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  british actress emma thompson has said she never moved to los angeles because she felt she was deemed "too fat" when she visited. "it is a strange place and i couldn't live there  she told swedish chat show skavlan. the oscar winner also condemned the pressure on actresses to be thin. the anorexia - there are so many kids  girls and boys now  and actresses who are very  very thin  who are into their 30s  [and] simply don't eat  she said. the star also revealed she threatened to quit working on 2008 film brideshead revisited in reaction to a co-star who had been told to shed the pounds. she said: the producers said to her  'will you lose some weight?'. she was absolutely exquisite. "i said to them  'if you speak to her about this again  on any level  i will leave this picture. you are never to do that'.
article_headline: emma thompson felt 'too fat' to live in la