Wed, 09 May 2007 12:00:00 ET
Christina Ricci got so intensely deep in her character as Rae in "Black Snake Moan" that she is willing to lose her curvy shape.
Christina Ricci has blamed her dramatic weight loss on her latest film. The once-curvy star, who looks gaunt in new movie '
Black Snake Moan', insists she wanted to look "unhealthy" for her role as nymphomaniac Rae.
Christina said: "When I did 'Ice Storm' and 'The Opposite of Sex', I was fifteen and sixteen. Realistically women do change a lot so I just lost my baby fat. As I have gotten older, I am starting to look more like my mother. But in this film, she is someone that doesn't take care of herself and I wanted her to look like that. I wanted her to look unhealthy."
In 'Black Snake Moan' Christina's character is kidnapped by a blues-playing preacher played by
Samuel L. Jackson. She is then chained to a radiator while the preacher tries to persuade her to tame her wild ways. But Christina, 27, insists she didn't find the experience uncomfortable - even though she spent hours in her underwear filming the disturbing scenes. She joked: "I was in my underwear so I was fine. Being chained up wasn't that bad. There are moments when I am wrangling the chain and the chain is causing me to be irritated. It provides insight into her character when she is alone with it. It didn't really hurt. I was careful."
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