![]() ![]() Later, she was on Seconals-the sleeping pills on which she ultimately overdosed-to offset the fact that the diet pills kept her awake, which became the basis of a lifelong dependency, according to Edwards. Garland was on a strict diet to control her weight, a regimen that included not just too much chicken soup and diet pills, as depicted, but also black coffee and cigarettes to curb her appetite. All of the diet details are based in fact, and indeed they only convey a fraction of MGM’s control over her. Zellweger’s Garland later has an interview in which she talks about her chicken soup diet. A young Judy is forbidden from eating cake and hamburgers. ![]() Throughout the movie there are periodic flashbacks to unhappy scenes from MGM, many of them featuring food deprivation. Mayer with Darci Shaw as Judy Garland in Judy. ![]()
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