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Sophia Myles
  • Has smoked "in real life" (IRL) = Probably, unconfirmed
  • Profession = actress
  • Her entry in the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
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  • Miscellaneous information
              •  "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
              •  "As she sits here in jeans, scrambling around for a fag ('Can I nick one? Thanks!') ... I've noticed that Lady P doesn't smoke in [Thunderbirds], whereas that cigarette holder in the original was such a big part of her visual signature... '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 (UK), Aug. '04
  • Proof she has smoked (or quit) "in real life"
              •  "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
              •  "She is trying to give up smoking, hence an almighty urge to nibble that would challenge the principles of a saint ... '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.", You (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
              •  quit - "all Sophia Myles wants is a light for the Marlboro in the corner of her mouth. ... Myles comes across instantly as warm and completely unaffected. When she's not puffing away on her cigarette, she is discussing the hangover she is nursing ... she has given up smoking - 'apart from the odd one behind the bike sheds'", The Times (UK), Apr. 15-21, '06
              •  "she is desperate for me not to mention the fact that she has started smoking again ('Mum thinks I've given up')", Independent (UK), Dec. 2, '06
              •  quit - "when I gave up smoking three months ago I started eating more and put on a stone.", Elle (UK), Feb. '09
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