has claimed late filmmaker Penny Marshall instructed her to 'lose 20 pounds' while they were making the 1992 movie A League of Their Own.
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Rosie ODonnells Shocking Weight Loss Demand Revealed
Rosie O'Donnell has claimed late filmmaker Penny Marshall instructed her to 'lose 20 pounds' while they were making the 1992 movie A League of Their Own.The 64-...
The 64-year-old star looked back on her journey after recently shedding 60 pounds in a candid interview with People.
O'Donnell recalled how her weight influenced her self-image as she rose through the show business ranks.
'When I would do late-night, my biggest concern wasn’t my set - it was, did I look fat?' O'Donnell said.
'On League of Their Own, Penny Marshall didn’t help by saying, "Rosie, I want you to lose 20 lbs." I’m like, "You think I carry it around for fun, Penny?"'
The hit film documented a World War II-era female professional baseball team in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, as O'Donnell was joined in the cast by , , Lori Petty and .
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Rosie O'Donnell, 64, says late filmmaker Penny Marshall had instructed her to 'lose 20 pounds' while they were making the 1992 movie A League of Their Own; seen in NYC in June
O'Donnell pictured at the 1994 Oscars at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in LA
O'Donnell said that she regrets being down on herself about her body image at the time.
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O'Donnell was joined in the cast of the hit 1992 film by Tom Hanks
Marshall and O'Donnell seen at an event on April 27, 2009 in New York City
O'Donnell in 2021 spoke about how she identified her character in the film as gay, which Marshall disagreed with, on the podcast Everything Iconic with Danny Pellegrino.
'It's funny, during League of Their Own, my character again, I think was gay,' O'Donnell said. 'And when she had that speech - "I never really felt like a real girl. I always felt like a fake girl, not even a girl, but now there's a lot of us and I feel like we're all okay" - I did that in the bus.'
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O'Donnell said that Marshall wanted her to reshoot the take, telling her that the context of the speech was 'not a gay thing,' a notion which she said she challenged.
'I said, "Pen, did you read the words? The words are totally that she finally feels she fits in amongst this group of tomboys. There's this little bit of an undertone,"' O'Donnell said.
