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Lili Reinhart Says a ‘Male Director Came Up to Me’ on Set and Said: ‘Just Suck in Your Stomach a Little Bit’

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Lili Reinhart Says a ‘Male Director Came Up to Me’ on Set and Said: ‘Just Suck in Your Stomach a Little Bit’
Apr 1, 2026 1:08pm PT Lili Reinhart Says a ‘Male Director Came Up to Me’ on Set and Said: ‘Just Suck in Your Stomach a Little Bit’

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ZSharf See All Lili Reinhart at The 16th Governors Awards held at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood on November 16, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Gilbert Flores/Variety

Riverdale” and “Forbidden Fruits” actor Lili Reinhart recently took part in a video interview for Cosmopolitan magazine and revealed that a male director once told her to “suck in her stomach a little bit” in between takes. Reinhart did not reveal the male director’s name.

Joined by her “Forbidden Fruits” co-stars Lola Tung, Victoria Pedretti and Alexandra Shipp, Reinhart was asked to name the “acting note that she took personally.” She did not hesitate to answer: “When I had a male director come up to me and silently lean over and go, ‘Just suck in your stomach a little bit.'”

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