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| • | "Smoky-voiced Thunderbirds favourite Lady Penelope will have to abandon one bad habit in a forthcoming film of the cult Sixties series. With the sultry puppet character played by rising British actress Sophia Myles, left, in the much-hyped big screen version, its bosses say the pinkclad glamorous secret agent will have to make do without her trademark cigarette. 'In the original series Lady Penelope used an elegant cigarette holder,' says an insider. 'But it was decided it wouldn't set a good example, having her smoking like a chimney in the film. After all, the film is going to be watched by a lot of children' Myles for one is grateful for the ban. 'I'm quite glad as I'd have been Fag Ash Lil by the end of it'", The Express (UK), Jul. 13, '04 | |
| • | "SFX: I've noticed that Lady P doesn't smoke in this film, whereas that cigarette holder in the original was such a big part of her visual signature. Myles: You're the first person to ask about that! It didn't even come up, and in a way I'm quite glad, because with continuity on film you'll be shooting one scene for like eight hours I'd have been like fag-ash Lil by the end of it", SFX, Aug. '04 |
| • | "Sophia Myles, a 22-year-old actress described as 'another Kate Winslet' did not gel with Merlin either, who eventually resorted to directing her through his assistant. 'But once she was out of her dressing room and on the set, usually with the promise of a cigarette, she was fine'", The Express (UK), Jun. 28, '02 | |
| • | "Some of my friends were getting pregnant and into drugs, but the most I did was smoke 10 Marlboros", Sunday Times (UK), Jul. 28, '02 | |
| • | "is trying to give up smoking...'I need to be locked in a room with Allen Carr (the stop-smoking expert),' she groans before succumbing to her craving for a puff and asking if I mind her lighting up.", Mail on Sunday (You magazine) (UK), Mar. 20, '05 | |
| • | "I tried to give up [smoking] when I was filming Nicholas Nickleby, but the combination of nicotine patches and a tight corset made me nearly faint!", Mail On Sunday (UK), May 28, '05 | |
| • | "Actress Sophia Myles, 25, is so smitten by 58-year-old Charles Dance she is quitting smoking...'I tried to give up when I was filming Nicholas Nickleby, but the combination of nicotine patches and a tight corset made me nearly faint! Now really is the right time to quit", Mail on Sunday (UK), May 29, '05 |
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