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1.<\/span><\/p>\n As Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad<\/i>, Margot Robbie was famously sexualized and put in tiny sequin shorts (that were more like underwear) and a ripped white shirt (that later gets wet).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n The outfit was a pretty large departure from the comics, which usually feature Harley in a bodysuit \u2014 an outfit she donned (though it later changed) in the HBO animated Harley Quinn<\/i> series.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n Robbie later spoke of the costume and the backlash surrounding it: \u201cAs Margot, no, I don\u2019t like wearing that. I\u2019m eating burgers at lunchtime, and then you go do a scene where you\u2019re hosed down and soaking wet in a white T-shirt, it\u2019s so clingy and you\u2019re self-conscious about it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n Robbie\u2019s costumes in Birds of Prey<\/i> were notably less sexualized (including, yes, overalls), and The Suicide Squad<\/i> featured costumes and hair much closer to that of her comic counterpart.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n 2.<\/span><\/p>\n One of the most famous sexualized movie costumes of all time was worn by Carrie Fisher in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.<\/i> In the scene, her character, Princess Leia, was enslaved by Jabba the Hutt and made to wear a metallic bikini and skirt.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n Fisher said the costume \u201cwasn\u2019t [her] choice\u201d and that when George Lucas showed it to her, she thought he was joking. \u201cIt made me very nervous. I had to sit very straight because I couldn\u2019t have lines on my sides, like little creases. No creases were allowed, so I had to sit very, very rigid straight.\u201d She was instructed to exercise in order to wear the costume, and later called it, \u201cwhat supermodels will eventually wear in the seventh ring of hell.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n She also later gave advice to the newer trilogy\u2019s star, Daisy Ridley, saying Ridley should not \u201csettle for simply being a sex symbol. You should fight for your outfit. Don\u2019t be a slave like I was.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n 3.<\/span><\/p>\n For Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,<\/i> Angelina Jolie was reportedly unhappy with her character\u2019s revealing and tight wardrobe, and thought it sent a bad message to young girls. She also had to pad her bra for the role.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n 4.<\/span><\/p>\n When Scarlett Johansson first began playing Black Widow in Iron Man 2,<\/i> her costume was much more revealing and sexualized than it would become in later films. Johansson herself called her character\u2019s portrayal \u201chypersexualized,\u201d saying, \u201cYou look at Iron Man 2<\/i> and while it was really fun and had a lot of great moments in it, the character is so sexualized, you know? Really talked about like she\u2019s a piece of something, like a possession or a thing or whatever \u2014 like a piece of ass, really.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n \u201cAnd [Tony Stark] even refers to her as something like that at one point \u2026 \u2018I want some\u2019 [says Tony] \u2026 and at one point calls her a piece of meat and maybe at that time that actually felt like a compliment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n Johansson said her character evolved over the years as she did, and that \u201cNow people, young girls, are getting a much more positive message, but it\u2019s been incredible to be a part of that shift and be able to come out the other side and be a part of that old story, but also progress.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n 5.<\/span><\/p>\n But while Johansson\u2019s costume became less sexualized, Elizabeth Olsen was not as lucky with her character, Scarlet Witch. This was particularly evident in Avengers: Infinity War,<\/i> when Olsen pointed out she was the only female Avenger to bare cleavage.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n Olsen said she didn\u2019t mind wearing a corset, but preferred that it hadn\u2019t been so low-cut. \u201cI\u2019d like it to be higher. Everyone has these things that cover them\u2014Tessa Thompson does, Scarlett does. I would like to cover up a bit. It\u2019s funny because sometimes I look around and I\u2019m just like\u2014wow, I\u2019m the only one who has cleavage, and that\u2019s a constant joke because they haven\u2019t really evolved my superhero costume that much.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n Notably, her costume was much more covered up in WandaVision<\/i> and Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n 6.<\/span><\/p>\n Another superhero who was not thrilled with her costume was Malin \u00c5kerman in Watchmen<\/i>. Comparing the tight latex suit to putting a condom over her whole body, she called the Silk Spectre costume \u201cso uncomfortable.\u201d She also revealed it was cinched in with a corset, and that \u201cThey wanted to cinch my waist in three inches smaller than what it actually is every day so that my shoulders looked broader.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n But it wasn\u2019t just that the costume was physically uncomfortable. \u201cIt didn\u2019t feel as powerful,\u201d she said. \u201cI think that the cool thing for me playing Silk Spectre was her being this powerful vigilante woman, aside<\/i> from the costume. I actually think the costume kind of took away a little bit from it. I wanted to have combat boots and get rough and tumble.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n 7.<\/span><\/p>\n At age 12, Miley Cyrus was cast as Miley Stewart, a character who frequently took on her popstar persona of Hannah Montana. While Miley dressed much like a regular preteen, Hannah was outfitted with sequins and a long blonde wig.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n Cyrus later spoke of the psychological effects of playing a character that was so made-up at a young age. \u201cFrom the time I was 11, it was, \u2018You\u2019re a pop star! That means you have to be blonde, and you have to have long hair, and you have to put on some glittery tight thing.\u2019 Meanwhile, I\u2019m this fragile little girl playing a 16-year-old in a wig and a ton of makeup. It was like Toddlers & Tiaras<\/i>. I had fucking flippers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n \u201cI was told for so long what a girl is supposed to be from being on that show,\u201d Cyrus continued. \u201cI was made to look like someone that I wasn\u2019t, which probably caused some body dysmorphia because I had been made pretty every day for so long, and then when I wasn\u2019t on that show, it was like, Who the fuck am I?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n 8.<\/span><\/p>\n In the wake of Jennette McCurdy\u2019s bombshell memoir, I\u2019m Glad My Mom Died<\/i>, Victorious<\/i> actor Daniella Monet said that she was forced to wear outfits she was uncomfortable with.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n \u201cI wouldn\u2019t even wear some of that today as an adult,\u201d Monet said, and a costumer on the show pointed out that teenage cast members often didn\u2019t bring up their outfit concerns due to a fear of retaliation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n 9.<\/span><\/p>\n McCurdy herself was forced to put on a bikini and take photos in it for Nickelodeon despite begging to just wear a one-piece for an iCarly<\/i> scene \u2014 she did end up in a one-piece in the episode, but photos were taken of her in a bikini to show an executive (likely Dan Schneider).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n 10.<\/span><\/p>\n Jessica Alba hated wearing her famous blue bikini in Into the Blue<\/i>. After she called it \u201cnot fun\u201d in a People interview (which started with specifically praising Alba\u2019s bikini-clad body, rather than speaking about the movie), the interviewer asked, \u201cWas there one body part that you thought, \u201cPlease, can I not show it?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n \u201cAll of it,\u201d Alba answered. \u201cEvery time the camera shut off, I was covering up in a towel and hating my life and calling my mom, and being like, \u2018I can\u2019t do this! I hate this movie!\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n In fact, Alba\u2019s character was originally meant to be a marine-biology student who would wear a wetsuit. \u201cBut then the people in charge decided to dumb it down,\u201d she said, and by the time Alba got on location to film, they had already filmed underwater scenes with her body double in a bikini. \u201cI had to match what they\u2019d already shot,\u201c she says. \u201cIf I\u2019d bitched about the change, I would\u2019ve been called a diva.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n 11.<\/span><\/p>\n Milla Jovovich called her \u201cskimpy\u201d costume at the start of The Fifth Element<\/i> \u201ca bit embarrassing.\u201d While she had grown up as a model and was used to being dressed by others, she said that \u201cIn the fashion world, most of the guys are gay and they have the etiquette not to notice. But these English guys working on the set were whistling and stuff.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n However, she ultimately said, \u201cMy character\u2019s all about what\u2019s inside\u2026 It\u2019s not really about her clothes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n 12.<\/span><\/p>\n Charmed<\/i> star, Alyssa Milano, didn\u2019t name a particular outfit but said that she felt that her character\u2019s costumes were overly revealing on the show.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n In the \u201990s, she said, it was like it was necessary to sexualize the characters in order to sell the show.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n 13.<\/span><\/p>\n Kaley Cuoco disliked many of her Charmed<\/i> costumes, including her wig and black vinyl outfit in early Season 8 and her superhero costume in the episode \u201cBattle of the Hexes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n 14.<\/span><\/p>\n Sophia Bush hated how often her character\u2019s costume was simply her in underwear on One Tree Hill<\/i>, and had to request that it happen less.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n Her boss replied, \u201cHe literally said to me, he goes, \u2018Well, you\u2019re the one with the big f\u2014king rack everybody wants to see. And I was like, [gasp], \u2018What? Well, I\u2019m not doing it!\u2019\u201d For the next episode, she showed up in a turtleneck \u201cto be spiteful,\u201d saying, \u201cThis is just how I\u2019m gonna dress on the show from now on if you don\u2019t stop writing these scenes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n \n
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