Anne Hathaway did not hold back when she was asked about her weight in the lead up to her role in The Dark Knight Rises.
Thankfully, it's commonly agreed nowadays that it's rude to ask a person about their weight or comment on changes to their body. However the media hasn't always been so mindful when it comes to quizzing celebrities to their bodies.
One example of this is a recently resurfaced interview with The Idea of You actress Anne Hathaway, who found herself faced with an awkward comment about her weight during an interview back in 2011.
During a press junket for her romcom One Day, interviewer Chris Van Vliet asked the actress about her role as Catwoman in Christopher Nolan's 2012 epic The Dark Knight Rises.
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Here is a reminder of Hathaway in the role incase you'd forgotten.
Ahead of the highly anticipated film's premiere fans were of course excited about seeing Hathaway in the role, following the release of pictures of her in character, with Van Vliet making sure to get a couple of questions about The Dark Knight Rises into his interview.
"Fans are really excited about this. It was a couple days ago we finally saw the first photos of you as Catwoman," Van Vliet asks, to which the actress nods her head politely, before he continues: "How do you fit into that suit?"
Hathaway instantly erupts into laughter and responds by making slight of the question.
"It takes three of us and a lot of lead time," she said, adding: "Sit-ups, tricep curls and, you know, bench kicks - I don't know."
The actress appears keen to move past the topic of her body, seemingly anticipating the clanger Van Vliet would drop moments later.
The interviewer continued: "But you're in phenomenal shape right now. How much weight have you lost to get into this shape right now?"
Watch the interaction below:
Ever the professional, Hathaway was able to come up with the perfect response to Van Vliet's line of questioning, calling him a 'forward young man'.
"You did not just ask me that. What a forward young man you are! My goodness - how much weight," she responded.
Her response leaves Van Vliet blustering, insisting that he had not meant to offend Hathaway or suggest she needed to lose any weight.
"I've worked very hard to become Selina Kyle," she added.
Fortunately Hathaway didn't appear too offended by the question, with the actress telling Van Vliet she was 'just messing' with him after he apologised.
This isn't to say that interviewers can't ask about actors' extreme body transformations for roles either, such as Christian Bale's huge weight loss for The Machinist, but the interaction serves as a reminder to be mindful about how to broach topics around body weight.
Brenna Cooper