Rosamund Pike is right to call out digital 'tweaks' ... but aren't we all at it? Barbara Ellen
over 4 years in The guardian
The deceit of unreal perfection is no longer Hollywood’s alone. Deep-fake is everywhere
If Rosamund Pike isn’t “good enough” , then where does that leave the rest of us? The actor says that her breasts were enlarged by Photoshop for a publicity poster for the 2011 Johnny English Reborn film. Looking at the image, they do seem markedly bigger. Of course it had to be her breasts that were blown up like party balloons. In the same image, no one appears to have said: “Put Rowan Atkinson’s crotch on display, and make it bulge.”
Pike says she got the poster stopped, which might surprise people. Actresses are supposed to be grateful for these digital “tweakments”: “Thank you, camera-gods, for making me even prettier!” Continue reading...