Coyote Ugly

The actor says she received “really intense feedback about my physicality, my body” on the set of the 2000 film.

“It was really important to me for [Shauna] to not ever comment on my body, to not have me putting a dress on and being like: ‘I wish I looked a bit better,’” she said. Lynskey previously alleged that she was also subjected to criticism about her body while filming the now-acclaimed Showtime series. At the time, Lynskey said her co-stars stepped in to defend her, with Lewis reportedly writing a letter to the show’s producers on her behalf. She also clarified that her experiences with makeup artists offering to “help [her] face look better” did not happen on Coyote Ugly, but rather on other film sets. “That was already people putting a lot of Spanx on me in wardrobe fittings and being very disappointed when they saw me, the costume designer being like: ‘Nobody told me there would be girls like you.’” “All the girls had this regimen they had to go on.

"The feedback was constantly like, “You're not beautiful. You're not beautiful,'” the 'Yellowjackets' star revealed in a new interview.

Previously, Lynskey talked about how she faced a similar situation on Yellowjackets, but that was quickly rectified when she and her co-stars stood up to the producers. The interviewer talked to all the stars of Yellowjackets about their trials and tribulations throughout their Hollywood careers. Lynskey started to cry and went full mama bear when she answered “So much. At the beginning of production, I sent them all an email, and I just was like, “Whatever you need, if you need a voice, if you need someone to go to the producers for you, whatever you need,” and they were kind of like, “Cool. Thanks.” They’re fine.” Being the badass she is, Lynskey has not only repeatedly shed light on the unfair treatment, she even stood up to producers who have commented on her weight. All the girls had this regimen they had to go on.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Melanie Lynskey spoke about the body shaming she experienced while filming "Coyote Ugly" in 2000.

She tweeted, "Most egregious are the 'I care about her health!!' people . . . b*tch you don't see me on my Peloton! You don't see me running through the park with my child. Now, the "Don't Look Up" actor is determined to protect her daughter, Kahi (whom she had with husband Jason Ritter), from these kinds of thoughts. While doing her makeup, people would say, "'I'm just going to help you out by giving you a bit more of a jawline and stuff.' Just the feedback was constantly like, 'You're not beautiful. "I thought you were supposed to have a gap between your thighs," she told Vulture. "I became obsessed with that." Lynskey recalled witnessing Perabo, "who's one of the coolest, smartest women," be dissected over her body and diet. "All the girls had this regimen they had to go on.

Melanie Lynskey has ecalled the 'ridiculous' body-shaming she endured while shooting 'Coyote Ugly': 'I was already starving myself and as thin as I could ...

"It was really important to me for [Shauna] to not ever comment on my body, to not have me putting a dress on and being like, 'I wish I looked a bit better,'" she said. Lynskey was also determined to stand up to the pressure and make sure her character, Shauna, was someone women can relate to. "The first person was mean, the person credited was not." She added, "In your early 20s, so much of it is about beauty, and how people respond to you, and do people want to f--- you? Starring Piper Perabo, the film centers on an aspiring songwriter who takes a job as a "coyote," or a bartender meant to tantalize customers. "All the girls had this regimen they had to go on.