Overview
- Silverstone posted photos of the handwritten letter on social media in late January, writing, "Fifteen-year-old me was funny. And trying to survive."
- In the 1992 note to a friend, the then‑15‑year‑old said "the movie people" wanted her to lose 5–10 pounds and called the request "a joke," adding that losing weight felt like "asking me to kill myself."
- The letter was written as she awaited a decision on The Crush, the 1993 psychological thriller that became one of her early screen roles before Clueless.
- Coverage has contextualized the letter with past accounts of challenges on The Crush, including her 2013 recollection that a scene used a body double.
- Public reaction has included support from industry figures such as director Brett Gursky, who called the weight demand "ridiculous."