What kind of training did you do for the role?
It was eight hours a day, five days a week. Since I was working on "Ally McBeal" a lot of the times, I would go and train on the weekends. It was a very intensive way to be introduced into the film. But since we didn't use guns, we wanted to make sure we could earn the ability to win the audience over by making it believable. A lot of what you do when you work out in that mode is use your mental energy. Sometimes, just physically, you are completely fatigued.
There has been a lot of talk of the on-set arguments during the shoot. What was your take on this?
Well, I think it was really unfortunate that there was so many rumours about the film. We had such a great chemistry. What's happened is that the film has been incredibly well-received in the United States and that people have stopped asking that question because they realise that there was no truth to it whatsoever. It's really great to know that people are getting what we are trying to give them. Because we had a closed set, it made it very difficult for people to not know what was going on. It was impossible for them to accept that we all got along so great and loved each other. Now the movie's out, it's very clear.
What are you up to next?
Right now, I'm still working on "Ally McBeal". I haven't really stopped working since the movie, and David Kelley has been such an integral part of "Charlie's Angels" in such a strange way, by allowing me to do it. Right now, I don't know what I'm doing next, but I'm looking forward to seeing what's in the future.
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