Anne Hathaway

Meryl Streep revealed that Hathaway had alerted the production of The Devil Wears Prada 2 to the extreme thinness of certain models and advocated more body-inclusive casting. The episode was subsequently portrayed in some accounts as though Hathaway had caused size-zero models to be dismissed.

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Upon learning that Condé Nast employees were staging a work stoppage, Hathaway left a Vanity Fair photo shoot being prepared to avoid symbolically crossing the picket line. The action received extensive media coverage as a gesture of union solidarity.

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Hathaway recounted that, in the 2000s, she had been asked to kiss several men in succession during a chemistry test, a practice she now considers 'gross'. She explained that she had agreed out of fear of being labelled difficult.

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In the adaptation The Witches, the character portrayed by Hathaway has hands with missing fingers. Organisations and individuals representing people with limb differences condemned the visual association between physical disability and monstrosity.

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During the Les Misérables awards campaign, Hathaway became the target of disproportionate media and online hostility, nicknamed 'Hathahate', fuelled by criticism of her speaking style, an image perceived as overly calculated and her prominent presence at award ceremonies.

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To portray Fantine in Les Misérables, Hathaway described rapid weight loss and a highly restrictive diet, generating extensive media coverage and criticism of the normalisation of extreme physical transformations for roles.

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Hathaway co-hosted the 2011 Oscars with James Franco in an attempt to make the ceremony appeal to younger audiences. The performance was widely criticised for its lack of chemistry and awkward tone, although much of the criticism focused on Franco's detached attitude.

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Anne Hathaway's former partner, Raffaello Follieri, pleaded guilty to fraud, money laundering and conspiracy in a case in which he presented himself as having connections to the Vatican to attract investors. Hathaway had also served on the board of a foundation linked to Follieri, resulting in intense media scrutiny of the actress.

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Protagonist not prosecuted