Kat Dennings has said that casting directors called her 'fat' and remarked that she was not 'pretty enough when she was 12. The Shifting Gears star entered showbiz at the age of nine, appearing in commercials, before she landed her series debut at 14 on an episode of Sex And The City.
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Her greatest fame arrived when she was an adult, starring on the sitcom 2 Broke Girls and featuring in a character role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Now, looking back on the early days of her career, the 38-year-old has recalled some of the 'extremely negative feedback' she received after auditions.
![[Her greatest fame arrived when she was an adult, starring on the sitcom 2 Broke Girls alongside Beth Behrs from 2011 until 2017]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/03/94197169-14294839-Her_greatest_fame_arrived_when_she_was_an_adult_starring_on_the_-m-77_1737082943520.jpg)
Noting that the 'environment' in showbiz in those days was 'very harsh,' she added that casting directors could be 'very cruel' even whilst 'talking about a child.'. 'It was pretty crazy thinking about it. I'm like: "How can anyone say that about a little kid? This is insane,"' she remembered to People.
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Kat Dennings has said that casting directors called her 'fat' and remarked that she was not 'pretty enough when she was 12; pictured in 2022. 'For example, I was 12. I'd go into an audition and I'd do it, and my manager would call me and I'd be like: "How'd it go?" And they'd be like: "Well, they thought you weren't pretty enough and you're fat,"' Kat shared.
'The time that I was auditioning and starting to act, it was a very different environment than it is now,' she noted. 'There was not a lot of inclusivity at all. It was very harsh. There was a lot of extremely negative feedback and people would not hold back.'.
