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When Christina Hendricks felt ``invisible``

Curvy Christina Hendricks revealed that she felt ‘invisible’ before she was selected for her role in the hit US drama ‘Mad Men’.

London: Curvy Christina Hendricks revealed that she felt ‘invisible’ before she was selected for her role in the hit US drama ‘Mad Men’.
The 35-year-old also admitted that she never felt like she fit in showbiz. “I’ve never quite felt like I fitted in. It’s as if I was invisible before Mad Men. Now people come up and say: ‘God, I love the show, I’m so-and-so,’ and I’m like, ‘I know, I had dinner with you three years ago’,” The Telegraph quoted Hendricks as saying. Hendricks didn’t have it easy though, being a size 14 and repeatedly told to lose weight if she wanted to get bigger roles. The actress has also spoken out about the difficulties she has encountered as a larger woman in Hollywood. “It is difficult come awards season, and I need to find a gown to walk down the red carpet in, and there are only size zeros and size twos available,” she said. But on Mad Men, Hendricks is a totally different woman. “It’s fun to play a woman who’s so sure of herself, who walks around with incredible posture and her chin up,” she said. “When you put on the girdle and the long-line bra and the pencil skirt and the sweater, you just start walking a different way. That’s just how it is. And when you take it all off, Joan just disappears,” added Hendricks. ANI