Cinderella's Lily James Did a Liquid Diet to Fit That Silly Corset

Much to the delight of Disney’s publicity department, there’s been heavy controversy over Cinderella’s tiny waist in the upcoming remake. The latest update is that Lily James went on a partial liquid diet to accommodate that stupid corset.

In a recent interview with E!, James explained how she made it work on set by foregoing solid food. It wasn’t a completely liquid diet because she did eat, but the actress says:

“When [the corset] was on we would be on continuous days, so we wouldn’t stop for lunch or a lovely tea like this. You’d be sort of eating on the move. In that case, I couldn’t untie the corset. If you ate food it didn’t really digest properly, and I’d be burping all afternoon in [Richard Madden’s] face, and it was just really sort of unpleasant. I’d have soup so that I could still eat but it wouldn’t get stuck.”

As for the reports of Disney digitally remixing Cinderella’s waistline in the movie, James told Nightline:

“I have naturally a quite small waist… And on top of that I have a corset that was pulled me [within an] inch of my life … And then the skirt is so big that the perspective and the proportions make it look smaller than it is.”