Kate Beckinsale too fat to star in Pearl Harbour ?

Kate Beckinsale too fat to star in Pearl Harbour ?

Kate Beckinsale was told she was too fat to star in Pearl Harbour .

"I remember going to the fitting and trying on a few swimsuits for a scene... I felt fairly triumphant," she recalled. "[The costume designer] literally went grey in the face and said, 'Do you want me to tell you how long you've got before this scene is shot?'

"By the time I arrived back at my hotel, I'd been faxed an incredibly rigorous gym schedule and a diet."

"Thank God for Ben Affleck!" she said. "He was so candid about the producers doing the exact same thing to him. Once I realised it was happening to the boys, too... I was able to put it in perspective."