Ivy Snitzer, who played Gwyneth Paltrow’s body double in the 2001 film “Shallow Hal,” is speaking out about the struggles she has faced since the release of the problematic comedy.

Ivy Snitzer has fond memories of filming "Shallow Hal" as Gwyneth Paltrow's body double, but the aftermath of the movie's release took her physical and mental health to a dark place. The former ...

Ivy Snitzer says appearing as Gwyneth Paltrow's body double in the 2001 comedy Shallow Hal seriously impacted ... she admitted that, during filming, she began to eat healthier out of a sense ...

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 ...

And while getting weight loss surgery was more about a doctor telling her it would save her life than appearing in “Shallow Hal,” she now says that at the time of filming she felt both ...

Ivy Snitzer was just a 20-year-old acting student when she was cast to play Gwyneth Paltrow‘s body double in the 2001 comedy Shallow Hal ... “a good fatty” when filming ended.

But by the end of filming, Snitzer recalled, she had a negative view of her own body. A 2001 Times story quoted one critic of the movie as saying that "Shallow Hal" "fed on recycled fat jokes and ...

Ivy Snitzer has fond memories of filming "Shallow Hal" as Gwyneth Paltrow's body double, but the aftermath of the movie's release took her physical and mental health to a dark place. The former ...