Some members of the audience at a “ Scarface ” reunion in New York Thursday were outraged by a concern about Michelle Pfeiffer ’ s weight.
Saying he was a moms and dad worried about body image, Tribeca Film Festival mediator Jesse Kornbluth asked Pfeiffer what does it cost? she weighed in the violent cult classic, according to numerous outlets .
One audience member screamed, “ Why do you wish to know ?! ” Another screamed, “ Seriously? ” and audible boos followed.
Kornbluth aimed to restore his footing by stating, “ This is not the concern you believe it is.”
Pfeiffer, who depicted the other half of trigger-happy drug lord Tony Montana (Al Pacino), described that she was playing a drug addict, so she was accelerating her weight reduction to fit the story. “ Of course, I attempted to time it so that as the motion picture went on I ended up being thinner and thinner and more emaciated, ” she stated. At the end of the shoot, she included, ” I believe I was surviving on tomato soup and Marlboros.”
Pound for pound, this needed to be the most uncomfortable minute of the night.
Pfeiffer and “ Scarface ” stars Al Pacino and Steven Bauer, together with director Brian De Palma, had actually collected for a 35th-anniversary screening of the motion picture.
