The perfect body
Most people were surprised when Renee Zellweger got the part of Bridget in the film Bridget Jones’s Diary. The film is about a young woman who worries about work, her weight and men. Zellweger is a slim American woman — completely different from Bridget who is English and overweight. So, what did Zellweger do to get the part right? She had lessons to improve her English accent and she put on about eleven kilos. For several
months she didn’t do any exercise and she ate a lot of pizza, peanut butter sandwiches and chocolate. Although it was fun at first, she often felt quite sick. Zellweger put the weight on because she thought it was important to be as real as possible. She was surprised, however, by people’s criticism. People criticised her for being fat when she put on weight for the film. They often criticized her again for being too skinny when she lost
weight after the film. She realized it’s almost impossible to have the perfect body in the eyes of media.
So why did she do it? Well, money was probably one reason. On top of her $15 million salary, she earned $225.000 for every kilo she put on. That’s an extra $2.5 million! And she didn’t stop there. A British
slimming magazine paid her $3.5 million to lose all the weight again. So perhaps Zellweger doesn’t need to care about the criticism when she earns all this money!
Task 1
Mark sentences as True (T) or False (F).
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Task 2
Answer the following questions.
1. What’s the film Bridget Jones’s Diary about?
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2. What did Renee Zellweger do to be right for the role?
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3. How did she manage to gain several kilos? How did she feel?
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Answer the following questions.
4. Was it an easy task for her?
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Answer the following questions.
5. Was she upset by media criticism? Why? Why not?
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Answer the following questions.
6. How much did she get for the film?
Task 3
Choose the right answer.
1. Most people were __ when Renee got the role of Bridget.
Task 3
Choose the right answer.
2. She often felt quite __ while eating fattening food.
Task 3
Choose the right answer.
3. The article tells us that Renee __ .
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Choose the right answer.
4. Why did she gain some kilos?
Task 3
Choose the right answer.
5. What was people’s reaction for Renee’s weight changes?
Task 3
Choose the right answer.
6. For several months she didn’t do any exercise and __ .
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