Even before Pitch Perfect 3 hit theaters, the production was criticized for possible discrimination against its plus-size stars. Rebel Wilson posted a photo online of herself alongside her co-stars Brittany Snow and Chrissie Fit; while the latter two wore sleeveless tops, Wilson wore short sleeves. The photo sparked accusations of size discrimination, possibly intensified since Wilson has been a public defender of a healthy female body image.
The controversy escalated when people pointed out that Ester Dean, one of Wilson's co-stars, also wore a similar sleeved version of the striped sailor shirt in a photo of her posted on her Instagram account. Movie costume designer Salvador Perez finally took to Twitter to try and put out the fire. "I let each actor decide how the costume would fit,
it was his choice," Perez wrote. "Rebel, Ester and Haney Mae wanted sleeves." In abnother photo posted by Kelly Jackie, each of the stars are seen wearing a variety of styles of the same sailor shirt. It appears that the photo that sparked the controversy in the first place may have been taken out of context.
