Apparently Pearl Harbor director Michael Bay only cast Kate Beckinsale because she's 'not too attractive'
Pearl Harbor' at 20: Kate Beckinsale says she didn't make sense to Michael Bay 'because I wasn't blond and my boobs weren't bigger than my head'
Kate Beckinsale reveals sexist reason director Michael Bay didn't like her | news.com.au — Australia's leading news site
![At the UK premiere of Pearl Harbor. | We Wanted to Be Kate Beckinsale 17 Years Ago, and We Still Do Now | POPSUGAR Celebrity UK Photo 3 At the UK premiere of Pearl Harbor. | We Wanted to Be Kate Beckinsale 17 Years Ago, and We Still Do Now | POPSUGAR Celebrity UK Photo 3](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/2eN4aQGPPwfNhxhlQvhUcN0KFJU/fit-in/2048xorig/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2016/03/22/007/n/2589278/ffd4469d70235418_GettyImages-678046_master/i/UK-premiere-Pearl-Harbor.jpg)
At the UK premiere of Pearl Harbor. | We Wanted to Be Kate Beckinsale 17 Years Ago, and We Still Do Now | POPSUGAR Celebrity UK Photo 3
![KATE BECKINSALE in PEARL HARBOR, 2001, directed by MICHAEL BAY. Copyright TOUCHSTONE PICTURES. - Album alb1956333 KATE BECKINSALE in PEARL HARBOR, 2001, directed by MICHAEL BAY. Copyright TOUCHSTONE PICTURES. - Album alb1956333](https://www.album-online.com/photos/prev/MDA5MjJlMA/album_alb1956333.jpg)
KATE BECKINSALE in PEARL HARBOR, 2001, directed by MICHAEL BAY. Copyright TOUCHSTONE PICTURES. - Album alb1956333
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