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Entertainment February 2, 2017
Playing an undead, flesh-eating zombie in her new Netflix series has brought Drew Barrymore back to life.
The 41-year-old actress admits she had let herself go after her divorce last year from Will Koppelman.
But the opportunity to take on the role of a suburban mom who turns into a zombie in “Santa Clarita Diet” offered an opportunity to recharge herself.
“I lost like, 20 pounds playing her and had an attitudinal shift and plucked my eyebrows and, I don’t know, just started thinking like a woman again. And it was amazing,” she told Entertainment Tonight.
Speaking at the premiere of the show, which represents her first TV series lead, the actress said she loved her character, adding, “She’s got this great feminist empowerment thing going for her that I think was very positive for me in a very sick and wrong way.”
Barrymore has been open about her split from ex-husband Will, with whom she remains friendly. The pair, who have two daughters together, divorced last April.
The star who first shot to fame as a child in “E.T” and has gone on to make a string of movies including “Charlie’s Angels” and “The Wedding Singer” said the offer to play the strong, slim and fierce character of a zombie named Sheila came at the perfect time following her divorce.
“It came sort of the middle of a moment in my life where I had sort of let myself go due to personal circumstances, and I thought I could come alive with Sheila,” she said on the “Today” show.
“It was a really great goal line for me because I think as much as the weight loss everything’s very subtle; it’s attitudinal; it’s empowerment; it’s confidence.”
Her show, “Santa Clarita Diet,” starts streaming on Netflix from Feb. 3.
