Beyoncé was not here for the way “Austin Powers In Goldmember’s” marketing team changed her appearance.
Vulture recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of the blockbuster comedy film “Austin Powers In Goldmember.” The movie’s crew gave an oral history of Beyoncé’s character Foxxy Cleopatra. During the interview, the film’s makeup artist Kate Biscoe revealed some exciting information about Beyoncé.
Biscoe says that Beyoncé called out the marketing team for changing her appearance on one of the movie’s posters.
“When we were shooting, someone brought her a poster that would be promoting the movie,” Biscoe said. “He showed it to her, like, ‘Do you like it?’ And she was kind of like, ‘Yeah.’ He goes, ‘What’s the matter?’ And she says, ‘You made me too skinny. It’s not me.’ Then she did this hourglass shape. And he said, ‘Okay, we’ll fix that.’”
Biscoe continued, “She walked away to go do the scene, and I looked at him and smiled, like, ‘Is that the first time that you’ve ever had an actress ask to make her body bigger?’ He was like, ‘Yes. It’s going to cost me thousands of dollars, but I am going to do it.’”
The producer, John Lyons, mentioned that Beyoncé had a “really tough physical regimen and diet” to prepare for the film. According to Lyons, the beehive queen only ate 1,200 calories daily so she could be ready to play Foxxy.
“[Beyoncé’s team was] keenly aware of the expectations that both the music business and Hollywood frequently have for how young, beautiful women should look and were smart about making those ideas work to their ends,” Lyons added.
