Angels never gained weight - Charlie's Angels (1976) Discussion

[–] TheXmanCometh 8 years ago

Cheryl looked just a teeny bit fuller but you basically have to play her first episode back to back with an episode like Angels in Hiding or Hula Angels (season 5) to notice any difference at all.

Let's face it, the angels all look terrific during and after the series.

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[–] InherentlyYours 7 years ago

Cheryl indeed look stockier by the end of the 5th season. At that point, she was in danger of being reprimanded for it. she seems like the only actress on the show who has to watch her weight

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[–] InherentlyYours 7 years ago

I would think it's more her "setpoint", as they call it , and genetics. She was never a size 2 before/after this show, but more like an everyday-woman.

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[–] InherentlyYours 7 years ago

You could say that Ladd was too thin during this time, yet if she gained, you can tell it would go to the wrong places.

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[–] horizonbeach 7 years ago

That is clearly untrue because they all DID "not overeat" because of that big ole paycheck.

Exactly. Plus, I have read where they usually put in 14 hour days in order to film an episode a week and even had to do clothing fittings during their lunch hour, so there was probably little time to eat during the day and by the time they got home late in the evening they probably just ate something quickly and fell into bed to get up early the next day and do it all over again.

There is a series of interviews on Youtube where Mike Douglas interviewed Kate, Cheryl, and Jaclyn, in between them shooting scenes from "Pretty Angels All in a Row". You can tell because they were wearing the clothing they wore in that episode. During Kate's interview she is eating a small sandwich and she apologizes to Mike Douglas but tells him that it's the only chance she will have to eat anything that day. That's probably a lot of what kept them thin. Maybe it was done by design. Probably the biggest threat to them gaining weight was when they went on filming hiatus between seasons and had more time for themselves.

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[–] InherentlyYours 7 years ago

Exactly.

Then Ladd smoking 4 packs a day to prevent overeating is not true? There is catering service on sets, where actors can indulge (doughnuts, pastry..) while they wait hour(s) for shots to be set up. I've been on these sets. TV is faster than film , yet half their day (or more) is spent setting up shots. Jackson was anorexic-looking, which may be something she has never mentioned.

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[–] InherentlyYours 7 years ago

4 packs a day to prevent overeating is what I heard on the board, or from another source. What Ladd was likely doing is putting each cigarette out before it was finished (some people save their cig, then re-light it), which would account for 4 packs.

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[–] trainyourdog 8 years ago

Kris in ANGELS ON THE RUN:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/95301854@N08/13991514167/in/dateposted-public/

Somehow in the next scene she was wearing white pants.

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[–] sleepwalking 8 years ago

Cheryl's got some junk in the trunk there damn! I do remember a pre-Angels movie called Treasure Reef where she had still had some baby fat, being younger... a soft tummy like Scarlett Johansson in Lost In Translation! I did watch a very scuzzy VHs copy though, so who knows.

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[–] TheXmanCometh 8 years ago

I think that we are so used to seeing the angels in super tight outfits that looser/pleated pants tend to make them look wider that normal to us. I think we saw the angels in them a little more often in later seasons.

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[–] InherentlyYours 7 years ago

I do remember a pre-Angels movie called Treasure Reef where she had still had some baby fat, being younger...

Yes, her 1973 low-budget film where she met David Ladd, Treasure of Jamaica Reef, where she looked heavier and more voluptuous

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[–] horizonbeach 8 years ago

Well, they were paid a lot of money to stay thin. If any one of them had gained a bunch of weight, say more than five pounds over the run of the show, they would have no doubt been shown the door and it would have probably sparked some big feminist debate about double standards in Hollywood.

Remember the big hoopla when Delta Burke gained a bunch of weight when she was on "Designing Women"? She remained on the show, but the producers basically ended up fat shaming her in so many ways and changing her character from "the sexy one" to "the big, fat, loud one" and creating much of the comedy on the show at her expense. No wonder she ended up quitting anyway.

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[–] InherentlyYours 7 years ago

Well, they were paid a lot of money to stay thin.

all the money in the world can't help you not overeat.

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[–] I_Love_Hutch 7 years ago

all the money in the world can't help you not overeat.
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That is clearly untrue because they all DID "not overeat" because of that big ole paycheck.

I thought I was gonna die! - Roseanne Roseannadanna

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[–] I_Love_Hutch 7 years ago

Remember the big hoopla when Delta Burke gained a bunch of weight when she was on "Designing Women"? She remained on the show, but the producers basically ended up fat shaming her in so many ways and changing her character from "the sexy one" to "the big, fat, loud one" and creating much of the comedy on the show at her expense.
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The thing about that is as Delta/Suzanne put on weight she got funnier and funnier. The first season, she was very beautiful, but only marginally funnier than the other three women. But by the third and fourth seasons, almost everything Suzanne did was hilarious. In fact, Suzanne and Bernice are the only reasons why I will watch the show. Charlene was sweet and lovable and did a lot of cute things and Mary Jo was okay and Julia was a pain in the rear.

I thought I was gonna die! - Roseanne Roseannadanna

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[–] pioneergrrrl (2389) 4 years ago

Don't forget back then their society was more physical. They ate much less fast food too. So keeping off weight was easier. We sit on the couch and play with computers more.

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[–] [email protected] (5497) 4 years ago

This reminds me of an interview I read that Farrah Fawcett did while she was an Angel. She said that when she got home she maybe ate some chicken and a salad.

She went on to describe how her life was just as ordinary as everyone else's. Something like, "I eat a little dinner, maybe clean a room and go to sleep."

I remember thinking, "WHOA, you live with Lee Majors and you come home and CLEAN? Are ya nuts?"

Housework would be the LAST thing on my mind!

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