Imagine if the producer told the actresses to lose weight
Executive producer Michael Patrick King told John Corbett before filming began that he needed to have a full makeover, which included losing weight and getting in shape:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniesoteriou/ajlt-michael-patrick-king-john-corbett-lose-weight-aidan
Now, imagine if he told one of the old female stars that. The “body positive” activists would go ballistic on social media and the outraged actresses would be crying about “being insulted” in interviews and that the industry is pushing “unrealistic expectations” about how women should look.