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Beyoncé Told The “Austin Powers In Goldmember” Marketing Team That They Made Her Look Too Skinny On The Poster
"You made me too skinny. It's not me."

Beyoncé Told The “Austin Powers In Goldmember” Marketing Team That They Made Her Look Too Skinny On The Poster

Beyoncé has had a legendary career. There’s so much she’s done that it’s hard to keep track at this point.

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“When we were shooting, someone brought her a poster that would be promoting the movie,” she said. “He showed it to her, like, ‘Do you like it?’ And she was kind of like, ‘Yeah.’”

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“He goes, ‘What’s the matter?’ And she says, ‘You made me too skinny. It’s not me.’ Then she did this hourglass shape. And he said, ‘Okay, we’ll fix that.’”

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Biscoe added that, after Beyoncé walked away to resume filming, she asked the person with the poster, “‘Is that the first time that you’ve ever had an actress ask to make her body bigger?’”

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“He was like, ‘Yes. It’s going to cost me thousands of dollars, but I am going to do it.’”

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Read the entire oral history here.