Oddly, I haven’t noticed that visual quirk having as noticeable an impact on male actors as female ones. I wonder why that is? Is it a fat-v-muscle issue? Male actors on screen and IRL look basically the same to me.

Yep. The producer-to-actor (or, producer to agent to actor) “chubby chat” is a real thing.

That was my response to this. “HEY, WORLD, THIS WOMAN WON’T LET ME SEE MY KID, I’M THE GOOD GUY HERE, LET ME SHOW YOU...”