MARLENE DIETRICH - DIETRICH'S DAUGHTER: 'PALTROW IS TOO THIN TO PLAY MY MOTHER'

DIETRICH'S DAUGHTER: 'PALTROW IS TOO THIN TO PLAY MY MOTHER'

The daughter of screen legend MARLENE DIETRICH has slammed GWYNETH PALTROW for accepting the role of her mother in a forthcoming movie - insisting the star is "too thin". MARIA RIVA believes the SLIDING DOORS star is a bad choice for the part because of her svelte shape, and is adamant skinny actresses wouldn't have succeeded in the Tinseltown of the past. She says, "There wasn't a star in Hollywood back then that was as thin as today's actresses. "Studios wouldn't have signed skinny women in my day. Marlene, JOAN CRAWFORD, PAULETTE GODDARD - all of us were shapely. We were what men wanted to see - and gorgeous with it. "I think Gwyneth will need some helpings of good old apple pie and plenty of ice-cream!"