

on Jan 11, 2012 at 1:58 PM

She sure did rock the curves. Curves go well with her round face shape. But she's cute as a button no matter what. :-)

Nonmember comment from CaliGirl

on Jan 11, 2012 at 1:59 PM

While I wholeheartedly agree that Michelle looked amazing as Marilyn (curves and all), it's not fair for us to assume the weight she's lost since filming is unhealthy or extreme. For all we know, it may have been incredibly difficult for her to put on even a few extra pounds - perhaps her body's natural weight is much lower than that of the Marilyn Monroe-persona. Personally, I think she looks rather child-like in the second photograph; I also prefer a more feminine and curvaceous look. But that's me, and that's my subjective aesthetic. Others might think she looks better with less meat on her bones.

Kritika

on Jan 11, 2012 at 2:26 PM

My family tells me all the time I would look better when I have "meat on my bones". Caving into peer pressure I recently purposely overate and gained weight. I feel disgusting and instead of having a trim waist and toned thighs I feel bloated and can literally count rolls on my waist. 13lbs made a big difference on my frame and I looked better and felt much healthier at 5'4 107lbs than 5'4 120lbs. I'm working on losing it so I can go back to the way I WAS HAPPY and not how THEY are happy (they're overweight, btw). She looks fine in the 2nd pic.

emmymama

on Jan 11, 2012 at 2:54 PM

Whether she had padding or not is immaterial. I think she looks like Twiggy now. I am so tired of Hollywood romanticizing the ultra-skinny. It gives young girls the idea that they are not good enough if they have an ounce of fat and fuels the epidemic of eating disorders.

Stacey.

on Jan 11, 2012 at 3:11 PM

LOL at kevin mcallister. Dude looks like a lady, er I mean lady looks like a dude. A very skinny, balls havent dropped yet dude.

CPN322

on Jan 11, 2012 at 3:26 PM

ummm Bridget Jones was over weight......

LindsayFerrier

on Jan 11, 2012 at 4:42 PM

Here's the underlying issue- I think about the thinnest women I know in real life and not one of them approaches the gauntness that Michelle (and, in fairness, pretty much everyone else in Hollywood) has going now. And if a woman I know in real life DID look that way, everyone would be whispering and worried about her. I'm all for losing weight and feeling good about yourself and I know plenty of women who qualify as "thin" and work very hard to stay that way- but CLEARLY the Hollywood ideal takes "thin" to an unnatural, unhealthy extreme. We all know that the "Oh, she's just naturally that thin!" is a lie, because.... look around you. Real people who are "naturally that way" are almost non-existent. I don't even know one. Something's going on, and honestly, I'm getting a little tired of everyone acting like what's going on in Hollywood is normal and okay.