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| • | "The film role of Bridget Jones, the quintessentially English thirty-something diarist renowned for her angst over men, drink and cigarettes has been won by the Texas-born actress Renee Zellweger", Daily Telegraph (UK), Feb. 24, '00 | |
| • | "Zellweger has refused to star in the sequel to the movie `'. The American beauty claims she could not deal with the British weather, and having to smoke and overeat like her character", World Entertainment News Network, Mar. 4, '01 | |
| • | "I did learn a lot living in a different culture, but to say I came back and changed my lifestyle would be denying all the good things about LA - people look after themselves, we don't smoke. I really missed being able to exercise", Sunday Times (UK), Mar. 4, '01 | |
| • | "For Bridget Jones's Diary, she learned to smoke -- 'It burned my mouth and the smoke got in my eyes'", National Post, Mar. 31, '01 | |
| • | "The cigarettes were especially difficult. She admits she was worried about getting addicted. 'Sure, definitely, absolutely - especially having worked in bars for so long - I was aware of what it means to your health. It was fun for a while, and I knew it would be limited. But I really didn't enjoy that part of it very much, I must confess. After the 20th, 30th take, and the 20th, 30th cigarette, yeah, I began to resent that pack of poopie-doodie sticks in my pocket. They weren't even cigarettes. I couldn't have the nicotine (of real cigarettes) because of the metabolism factor. I had to smoke herbal cigarettes that smelled like burning cow fields. (Tobacco cigarettes) speed up your metabolism. I couldn't do things that would speed up my metabolism", Houston Chronicle, Apr. 12, '01 | |
| • | "But one can't be much of a muse these days without being sample size, so there was more smoking than eating at this affair. The ladies' room drew a mixed crowd, including Olivier Theyskens, Lou Doillon, January Jones, Eva Mendes, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez. The sinks were filled with wet cigarette butts and there was so much exhaust in the air that even nonsmokers like Zellweger left smelling like an ashtray", WWD, May 4, '09 |
| • | no - "locals remember Renee as the antithesis of Bridget Jones. 'Renee was a very clean-living girl,' says Patty Henson. 'She certainly didn't drink or smoke when I knew her, and I very much doubt she does now. But I betcha Renee can 'do' Bridget.'" The Mail on Sunday, (Night & Day supplement) (UK), Apr. 30, '00 | |
| • | "She smoking cigarettes by the packetful", Sunday Times (UK), Jun. 4, '00 | |
| • | no - "A Texan gal with a drawl thick enough to marinade a T-bone in, a just-30 slip of a babe whose appearance is 30 going on 12, a non-drinking, non-smoking good ole girlie as the raddled, addled, neurotic, sex-obsessed, verging-on-the alcoholic, messed-up, overweight Bridget Jones?", This is London, Jun. 5, '00 | |
| • | "Zellweger is immersed in playing Bridget Jones... scads of cigarettes (the non-smoker substitutes the non-addictive herbal variety)", USA Today, Jun. 23, '00 | |
| • | no - "Non-smoker Renee was allowed to puff on herbal cigarettes, but says everyone avoided her because they made her smell of dung", Mirror (UK), Mar. 6, '01 | |
| • | "She learned to smoke. 'It burned my mouth and the smoke got in my eyes'", National Post (Canada), Mar. 31, '01 | |
| • | quit - "After wrapping filming of , Zellweger says she's happy she can 'go back to the gym, run with my dog, not smoke'", Premiere Magazine, Apr. '01, p. 64 | |
| • | no - "she does not smoke, drinks very little and fervently follows a healthy lifestyle", Mail on Sunday (Night & Day magazine) (UK), Apr. 1, '01 | |
| • | no - "Fans were highly sceptical that this non-drinking, non-smoking and, above all, slender star would be able to capture the essence of the Silk Cut-fuelled, weight-obsessed Bridget", "Renee - The slim, non-smoking self-assured Texan beauty who came to England to play the plump, ciggie obsessed singleton Bridget Jones", Daily Express (UK), Apr. 2, '01 | |
| • | "Renee Zellweger ate pizza every day and smoked herbal cigarettes in the new movie Bridget Jones's Diary. The actress took up smoking. `My boobs got lovely and massive. I went up several sizes. Even though Bridget does drink and smoke a lot, I don't think it sets a bad example because she doesn't make it look glamorous'", World Entertainment News Network, Apr. 5, '01 | |
| • | "The cigarettes were especially difficult. She admits she was worried about getting addicted. 'Sure, definitely, absolutely - especially having worked in bars for so long - I was aware of what it means to your health. It was fun for a while, and I knew it would be limited. But I really didn't enjoy that part of it very much, I must confess. After the 20th, 30th take, and the 20th, 30th cigarette, yeah, I began to resent that pack of poopie-doodie sticks in my pocket. They weren't even cigarettes. I couldn't have the nicotine (of real cigarettes) because of the metabolism factor. I had to smoke herbal cigarettes that smelled like burning cow fields. (Tobacco cigarettes) speed up your metabolism. I couldn't do things that would speed up my metabolism. I couldn't exercise, I couldn't climb stairs quickly or break a sweat for nine months'", Houston Chronicle, Apr. 12, '01 | |
| • | no - "Is it true that you don't want to do Bridget Jones 2 because of the smoking and because you don't want to put on weight again? 'Didn't like the smoking. Definitely. But I don't know that I ever said I wouldn't want to do Bridget Jones 2'", Heat (UK), Apr. 14-20, '01 | |
| • | no - "I don't smoke and don't drink that much", Mr. Showbiz, Apr. '01 | |
| • | no - "Which leads us neatly to Zellweger's main bone of contention with the film - the 'stinky poo cigarettes' that Bridge chain-smokes. Zellweger is a non-smoker, and in fact wasn't allowed to smoke real cigarettes because they speed up the metabolism - undoing all that hard-won weight-gain. So they gave her herbal ones. 'They were so = offensive. We were filming a scene in the Tate Modern, there were hundreds of extras, and that was all fine until I lit up my stinky poo cigarette and the whole room turned to figure out where the smell was coming from", Empire (UK), May '01 | |
| • | no - "Zellweger starred as the chain-smoking heroine of Bridget Jones's Diary, but since health-conscious Renee doesn't smoke, she had the producers order custom-made herbal cigarettes. But, according to the National Enquirer website, all her co-stars avoided her - because they swore the nasty butts smelled like dung", World Entertainment News Network, May 11, '01 | |
| • | no - "Now it can be told: Renee Zellweger smelled stinky on the set of 'Bridget Jones's Diary.' Bridget's a smoker and Renee's NOT, so she had producers order custom-made herbal cigarettes. Nauseous co-stars swear the butts reeked like DUNG -- and avoided standing near her!", National Enquirer, May 11, '01 | |
| • | "Renee Zellweger: Weight: 3st. V Good. Cigarettes smoked: 325", Daily Mirror (UK), Jan. 5, '03 | |
| • | no - "insisted on using clove cigarettes for the role as she is not a smoker", zap2it.com, Aug. 27, '03 | |
| • | "Renee Zellweger is leaning across a restaurant table, showing me her imperfect skin. 'These are the spots I got from [eating] doughnuts,' she laughs, gently prodding her cheek and pointing out a blemish or two. 'And these on my forehead are from smoking, only herbal cigarettes, but even so...'", Harper's Bazaar, Feb. '04, p. 184 | |
| • | "How do you differ from [Bridget Jones]? I don't smoke, and I'm not interested in a fifth shot of vodka -- although I love a good glass of wine, like any girl.", Globe, Nov. 22, '04 | |
| • | quit - "Renee Zellweger shed the flab and the cigarettes after finishing her latest Bridget Jones film", The Express (UK), Nov. 30, '04 | |
| • | no - "She is a chain smoker, while Renée [Zellweger] doesn't smoke", website, when? |
| • | two, one lighting up and holding packet, one holding a packet of what looks like Silk Cut Ultra Lights, maybe posed or candid, Heat, Jun. 17-23, '00 | |
| • | holding packet of what looks like Silk Cut Ultra Lights, Jun. 24-30, '00 | |
| • | maybe posed, putting unlit cigarette into mouth, The Guardian (The Guide supplement), Jul. 15, '00 | |
| • | from Nurse Betty (2000), Cinema Magazine (Germany), c. Sep. '00 | |
| • | posed, from Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), holding, Sunday Express (UK), Dec. 31, '00 | |
| • | posed, puffing, from Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Heat (UK), Jan. 20-26, '01 | |
| • | posed, from Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), holding, The Sunday Telegraph (UK), Mar. 25, '01 | |
| • | posed, from Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), holding, Movieline, Apr. '01 | |
| • | posed, from Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), puffing, Hotline (UK), Spring '01 | |
| • | posed, from Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), holding, Sunday Telegraph (UK), Apr. 1, '01 | |
| • | posed, from Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), holding, Daily Express (UK), Apr. 2, '01 | |
| • | posed, from Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), holding, The Sunday Telegraph (UK), Apr. 8, '01 | |
| • | posed, from Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), holding, Daily Express, Apr. 12, '01 | |
| • | posed, from Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), holding, Heat (UK), Apr. 14-20, '01 | |
| • | posed, from Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), holding, Daily Express (UK), Apr. 14, '01 | |
| • | posed, from Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), holding, Sunday Express (S supplement) (UK), Apr. 15, '01 | |
| • | posed, from Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), holding, Sunday Express (UK), Apr. 15, '01 | |
| • | posed, from Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), holding, Sunday Telegraph (UK), Apr. 15, '01 | |
| • | posed, from Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), holding, Daily Express (UK), Apr. 19, '01 | |
| • | posed, from Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), holding, Empire (UK), May '01 | |
| • | posed, from Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), puffing, Total Film (UK), May '01 | |
| • | posed, from Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), lighting up, Empire (UK), May '01 | |
| • | posed, from Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), holding, Daily Express (UK), Jun. 12, '01 | |
| • | posed, from Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), holding, Empire (UK), Jul. '01 | |
| • | holding, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), US Weekly, Nov. 8, '04, p. 68 |
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