Michelle Pfeiffer Lived on 'Marlboros and Tomato Soup' to Play a Cocaine Addict in Scarface
Michelle Pfeiffer went the distance for one of her most iconic roles.
During a panel Thursday night celebrating the 35th anniversary of Scarface, the actress revealed she was living off a diet of “tomato soup and Marlboros” to embody Elvira, the movie’s tragic heroine who’s addicted to cocaine.
The audience at the Tribeca Film Festival panel loudly booed the question from the night’s moderator that prompted her response, when he asked, “The preparation for this film — what did you weigh?”
“Well, okay,” Pfeiffer responded. “I don’t know, but I was playing a cocaine addict so that...
During a panel Thursday night celebrating the 35th anniversary of Scarface, the actress revealed she was living off a diet of “tomato soup and Marlboros” to embody Elvira, the movie’s tragic heroine who’s addicted to cocaine.
The audience at the Tribeca Film Festival panel loudly booed the question from the night’s moderator that prompted her response, when he asked, “The preparation for this film — what did you weigh?”
“Well, okay,” Pfeiffer responded. “I don’t know, but I was playing a cocaine addict so that...
- 4/20/2018
- by Nigel Smith
- PEOPLE.com
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