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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 | |
| • | video, Down with Love (2003), youtube, c. '03 |
| • | 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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