Anya Taylor-Joy has been accused of “normalizing hunger” and promoting the eating disorder trope after showing off her tiny waist in a corset.
The actress, 27, shared a behind-the-scenes snap on Instagram on Sunday after the Dune premiere, in which she cinched her waist underneath her sparkly dress.
She appeared topless in the black and white image which highlighted her extremely tight midsection.
Fans were shocked by the image and responded to the comments: ‘Can’t we normalize hunger?’; “Do you realize that corsets are harmful to women’s health and should not be promoted?”
‘Anya, I love you but this seems so pro-ana’; ‘Are your ribs okay? Could you breathe? Honestly wondering! :)’; ‘Rough. I expected better from you, honestly. Thinness is not chic.
Anya Taylor-Joy has been accused of “normalizing hunger” and promoting the eating disorder trope after showing off her tiny waist in a corset.
The actress, 27, shared a behind-the-scenes snap on Instagram on Sunday after the Dune premiere, in which she cinched her waist underneath her sparkly dress.
Others shared: ‘That’s not at all a healthy look for women’; ‘Sorry, it’s not like that’; ‘Stomach: I’m tired boss’; “There is nothing to be proud of and it is a bad example for young girls.”
However, some fans were quick to defend Ana, reasoning, “She’s not promoting anything, dude, let a woman be free.” If she likes it fine, if you don’t, she’s perfectly fine. You have the right not to wear it, just as she has the right to wear whatever she wants. We don’t have to be so dramatic about it…’;
#What’s up with you guys in the comments? Go touch some grass. Her body is perfectly fine, she has always been slimmer and the first photo is just a corset she wore during an event. Yeah.’
In recent years, corsets have gained popularity after stars praised their ability to reduce the waist.
Waist training, in which increasingly tighter underwear is worn to permanently tighten the abdomen, is now de rigueur among certain celebrities.
But doctors and historians have warned against this trend, revealing that restricting the waist can take its toll on many aspects of the body.
Along with her corset, Anya shared a snap wearing a stunning Maison Margiela dress from creative director John Galliano’s Parisian-inspired SS24 couture collection.
The incredible dress featured a fitted gold slip underneath and a structured black sheer tulle dress on top.
Fans were shocked by the image and took to the comments to claim she was “setting a bad example” to her young followers.
Some fans were quick to defend Ana for posting the corset snap.
While at the event, she was seen posing with Dune director Denis Villeneuve, 56, who looked dapper in a black suit.
Anya also joined the rest of the Dune cast, including Souheila Yacoub, Zendaya, Timothee Chalamet, Villeneuve, Austin Butler, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Florence Pugh, and Lea Seydoux.
Zendaya, 27, turned heads in a stunning white dress with a unique cut that revealed her navel.
Meanwhile, Chalamet, 28, rocked an all-leather ensemble.
Taylor-Joy’s role in the epic sequel has been kept under wraps until now.
Variety confirmed that Taylor-Joy appears in the film, playing an “important character” in the franchise.
The film takes place immediately after the first one ended, when Paul Atreides and his mother Lady Jessica joined forces with Chani and the rest of the desert-dwelling Fremen to take revenge on the evil House Harkonnen, whose members have killed most of their family and friends. .
The films are based on Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel of the same name, were first released to critical and commercial success in March 2021, and won six Academy Awards.
Anya’s dress for the evening featured a fitted gold slip underneath and a structured black sheer tulle dress on top.
Anya wore her platinum locks parted down the middle and swept down on top, but with mermaid waves flowing down her back.
Anya joined the rest of the Dune cast for a photo; (From left to right) Souheila Yacoub, Zendaya, Timothee Chalamet, Villeneuve, Austin Butler, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Florence Pugh and Lea Seydoux
Timothee leads the cast as the messianic figure Paul, while Zendaya plays Chani, a member of the Fremen, who are the native inhabitants of Arrakis.
Butler has joined the cast of the sequel, playing Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, a ruthless trained assassin who is Paul’s rival to take control of Arrakis.
Early reviews are already starting to pour in for the film ahead of its March 1 release, and so far they’re even better than the first installment.
Dune: Part 2 has already earned an incredible 97% from 112 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.
And many of the critics praised the film’s gargantuan scope, including Rolling Stone’s David Fear, who said, “Villeneuve has outdone himself.”
“More importantly, it has done justice to the scope, scale and sheer rarity of the back half of a smoker-lit touchstone without, pun intended, sanding its edges.”
Variety’s Peter Debruge admitted that splitting the film into two halves was a “huge gamble” that somehow paid off.
While the 2021 film established the world, the second part added, “it moves from the world-building thrills of the 2021 original to a meaty, all-encompassing narrative.”
The first wave of reviews came for Dune Part 2 before its release, earning an incredible 97% from 112 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.
In addition to Timothee and Zendaya, the sequel also sees the return of stars Dave Bautista (Beast Rabban), Javier Bardem (Stiglar), Josh Brolin (Gurney Hallack) and Rebecca Ferguson (Lady Jessica).
The second part also has its fair share of newcomers, including Austin, and is also joined by Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken, and Anya.
The film was originally scheduled to be released in late October 2023, before being delayed until November and finally delayed until March of this year following dual writer and actor strikes.
After multiple delays, it will now hit theaters on March 1, 2024.