IBINAHAGI ni Lily Collins ang kanyang nararamdamang koneksiyon sa kanyang karakter sa To The Bone – dahil tulad ni Ellen sa pelikula ay nakaranas din siya ng eating disorder noong kanyang kabataan.

Habang nagsasalita sa IMDb Studio tungkol sa dark comedy sa 2017 Sundance Film Festival, ibinunyag ng 27-anyos ang kanyang sakit sa unang pagkakataon.

“This was definitely a more dramatic role for me, I suffered with eating disorders when I was a teenager as well,” aniya. “I wrote a book last year and I wrote my chapter on my experiences a week before I got Marti’s script and it was like the universe putting these things in my sphere to help me face, kind of dead on, a fear that I used to have. And, a way to explain it as someone who’s gone through it and to open up a topic that is considered quite taboo with young people nowadays, male, female, and to really start a conversation.”

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Nagpapayat si Lily para gampanan ang batang babaeng may anorexia, ngunit sa pagkakataon ito ay sa tulong ng isang nutritionist. Pero ang pagpapapayat ay kalahati lamang ng kanyang haharaping hamon.

“It caused me to have to emotionally go there, but in a way that was the most safe, healthy way possible with a nutritionist, and really to physically go there but also emotionally and it did require a different set of emotional skills, to kind of go back in time for me, with you know, my experiences,” paliwanag ng aktres. “So definitely a different type of film for me to do, very, very personal.”

Ipinagdiwang ni Collins ang kanyang pag-amin sa naging sakit na matagal niyang itinago at pinasalamatan ang suporta ng kanyang mga tagahanga sa pamamagitan ng post sa Instagram na masaya siya sa litato habang lumulundag na napapaligiran ng niyebe.

“Chilled to the bone but feeling so free,” saad sa caption niya. “What a huge moment this is for me. Owning my past, being open, and having no shame or regrets about my experiences. Sharing my history with eating disorders and how personal this film has been is one of the most fulfilling experiences of my life.”