Latest 'Pirates' Movie Looking For Natural Women

By PopEater Staff Posted Mar 22nd 2010 01:22PM

These days in Hollywood, it seems as if everyone has had some kind of surgical enhancement to give them a little extra oomph. However, Disney is bucking the trend of hiring augmented actresses, requesting that only women with natural breasts apply for a role in the latest installment of their 'Pirates of the Caribbean' franchise.

The New York Post is reporting that Disney has specifically requested that no actresses with breast implants apply for a role, and that the company will even ask actresses to jog in front of casting directors to prove that their breasts are real.

The casting notice allegedly requests: "Beautiful female fit models. Must be 5ft 7in-5ft 8in, size 4 or 6, no bigger or smaller. Age 18-25. Must have a lean dancer body. Must have real breasts. Do not submit if you have implants."

In the past, Disney has made no such request, allowing both actresses with artificial enhancements and less busty gals into the mix. Keira Knightley, who played the female lead in the first three 'Pirates' movies, said, "I am not that well endowed, so they literally painted in my cleavage. It took about 45 minutes every day for makeup artists to add shade and volume, and it looked fantastic until it got too hot shooting."

A spokesperson for Disney declined to comment.

Tags: Disney, Keira Knightley, pirates of the caribbean, plastic surgery

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Monday 22 March

By Koz

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Way to go Disney. Let bring the real ones back.

By Nothing's Changed

Just because Disney doesn't want a woman who's been nipped, tucked, plucked, whatever. They're still looking for a woman who's 5-7'- 5'8 and no bigger than a size 6. Please, the average American woman can't even fit into a size 6. Nothing's changed.

By Anon

Just because the average American woman doesn't fit in a size 6 doesn't mean that's the way it should be. The sad part isn't that Disney doesn't want someone bigger, the sad part is that everyone here is fat.

By Tmarrra

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Do you realize how incredibly thin a size 6 body is at 5' 8"? Yes, we do have a problem with obesity in this country, but the idea that a woman who is a size 8 and 5' 5" is fat is horrible. The media perpetuates an image of beauty that is unrealistic and encourages eating disorders.

Tuesday 23 March

By loveyouhotmiley

Yep, Still doesn't look like they want normal beauty. They want a tall, skinny woman with big "natural" boobs. Yuck! But I do wish women would just say no to breast enhancement, it looks so wrong most of the time. Models and porn stars don't appeal to me at all.

By jptech

I'm assuming the ale wenches are going to need to jiggle a bit in this 4th film. Huzzah for the wenches.

You can't fake the jiggling jumblies in a good bodice.

By Andy

Ol Britney in the picture to the right must have been a little cold.

By lking4trbl

Knowing the good ol' US of A someone will sue for discrimination.

By Levelheaded

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A size 6 at 5ft 7in is actually still probably below the heathly BMI or at very least, on the very low end. The weight for a healthy BMI at that height usually starts somewhere around 120 lbs. The mid-point would probably be around a size 8-10 and the high end at a whopping 157lbs (!) would be around a size 12.

So being a size six is not an ideal we want for women at that height.

And who cares if your boobs are fake! Gah! I hate how we think it's alright to tell women/men what to have 'done' or look like in order to make them better looking or seem more worthy of attention or love.

By Suz

Probably because it is period piece. Women of that period did not have implants...that is why. I think if that is what they want, then those with implants need not apply. No different than if they wanted a brunette, or blond...etc...

By Kris

It all depends on what constitutes a size 4-6. I'm 5'9', between sizes 4 and 6, and well within my healthy BMI.

By ynyng

I'm 5'8" & 140lbs & I wear a size 6. My BMI is right in the middle of the scale for healthy. I'm a B cup and medium framed. I am a typical pear-shaped woman in that I carry my weight in my hips. I also run regularly which keeps me lean. A size 6 doesn't mean good or bad, better than or less than, it's just a size to help you determine which clothes to pull off the rack. It does not connotate beauty!

By levelheaded

@ynyng and Kris

I wasn't saying being a size 6 is a bad thing. I was just trying to point out that being healthy can not be based on a dress size, especially if someone has to starve or stuff themselves to get that 'desired size".

Personally, I hate it just as much when people degrade women because they have breast implants, or they're too thin. "Eat a sandwich!" jokes are just as offensive of "Put down the twinkies!" jokes.

I wish people would just be more accepting of other people regardless of weight. And the media seems to propel some pressures on women to look a certain way. As a women who is recovering from an eating disorder, I really worry about my daughter and all our daughters.

Wednesday 24 March

By Marie

Actually, I'm 5'8", 135 lbs., with a BMI nicely in the middle; and I wear anything from a size 2 to a size 8 (it differs by cut and label), usually a 4 or 6. I stay slim because I eat healthy and exercise, but that doesn't mean that I refuse junk food when I have a craving, and I'm certainly not scary skinny--I've got the 50s figure, busty and booty. It's how I'm built, and I'm not sorry for it. Everyone is built differently, some people weigh more without showing it, depending on how they carry the weight.

In Hollywood, a girl wearing a 6 is traditionally considered "curvy", and not in a good way. So, personally, I find the fact that a studio would actually use the words "beautiful", "fit", and "lean" to describe a girl of this size.

@Marie
According to the National Heart Lung and Blood Insititute website for someone 5'8" , which would be 68 inches, a healthy weight would be 125-164 lbs. This is a BMI of 19-25 which is considered 'healthy'. So you're still closer to the low end, then the middle, and that is great!

And I agree that calling someone a size six (which its reported that Halle Berry and Drew Barrymore are this size) as beautiful is not a bad thing, but a good thing. My point was more on the fact it really isn't changing much at all as far as defining a small portion of women as beautiful, soley based on size.

By David Lauver

Hurrah for disney! Women need to know they dont need to go under the knife to make it in life, hollywood, the movies etc.

By malason

I can't believe they would ask a women to jump up and down so they could look at their breasts. How degrading way to treat a women...what tricks will the men have to perform?

By Sam

It is not degrading. I am a woman and if I was an actress with "real" ones or "fake" I would have no problem jumping up and down to show them if that was needed for the part. How do you suggest they determine that if that is what they are looking for in the role.

If they don't want to do that, then it is simple, they don't have to audition. We all have choices. Please stop acting like you are speaking for all women when you are not.

By Jelperman

Some casting calls require men to show any and all tattoos, as well as remove all toupees.

By BluesDaddy

Geez, I thought they were talking about hairy legs, armpits, etc. , if they truly wanted to do for that all-natural, authentic look. I doubt that many women in that time actually owned a razor.

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