The “Forbidden Fruits” star has spoken candidly about her struggles with body image.

Lili Reinhart says a male director once told her, ‘Suck in your stomach’

The "Forbidden Fruits" star has spoken candidly about her struggles with body image.

By Derek Lawrence

Derek Lawrence

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April 1, 2026 2:26 p.m. ET

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Lili Reinhart at the Los Angeles premiere of 'The Strangers: Chapter 1' in May 2024. Credit:

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Lili Reinhart is revealing some direction she once received that she was hardly excited to take.

In a new interview with the cast of *Forbidden Fruits*, she was asked about an "acting note that she took personally," and the *Riverdale* alum's response left her costars ready to put a "hex" on the perpetrator.

"When I had a male director come up to me and silently lean over and go, 'Just suck in your stomach a little bit,'" Reinhart told *Cosmopolitan*.

Her *Forbidden Fruits* costars Lola Tung, Victoria Pedretti, and Alexandra Shipp started groaning before Reinhart could even finish, and once she did Pedretti replied, "Oh my God. What is his name?"

"Tell you later," Reinhart said, to which Shipp exclaimed, "Say his name!"

Lili Reinhart in 'Forbidden Fruits'.

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Reinhart has long been open about her struggles with body image. "I wish there were more average-sized arms represented in mainstream media for women," the 29-year-old actress wrote on X in 2023. "My body dysmorphia has been going crazy because I feel like my arms need to be half the size they are currently. We've glamorized these skinny arms that, for most of us, can only be achieved if you're a literal adolescent."

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Produced by Diablo Cody, *Forbidden Fruits* stars Reinhart, Tung, Pedretti, and Shipp as a group of Dallas saleswomen who form a coven in the basement of their clothing store. The horror comedy is playing now in theaters.

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