Sat. Apr 20th, 2024

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Beyond swinging a Chanel handbag, did you do anything in particular to get into shape for this role?
(source: cnn.com)

I started working out about three months before the film began. I wanted to be curvy and muscle-y. I took my body inspiration from Jessica Biel. I didn’t quite get those results, but she’s great.

David Kirsch, my trainer, has made sure that I am no longer self-conscious about my thighs. Eventually my knees are going to be all wrinkly and I’m not going to be able to wear things like short skirts, so I take pleasure in wearing them now.

and more: (source: DailyRecord.uk)
After playing a prim Jane Austen opposite James McAvoy in her last film, Becoming Jane, she is now more butch than British thanks to six months of training for the film adaptation of TV comedy series Get Smart, opposite 40 Year Old Virgin star Steve Carell.

“I have to be very, very strong, so I’m working out like a madwoman.

“Basically, anything Jen Garner did in Alias, expect in this film,” said Anne and demonstrates an impressive karate chop she has learned since becoming Agent 99.

“I kick a little ass,” she grinned. “My favourite bit is when I get to run up a wall and turn around and punch him.

“And then I bake some cupcakes.”