When Helena Bonham Carter started shooting on Fight Club, she was renowned for her two-pack a day smoking habit. This, of course, worked well in favour of her character, Marla, who is rarely seen without a cigarette dangling between her lips. According to Brad Pitt, Bonham Carter actually enjoyed the fact that she was being "paid to smoke" - so much so, in fact, that by the end of filming, the actress had gone from smoking two packs of cigarettes a day to smoking three! Which is a lot, of course... but it kind of makes sense given that she had just spent months on end playing the likes of Marla. Who really, really likes smoking.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
