It takes a lot to be Sherlock Holmes‘ muse. Take it from Rachel McAdams. Costumers squeezed the actress into a corset every single day of the shoot. Unfortunately for her it happens to be one of the requirements.

McAdams said, “Honestly, I had my own personal ‘Gone with the Wind’ situation. I had to wear real corsets, with my bones crushed and totally cinched in. The costumers would come to strap me into the corsets in the morning and I would try to push my belly out so I had a little bit more room. I would be holding onto the trailer door and trying to eke out just a little bit of space so I could speak properly. Still, they managed to squeeze me in every day. They even tried to make me laugh, and on the laugh they’d yank tighter.”

Talk about the pain of being slim. But perhaps it will be all worth it, as the movie is highly anticipated. It’s a romance and a bromance at the same time.

McAdams took on the character of Irene Adler–a mysterious American woman who takes on Sherlock in ways he never expected. One of her best scenes include her handcuffing Holmes to bed and leaving him on his own. Not much a damsel, huh?

Watch McAdams as she sizzles on screen when Sherlock Holmes opens in theatres this month.

(image & story via Chicago Sun Times)