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Forbes
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
7 Must-Watch Netflix Movies You Might Have Missed
Suki Waterhouse stars in the 2016 dystopian thriller film 'The Bad Batch.' We all know that feeling: you're scrolling endlessly through Netflix's myriad offerings, passing by the same movies over and over, wondering if this movie is worth watching or if that movie is any good—yeah, it's tough to choose. While many of those films are hyped by the streaming service or gain moments of traction on social media, the simple reality is that many of them will forever remain unknown. But what if we gave seven of those movies another chance? Seven movies that often fly under the radar, that still haven't gotten their moment in the sun, that are still waiting to find their audience, sometimes decades after their release? Well, let's do just that. This list features seven awesome movies on Netflix that aren't super popular. I determined this by arranging over 5,000 Netflix movies on Letterboxd, ranked by popularity. I then found movies buried way down on the list that I've enjoyed in the past, that offer lots of great insights and image, that I believe will provide some much-needed entertainment next time you need a break on the couch. I chose several different genres and styles to appeal to many different movie watchers, so hopefully you find a brand new favorite in this bunch. Good luck, and happy watching! 7 Must-Watch Netflix Movies You Might Have Missed Noah Baumbach became more of a household name after receiving an Oscar nomination for co-penning the Barbie script alongside wife Greta Gerwig. But he was well-respected by many prior to 2023, with Oscar nominations coming for Marriage Story in 2019 and The Squid and the Whale in 2005 as well. But long before those projects—back in 1995, to be exact—Baumbach released his first feature-length film, one that many consider to be his best: Kicking & Screaming. A dry, talky, sneakily profound comedy about post-college limbo, the film follows a group of friends: Grover (Josh Hamilton), Max (Chris Eigeman), Otis (Carlos Jacott) and Skippy (Jason Wiles). As part of what is a refreshingly meandering story that isn't driven purely by plot, these four recent graduates hang out at the same bar, argue about literature and wax poetic about their aimlessness, seemingly unable to move on from their responsibility-free university lives. All the while, Grover mourns a breakup with his girlfriend Jane (Olivia d'Abo), who has left for grad school in Prague. With its episodic structure and sharp, hyperverbal dialogue and many great character performances (including one from the forever-great Parker Posey), Kicking and Screaming wears its Gen X malaise on its sleeve, capturing that very specific post-graduate dread where everything feels both possible and pointless at the same time. Indonesian filmmaker Timo Tjahjanto enjoyed some notoriety for his participation in two of the popular horror anthologies: The ABCs of Death, V/H/S/2 and V/H/S/94. But he's found a special audience on Netflix, where he's released a few of his films—The Night Comes for Us, May the Devil Take You and The Shadow Strays. That final film is the polar opposite of Kicking & Screaming: a ferocious, blood-soaked action film that hits with the velocity of a freight train. But there's so much more than action to be found in its story. Aurora Ribero plays '13,' a 17-year-old assassin raised by a secret international organization known as the Shadows. After a mission in Japan goes array, her mentor Umbra (Hana Malasan) suspends 13 and sends her to Jakarta for monotonous, numbing psych retraining. There, she forms a protective bond with 11-year-old Monji (Ali Fikri), whose mother was lost to a human trafficking ring. After Monji is abducted, 13's violent training resurfaces with explosive force, propelling her on a revenge-fueled rampage through the Indonesian capital's darkest corners. Recalling the unbelievable fight sequences that littered Gareth Evans' popular Indonesian film The Raid, this work of wonder is stuffed to the brim with Tjahjanto's signature style: kinetic camerawork and brutal hand-to-hand choreography, relentlessly conveyed through extended set pieces. Yet beneath the spectacle is a story about conscience and guilt—a story of human connection that makes its revenge story all the more enrapturing. Joaquin Phoenix won a well-deserved Oscar for his portrayal of the Joker—an award that almost served as a retrospective honoring of his past work that went unnoticed by the Academy. For while he received nominations for the likes of Gladiator, Walk the Line and The Master, what is perhaps his greatest (and most devastating) performance got nothing—not even a nomination. The romantic drama Two Lovers follows Phoenix's character Leonard, a man who returns to live with his parents after a broken engagement drives him to attempt to take his own life. With his existence in limbo, Leonard suddenly finds himself torn between two women: the sweet and stable daughter of a business associate, Sandra (Vinessa Shaw), and the fragile, unpredictable neighbor involved with a married man, Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow). The love triangle that unfolds symbolizes Leonard's torn psyche: Michelle represents desire, uncertainty, emotional risk, while Sandra embodies love, dependability, future promise. Director and writer James Gray (who also created We Own the Night and The Immigrant) avoids clichés in this transfixing story, using Leonard's unstable condition to explore several ideas: how bipolar disorder shapes one's indecision and relational hesitations; how the struggle between passion and pragmatism mirrors a broader search for self; how self-forgiveness and self-acceptance are essential in pointing us in the proper direction. When baseball nerds describe Nolan Ryan's career as an MLB pitcher, I'm not sure his dominance can be properly conveyed via stats alone: his 5,714 strikeouts are more than 800 ahead of the second-place Randy Johnson; only Gerrit Cole's 326 strikeouts come near Ryan's season-best of 383 strikeouts; he has three more no-hitters (seven) than the next closest, Sandy Koufax; and on top of it all, Ryan was still throwing 95+ mph into his 40s, an accomplishment practically unheard of. So if you want to see such supremacy in action, then watch Facing Nolan. Yes, there's plenty of information and stories about Ryan's storied career, which fully detail his reputation as an unstoppable pitcher. But what makes the documentary stand out is how it balances the myth with the relatable, humble man: a Texas rancher, husband and father whose drive was grounded in love and hard work, not just athletic prowess. Featuring interviews with baseball legends like Randy Johnson, Craig Biggio, Roger Clemens, Pete Rose, this documentary from Bradley Jackson not only offers insight into how he achieved such a ferocious fastball (often clocking in over 100 mph), but also how his Texas values—his integrity, his resilience, his loyalty to family and his home—were crucial ingredients for one of the most intimidating figures ever to step on the mound. Do you love genre-bending post-apocalyptic thrillers? How about when they mix Mad Max-style wastelands with cannibalistic horror and tender romances set in a lawless Texas desert? If that kind of movie sounds too impossible to exist, then you haven't seen The Bad Batch—and that needs to be fixed immediately. Conceived by director/writer Ana Lily Amirpour (whose first feature, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, was met with critical acclaim) as 'Road Warrior meets Pretty in Pink,' this gritty, unapologetically weird slice of body horror showcases the auteur's ambition to fuse brutal aesthetics with surreal romanticism, employing an evocative, almost hypnotic aesthetic that's filled with constant tonal shifts, from eerie notes of silence to sudden bursts of violence. The film centers on Arlen (Suki Waterhouse), a young woman literally branded as part of the 'bad batch,' who is dropped into the desert and immediately captured by a group of cannibals. After a brutal escape, Arlen drifts through a wasteland populated by scavengers, bodybuilders and misfits—including a mute drifter known only as Miami Man (Jason Momoa) and a hedonistic cult leader called The Dream (Keanu Reeves). These ever-watchable characters make the jagged but immersive world imagined by Amirpour all the more intoxicating, showcasing the director's world-building talents as she takes a bold, creative leap from her first feature. If you're not up on Emma Seligman, the director of Bottoms, then you're not up on one of the most exciting voices in comedy right now: her ability to turn everyday situations, from family gatherings at funerals to unsure romance amidst high school politics, allows her to craft small worlds that feel huge; her razor-sharp dialogue allows her to turn social anxieties into moments of both hilarity and dread; and her comedic timing is as much about silence, glances and pacing as it is about punchlines. She has such a unique voice, and it was fully on display in her debut feature, Shiva Baby. The film centers on college student Danielle (Rachel Sennott), who attends a shiva with her parents. But little does she expect to run into her sugar daddy, Max (Danny Deferrari), nor her ex-girlfriend, Maya (Molly Gordon), at an event filled with intrusive relatives and nosy family friends. Adapting her own short film with razor-sharp efficiency, Seligman stands out in her debut because of her ability to tell stories from perspectives that rarely get center stage—her protagonists are often queer, complex, and flawed, allowing her comedy to explore identity with nuance rather than stereotypes. Drawing on her own Jewish upbringing and millennial experiences, Seligman crafts characters who feel both highly specific and widely relatable, resulting in an empowering collaboration with Sennott that's driven by strong, unconventional characters. Dystopian movies are a dime a dozen (heck, there's even another one on this list), but using the zombie formula as a deadpan ode to ennui and small-town Americana is definitely a unique approach—one that writer/director Jim Jarmusch utilized nearly 40 years into his legendary career (he also created films like Down by Law, Dead Man and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai). The result is The Dead Don't Die, a commentary via absurdity, a film that riffs off zombie godfather George Romero's anticapitalist undercurrents (think Dawn of the Dead) but also brings that message into the 21st century with MAGA hats, juvenile detention and environmental disaster denial. Set in the sleepy rural town of Centerville, the cast includes Bill Murray as Chief Cliff Robertson, Adam Driver as the stoic Deputy Ronnie Peterson and Tilda Swinton as the town's Harley-riding mortician, Zelda Winston. When the dead start rising from their graves, the townspeople are caught off guard. And instead of the usual frantic panic, Jarmusch lets the apocalypse unfold with bizarre calmness: Murray and Driver patrol in sloth-like formation, Zelda welds coffins for fun and Jarmusch himself even pops up onscreen as Officer Ronnie's aging hippie father. The cast is rounded out with so many great actors, from Chloë Sevigny to Steve Buscemi to Danny Glover to Austin Butler to Selena Gomez—seriously, the list goes on. They all come together for a film that treats horror convention with ironic distance: zombies shuffle, characters muse and apathy often feels more dangerous than the undead.
The Guardian
5 days ago
- Health
- The Guardian
Wait … can you get a hernia from wearing tight pants?
On 14 July, actor and singer Suki Waterhouse shared a tweet explaining her recent absence from X: ''suki you never tweet anymore' have you ever considered I wore pants so tight 6 months ago it caused a hernia & I've been too scared to tell you.' She followed up with two pictures: one shows her wearing what are presumably the offending pants, and the other shows her in a hospital bed, hooked up to an IV. (There is also a vape resting on her hospital gown. That's not relevant to this story, just a fun detail.) Like many rich texts, the post raises a lot of questions. Like: could I pull off leather pants? They let celebrities vape in the hospital? And most importantly: can tight pants really cause a hernia? We asked experts. A hernia is a hole in the abdominal wall, explains Dr Yewande Alimi, a bariatric and minimally invasive surgeon at MedStar Georgetown University hospital. The hole results in 'protrusion of tissue from the abdomen', she says. 'Commonly fat, or sometimes intestine.' These look like small bulges, and often appear in areas where the abdominal wall tends to be weaker: around the groin, the front midline of the abdomen, through the diaphragm, in the belly button or through a previous surgical incision. Hernias are 'very, very common', says Dr Marcoandrea Giorgi, an associate professor of surgery at Brown University and bariatric surgeon at Brown Surgical Associates. Symptoms vary. Some hernias are visible – bulges around your trunk 'where you shouldn't have one', as the Cleveland Clinic puts it. They can appear during certain strenuous activities, like exercising or sneezing, and then retract at other times. They may be painful – a sharp pain or a dull ache – or they may not feel like anything at all. Other hernias are too deep to see from the outside, but you may feel an ache or pressure. Inguinal hernias, those that appear around the groin, are the most common – about 25% of men and 2% of women will develop these at some point in their lives, according to the US National Library of Medicine. Giorgi estimates that he personally treats about 100 inguinal hernias a year. Hernias that only contain fat are often not very dangerous, says Alimi. But 'when hernias contain intestines and are associated with pain, there is an increased chance that those intestines can get stuck, resulting in the need for an emergency operation', she says. Hernias can be present from birth – umbilical or belly button hernias, for example – or they can develop over time as the result of wear and tear on the abdominal wall. Incisional hernias, those that appear through a former surgical incision, occur in about 15% of patients following surgery. Weight gain, pregnancy, strenuous exercise and a chronic cough or constipation can all weaken the abdominal wall and lead to potential hernias, says Alimi. Children who are born prematurely or who have connective tissue disorders, cystic fibrosis, hip dysplasia or problems in their urinary or reproductive systems are more likely to be born with congenital hernias, according to the Cleveland Clinic. 'Absolutely not,' says Dr Charlotte Horne, a metabolic and abdominal wall reconstructive surgeon at the Mayo Clinic. Tight clothing 'might put pressure on something that was already there, but the outside layer is not going to result in breaking down layers of your abdominal wall'. Giorgi says he has never heard of a hernia related to tight pants. The only way this might be possible, he says, is if the pants were so tight that they put significant pressure on the upper abdomen. 'It's like you have a balloon with some water in it – if you squeeze one part of the balloon, the other part will be under more pressure,' he says. But even then, the balloon will only pop if the plastic is already stretched too thin, he says. In other words, wearing tight pants would only exacerbate an existing hernia, putting pressure on it and possibly resulting in a bulge, but it would not create a new one. Sign up to Well Actually Practical advice, expert insights and answers to your questions about how to live a good life after newsletter promotion 'Oftentimes, people have hernia disease for years before they seek any intervention,' says Horne. If a hernia is neither painful nor particularly bothersome, it is something one can potentially live with. But most hernias never go away, and experts recommend consulting with a doctor to figure out the best course of action. 'Some patients I counsel to wear a binder to prevent the hernia popping out all the time,' says Giorgi. For hernias that are painful or risk causing intestinal blockages, surgery is the usual course of action. 'The goal of a hernia surgery is to restore the integrity of the abdominal wall, which means to close the hole,' says Horne. This is done by stitching the hole up or patching it closed with the help of mesh prosthetics. The complexity of the procedure depends on the severity of the hernia. 'Some of them can be done as an outpatient procedure, but some require an inpatient stay,' says Horne. Although you can't prevent congenital defects or surgical incision complications that may make you more susceptible to developing a hernia, you can reduce the strain on your abdominal wall by maintaining a healthy weight, eating high-fiber foods and being careful when lifting heavy objects. Horne says she also recommends that people who do a lot of heavy lifting wear supportive and compressive clothes to 'hold things in'. So don't throw out all your tight pants yet – unless you want to look like you're gen Z.
Daily Mail
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Suki Waterhouse's BFF Poppy Jamie leaves partygoers horrified at her 35th birthday bash as her hair catches fire
Suki Waterhouse 's BFF Poppy Jamie had a memorable 35th birthday after her hair caught fire while she attempted to blow out the candles on her cake. The TV presenter and wellness guru horrified close friends including Suki, Princess Eugenie, and British socialite Jack Guinness when her hair went up in flames. The incident, which was captured on camera by guests, showed Poppy, dressed in a sleeveless black minidress, recoiling as a section of her hair lit up. She frantically batted the fire away from her face as panicked partygoers looked on. Thankfully, she escaped the mishap uninjured. The following day she posted a photo of herself on Instagram - taken before the incident - with the caption: 'The calm before I caught on fire. Thank you for my birthday messages... 'I think the past year has been the most challenging I've ever had. Excited to start again. Let's go!' Jack shared a story on Instagram, writing: 'I've had a lot of messages from people asking if Poppy's hair is ok after my previous stories… 'You're missing the point. That's irrelevant. It's the funniest video of all time. It's art.' Despite the drama, the party - which Poppy appeared to share with a male friend who was also celebrating his birthday - was otherwise a success. After a private dinner in London, Poppy and friends headed to a karaoke bar for the afterparty. Suki, 33, who last week revealed she had been hospitalized with a hernia for wearing pants that were too tight, looked like she's recovering well as she blasted out a duet with Poppy. Game Of Thrones actress Jazzy de Lisser shared a photo of them on Instagram and captioned it: 'Pop Princess'. Princess Eugenie also marked the special day by posting a story on Instagram of their recent day out at Ascot Racecourse in England with Meghan Markle's close friend, fashion designer Misha Nonoo. 'One more for the birthday babe… looking a bit better!!' Eugenie wrote - a cheeky reference to the hair-raising moment which suggested she was also present at the dinner.
Daily Mail
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Suki Waterhouse's BFF Poppy Jamie's 35th birthday descends into chaos as her hair catches FIRE while blowing out her candles
Suki Waterhouse 's BFF Poppy Jamie delivered more drama than anyone could have expected at her 35th birthday party in London over the weekend. The TV presenter and wellness guru horrified close friends including actress and singer Suki, Princess Eugenie and socialite Jack Guinness when her hair caught on fire as she tried to blow out the candles on her cake. The incident, which was captured on camera by guests and later shared online, shows Poppy, dressed in a sleeveless black mini dress, recoiling as a section of her hair goes up in flames. She furiously batted the fire away from her face as panicked partygoers looked on. Thankfully, she managed to escape the mishap uninjured. The following day she posted a photo of herself on Instagram - taken before the incident - with the caption: 'The calm before I caught on fire ���� Thank you for my birthday messages... 'I think the past year has been the. most challenging I've ever had. Excited to start again ☀️ let's go ��.' Jack Guinness shared a story on Instagram, writing: 'I've had a lot of messages from people asking if Poppy's hair is ok after my previous stories… 'You're missing the point. That's irrelevant. It's the funniest video of all time. It's art.' Despite the drama, the bash - which Poppy appeared to share with a male friend who was also celebrating his birthday - was otherwise a success. After a private dinner in the capital, Poppy and friends headed to a karaoke bar for the afterparty. Suki, 33, who last week revealed she had been hospitalised with a hernia for wearing trousers that were too tight, looked like she's recovering well as she blasted out a duet with Poppy. Game of Thrones actress Jazzy de Lisser shared a photo of them on Instagram and captioned it: 'Pop Princess'. Poppy's friend Princess Eugenie also marked the special day, posting a story on Instagram of their recent day out at Ascot with Meghan Markle's close friend, fashion designer Misha Nonoo. 'One more for the birthday babe… looking a bit better!!' Eugenie wrote - a cheeky reference to the earlier hair-raising moment which suggested she was also present at the dinner. Poppy rose to fame as a presenter on ITV2 and MTV, before launching an award-winning mindfulness app, Happy Not Perfect, and writing a bestselling book on anxiety and self-love. With fans including Millie Mackintosh and Pixie Lott, she's become a leading voice in the world of wellness and mental health. Suki recently revealed she was hospitalised with a hernia six months ago for an unlikely reason, with fans noticing another unusual detail. The English actress and singer posted a pair of images on the site X on Monday: one in which she was onstage in support of her record Memoir of a Sparklemuffin; the other in which she was in a hospital bed. Suki told more than 165,100 followers on X about the bizarre scenario. '"Suki you never tweet anymore'' she tweeted. 'Have you ever considered I wore pants so tight 6 months ago it caused a hernia & I've been too scared to tell you.' Suki - who welcomed a daughter in March 2024 with fiancé Robert Pattinson - had a small blue vape in hand in the hospital pic, which she acknowledged after a fan brought it up. The fan said that holding a 'vape in the hospital is diabolical,' to which Suki said, 'So true.'
Buzz Feed
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Celebrities Who Took Beauty Is Pain Too Seriously
We've all heard the saying "beauty is pain," and unfortunately, that sentiment has been way too normalized (especially for women). Way too often, putting yourself through discomfort or injury is praised for the sake of beauty standards — especially in Hollywood. Here are 34 times celebrities took "beauty is pain" way too seriously: In 2025, Suki Waterhouse tweeted, "'suki you never tweet anymore' have you ever considered I wore pants so tight 6 months ago it caused a hernia & I've been too scared to tell you." She also shared a picture of herself wearing said pants onstage (you can see it here). Sofía Vergara's red carpet looks often cause her to bleed. In 2016, she told Net-A-Porter, "My body has changed with age. People will often say that I wear the same thing on the red carpet, but I know my body: it's very voluptuous, and I've got the boobs of a stripper. They're a 32DDD, and because they're real, they're everywhere, so I need my dresses to have structure — and under armor. There is so much going on under my dresses that I bleed at the end of award ceremonies. In ten years, I think it would be good to have a reduction. I don't think it's even going to be an option not to have surgery, because I'm going to start having back pains. I wouldn't make them too small – just enough that I don't end up looking like an old stripper." In 2022, Jennifer Coolidge told Allure, "For The White Lotus, I didn't want to look like a big, white marshmallow on the beach in Hawaii, so I got a spray tan. I got on the plane, and I started to feel really weird. By the time I got off the flight, I had to go to the emergency room. [During the production], I think we ended up using regular makeup. The minute we stopped filming, I would shower." In 2016, Gwyneth Paltrow told the New York Times, "Generally, I'm open to anything. I've been stung by bees. It's a thousands of years old treatment called apitherapy. People use it to get rid of inflammation and scarring. It's actually pretty incredible if you research it. But, man, it's painful." (Note: According to the BBC, researchers say bee sting therapy is "unsafe and unadvisable.") In 2022, Zac Efron told Men's Health, "That Baywatch look, I don't know if that's really attainable. There's just too little water in the skin. Like, it's fake; it looks CGI'd. And that required Lasix, powerful diuretics, to achieve. So I don't need to do that. I much prefer to have an extra, you know, 2 to 3 percent body fat." The process also impacted his mental health. He said, "I started to develop insomnia, and I fell into a pretty bad depression, for a long time. Something about that experience burned me out. I had a really hard time recentering. Ultimately they chalked it up to taking way too many diuretics for way too long, and it messed something up." In 2011, Joan Collins wore a Georges Hobeika dress that was so tight, she had to be rushed from the Vanity Fair Oscars Party to the hospital. In an essay for the Daily Mail, she reportedly wrote, "Next thing I knew, I was surrounded by some rather attractive firefighters who were asking me questions such as: 'What's your name?' (as if they didn't know) and 'How old are you?' (which I refused to answer). Apparently, I had fainted in [her husband] Percy's arms, and he, in a panic, had asked security to call an ambulance — which was roomier than [her sister] Jackie's limo and, thanks to the sirens, much swifter in Hollywood traffic. Not quite how I had expected to end this glamorous night!" "Nevertheless, I put myself in the care of professionals at the hospital's Emergency Room. There, after an hour of tests, the doctors discharged me with stern admonishments not to wear such tight dresses — and to eat in future if I was expected to last the pace at the fabulous Vanity Fair party," she said. Before she was a megastar, Cardi B got illegal butt injections at a basement apartment in Queens for $800. In 2018, she told GQ, "They don't numb your ass with anything. It was the craziest pain ever. I felt like I was gonna pass out. I felt a little dizzy. And it leaks for, like, five days." However, she later had 95 percent of them surgically removed and warned her fans to never get the procedure done. In a 2022 Instagram Live, she said, "All I'm going to say is that if you're young, if you're 19, 20, 21, and sometimes you're too skinny, and you be like, 'OMG, I don't have enough fat to put in my ass,' so you result to ass shots, don't!" Zendaya's stylist, Law Roach, trained her to wear painful Christian Louboutin heels when she was a teenager. In 2024, he told the Cutting Room Floor podcast, "I think that the So Kate is one of the most versatile shoes. It's also one of the most painful. It actually started when she was, like, 14, and I remember she had these So Kates on all day. It's the first time she'd ever worn them, and she was collapsing. She's like, 'I have to take these shoes off.' I'm like, 'You will not take these shoes off.' And she kept them on, and the next day she put them on again, and the next day she put them on again. So, it kind of became our thing, and now, her feet are just kind of, like, trained... She could wear them all day. She could dance in them, she could kick her legs up, she could run downstairs." When it comes to toughing it out on the red carpet, shoes are just the beginning for Zendaya. At the 2018 Met Gala, she wore a cumbersome Joan of Arc-inspired look. She told Vogue, "The day before, going there, putting it on, I was like, 'Wow.' It was so heavy 'cause of the beading, but it was so beautifully constructed, and it's Versace. And typically, like, I can handle a night out, you know, with my heels and everything. I've been wearing heels for a long time, but I don't know. It was something about a mixture of, like, wearing these platforms and, like, the heaviness of my dress. I was struggling. I was like, 'I need to sit down.' But it was all worth it." Zendaya famously wore a vintage metal Mugler suit to the Dune: Part 2 premiere in London. In 2024, she told Vogue, "This suit, everybody knows it. And I was like, 'I wonder if I could wear that.' And so, I sent it to [stylist Law Roach], and I was like, 'What if we wore this for the premiere?' He was like, 'Are you being serious?...Don't play with me. Like, don't get me started on something and make me do this, and you're gonna like chicken out at the last minute and be too scared to wear it.' And I was like, 'I mean, if we can do it.'" She continued, "One of the men who originally made it was with us, and he was like, 'You know, we can try it, but there's also a world where certain parts won't fit.' Like, our proportions might be very different — my elbow is a little bit lower or my whatever, then it doesn't work because there's certain hinges and places where your arms and things need to move. But we tried it on, and I was like, 'Guys, I think it's fitting.' It fit like a glove, and I was like, 'This is so crazy.' And everybody was like, 'Woah!' It just felt very like, I was meant to be, whatever. Immediately, I think after wearing it for like 10 minutes or less than that, I got, like, really, like, lightheaded. The metal conducts and holds onto heat very quickly and kind of traps heat in." "I'm wearing a complete bodysuit, so there's a barrier, so you already have a layer of material kind of on your skin. As the days were coming up, I was like, 'This is a bad idea. Like, why did I do this?' But I put it on, I went out there, and I did it," she said. Another one of Zendaya's iconic Dune outfits — the wet-look Balmain gown from the 2021 Dune premiere in Venice — was modeled after a corset she saw on the runway, but it was custom-made and molded to her body. After her stylist, Law Roach, contacted the designer about collaborating, they sent a woman to Zendaya's house to make a cast of her body. She told Harper's Bazaar, "This is made of leather, but it kind of looks liquid, but it's all solid. So it's really difficult to sit in and to breathe in because it doesn't, you can't breathe. It's just, like, hard, so the whole movie, I'm focusing on breathing." In a 2018 blog post titled "The Skincare Treatment I'll Never Do Again," Kim Kardashian said getting the vampire facial — where your own blood is drawn, and the platelet-rich plasma is separated and injected back into your face via microneedling — was "so not worth it." She wrote, "Before I got the procedure, I just found out that I was pregnant, so I couldn't use numbing cream or a pain killer, and both are suggested. It was really rough and painful for me…My show was also filming the treatment, so I felt I couldn't chicken out. It was honestly the most painful thing ever!" Kim Kardashian also has a long history of painful Met Gala looks. In 2019, she wore a wet look Mugler outfit that consisted of a corset made by Mr. Pearl beneath silicone-covered silk organza. On Instagram, she shared that she had to take "corset breathing lessons from none other than Mr. Pearl." She also told the Wall Street Journal, "I have never felt pain like that in my life. I'll have to show you pictures of the aftermath when I took it off — the indentations on my back and my stomach." At the 2022 Met Gala, Kim wore Marilyn Monroe's famous "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" dress. In order for it to fit without alterations, she did a dangerous crash diet, which involved adding meat back to her typically plant-based menu. One of the side effects was a painful psoriasis flareup. She told Allure, "Psoriasis broke out over my body, and I got psoriatic arthritis, so I couldn't really move my hands. It was really painful, and I had to go to a rheumatologist who put me on a steroid. I was freaking out. I cut out the meat again, and it's calmed down." And the 2024 Met Gala, she wore a custom Margiela by John Galliano gown with a metal corset. In a Season 6 episode of The Kardashians, she said, "I've never felt this way before, where I feel like I can't breathe. I can handle it for so long, but it's like, I have to pee, I can't breathe… I literally was dying... I'm literally gonna throw up. I've never been more uncomfortable...I've never been in this much pain before. I was gonna sneak out right before the dinner, but then I walked by [Anna Wintour's] table, and Anna goes, 'Perfect, you're here. Can you sit in my seat while I go make my rounds?'" Here's what her back looked like when she took off the corset. She said it was "abso-fucking-lutely" worth it. She said, "Yes! That's just who I am. If you look good, it was all worth it." Kim's little sister, Kylie Jenner, has followed in her footsteps. It started when she made her Met Gala debut in 2016, where she wore a silver Balmain gown. Afterward, she shared a picture of her bruised feet and scratched-up ankles on Snapchat with the caption, "When ur dress made you bleed and ur feet are purple." In a follow-up post, she added, "It was worth it though." At the 2017 Met Gala, Kylie wore a tight Versace dress. On an episode of Life of Kylie, she tried it on for the first time. She said it needed to be tight enough for her to "kind of suffocate." Here's the full look: And in an Instagram story post following the 2025 Met Gala, Kylie shared how a styling tip from Ferragamo creative director Maximillian Davis left her feet in pain. Sharing a video of her team trying to help her get her shoes off, she said, "Max told me to tape my feet into these shoes, and now my feet are stuck in the shoes! Ow!" In a follow-up post, she shared that they were able to get the shoes off successfully. Will Poulter put himself through "a lot of gym work and a very, very specific diet" to prepare for his MCU debut as Adam Warlock — who's genetically engineered to be "perfect" — in Guardians of the Galaxy 3. He told the Independent, "It's difficult talking about it because with Marvel it's all secret squirrel, but the most important thing is that your mental and physical health has to be number one, and the aesthetic goals have to be secondary, otherwise you end up promoting something that is unhealthy and unrealistic if you don't have the financial backing of a studio paying for your meals and training. I'm in a very privileged position in that respect, and I wouldn't recommend anyone do what I did to get ready for that job." He also said, "I've gone through periods of looking at food and feeling like I can't face it, and then you blink and the next minute you're ready to eat furniture because you're so hungry... The whole social side of your life has to take a back seat. I'm in a routine that is so rigid that being able to go out for dinner with friends is not something I've been able to do. I'm looking forward to being able to again." While playing the titular role in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Rachel Brosnahan got a "corset-related injury" from her character's '50s and '60s-era outfits. She "can't take super deep breaths anymore." In 2020, she told The Late Late Show with James Corden, "We talk so fast on the show that to get all the words out, you can't really take very many breaths. And I think I wasn't breathing a lot, and I was a bit constrained, and apparently, some of my ribs are sort of fused together." At the 2012 London premiere of Total Recall, Jessica Biel reportedly said, "My dress is so tight. Getting up the stairs was a lot harder than any of the stunts we did in the film." In 2021, actor Zhang Meng ended up in the hospital after attending China's Weibo Awards Ceremony in a dress with a built-in corset. On the social media Weibo, she reportedly posted, "Red carpet + corset = [a visit to the] orthopedic department? I used my life as collateral for my good figure." In a follow-up comment, she added, "Thank you everyone for your concern, it's not a major issue. When the dress arrived, it was a little small [for me], but I didn't have the time to alter it. There's nothing wrong with the dress, I'm just too fat! Everyone, please make sure to take care of your health, even as you continue in your pursuit of beauty!" Old Hollywood icon Rita Hayworth reportedly went through a year of electrolysis to raise her hairline by an inch. The treatment involved shocking her follicles with a skinny metal probe to remove the hair permanently. In 2024, Mary Jo Eustace told E! News, "I tried Morpheus8, which is a great procedure, I'm not knocking it, but it's very painful... It actually injures your skin to get results. And it was a little painful. I have a lot of friends who've done that, and they're not going to do it again because of the pain factor." She also said that the numbing cream she was given only worked "to a certain extent." In his 2024 memoir Karma, Boy George wrote, "I had a tummy tuck not long after [getting hair transplants], which was the most painful thing I've ever done because I went on tour straight after with Cyndi Lauper with the blood bag attached. I'd previously lost seven stone [98 lbs.] doing the metabolic balance diet, and I needed to get rid of the excess skin. When anyone asks about my scar, I say I had twins by Cesarean." At the 2018 AMAs, Taylor Swift wore a Balmain mirror ball dress. In her Netflix documentary Miss Americana, behind-the-scenes clips revealed that she had trouble breathing in the outfit. Here's the full look: In a since-deleted Instagram post, Priyanka Chopra Jonas said, "My second Met Gala outfit was this blood-red Ralph Lauren beautiful outfit with the gold hood. But the corset under that thing, I couldn't breathe. I felt like it reshaped my ribs. So hard to sit during dinner and I obviously couldn't eat too much during that night." At the 2018 Met Gala, Rihanna's pope-inspired Margiela look was difficult to wear because of its weight. She told Entertainment Tonight, "It was heavy. Every step was a squat. I promise you, my butt gained from that night. I had another option that was a lot more simple, same Margiela, but I felt like it was an insult to the people who sat there and, like, hand-beaded that entire thing, to just say, 'No, put that in the archives.' It was so great, I couldn't deny it." In a 2025 TikTok post, Ellie Goudling shared the painful-looking results of her cosmetic procedure, adding, "I give up trying to look snatched." In the caption, she said she "got attacked by a laser grill," reportedly referring to a laser facial. To prepare for the titular role in Ant-Man, Paul Rudd "basically didn't eat anything for about a year." In 2015, he told Variety, "I took the Chris Pratt approach to training for an action movie. Eliminate anything fun for a year, and then you can play a hero." At the 2018 Met Gala, Bella Hadid wore a Chrome Hearts gown with a coordinating Chrome Hearts x Gareth Pugh veil. On her Instagram story, she said, "If anyone was wondering why I couldn't move, it's because a legend by the name of @jenatkinhair sewed a whole entire 10-pound veil to my head." While playing Kate Sharma in Bridgerton, Simone Ashley needed help getting dressed "because when you're in a corset, you can't put your shoes on." The corset caused other problems, too. In 2022, she told Glamour UK, "On my first day, I was like, 'OK, first day as a leading lady, got to eat lots of food, be really energized.' So, I had this massive portion of salmon, and that's when I needed to be sick, basically because I was wearing the corset. I realized when you wear the corset, you just don't eat. It changes your body. I had a smaller waist very momentarily. Then, the minute you stop wearing it, you're just back to how your body is. I had a lot of pain with the corset, too. I think I tore my shoulder at one point!" At the 2019 Billboard Latin Music Awards, Anitta wore a Galia Lahav look. She told Entertainment Tonight, "It's painful. A lot. I'm here smiling to you, pretending everything's okay, but I'm dying here inside. It's everything. Everything — hair, shoes, clothes." And finally, at the 2016 Oscars, Jennifer Garner wore a custom Versace dress. On The Tonight Starring Jimmy Fallon, she said, "Do you know how they make it? See how I have a waist right now? I don't have one in real life anymore. What they do is, they move your organs around. There are basically two men who come in with screw guns, and they screwed me into a metal corset — this isn't true, but it was a metal corset, and it did take two Italian people who were talking very quickly. And the next thing you know, my ribs were compressed."
