![]() ![]() ![]() While actors wearing fat suits to bring their characters (be they based on real people or not) to life is nothing uncommon in Hollywood movies and TV shows historically, it's a practice that's become frowned upon in recent years (see also: the controversy around the use of fait suits in Netflix's Insatiable series). Fox Searchlight and Holofcener went back to the drawing board after that and eventually recruited Heller to direct instead, with McCarthy starring. ![]() Holofcener didn't approve of the idea and ended up firing Moore from the project less than a week before production was scheduled to begin. The Daily Mail is reporting that Grant spoke to Empire's Editor-In-Chief Terri White during Advertising Week Europe at Picturehouse Central, London, and said that Moore had wanted to wear a fat suit and fake nose to bring Lee Israel to life in Can You Ever Forgive Me?. Related: Oscars 2020: Best Picture Predictions & Odds The latter confirmed that she was fired from the movie during a recent appearance on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, explaining that "I think that idea of where the character was, was different than where my idea of where the character was". Well, according to Grant, that's not altogether accurate. ![]() However, before Heller and McCarthy signed on, Can You Ever Forgive Me? was slated to be directed by the film's co-writer, Nicole Holofcener, with Moore starring as Lee. ![]()
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