A Nutritionist Made Lily Collins Gain Her Weight Back After Filming 'To The Bone'

Lily Collins has always maintained a healthy weight (at least for as long as we can remember).

However, when filming Netflix’s To The Bone, the actress made the choice to lose weight for her role as Ellen, even after struggling with anorexia herself.

“We never asked her to lose a certain amount of weight,” director and writer Marti Noxon revealed to People.

“There was a discussion, and we didn’t have very much time. We only had about four weeks between her signing on and starting filming, because of her schedule,” she adds, knowing personally that there was a chance Lily could have a trigger effect.

“It was really more of a conversation about what’s going to make you feel, as an actor, prepared for the role, but also how do we keep you safe, and not at a dangerous weight that’s going to be triggering for you.”

However, the nutritionist who consulted on the movie made Lily gain back all the weight back that she had lost for this part.

“We had her work with a nutritionist, who actually worked with her throughout the entire process and for months after who, as she was gaining the weight back, was checking in with her all of the time.”

We’re glad that this movie is taking on such a delicate subject, and even prouder that Lily worked with a nutritionist to get back to a healthy weight afterwards.

To To Bone is streaming now on Netflix.