Vivica A. Fox ‘Went Down’ More Than 5 Sizes During Kill Bill Prep: ‘I Thought We Were Training for the Damn Olympics’

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  1. >Fox said preparing to step into the shoes of elite assassin Vernita, also known as Copperhead, required months of rigorous training — especially as she did nearly all of her own stunts — which led her to lose quite a bit of weight.

    > As a scene played showing Fox and costar Uma Thurman (The Bride) sparring in an intense fight sequence, Fox said, “This whole thing, this was six months of training. Six months.”

    >”I literally went from like a size 8/10 down to a size 2. I couldn’t even hold onto the weight,” she continued. “I thought we were training for the damn Olympics or something — it was crazy.”

    >While it was grueling, she recalled liking the way her physique was changing. “But then when I saw how tight and right my body looked, it was quite rewarding,” she said, joking, “So, Quentin, thanks for the great bod. Appreciate that!”

  3. Today they would just let her be bigger and then call her “brave”

  4. “VIVICAAAAAAA! Now I know why they call you a *fox*.” — Mr. Peanutbutter

  7. Loved her scenes so much. “Black Mamba?! I should have been Black Mamba.”

  10. I think about how this story influences my life, then I realize I don’t give a crap.

  11. People magazine can’t count. Going from a 8/10 to a 2 is a difference of 3-4 sizes, not “more than 5”.

    Still a ton of weight loss, though.

  12. …only to be wiped out in the first’ish scene (after extended prologue)

  14. Is it just me or are there a lot of Kill Bill related articles in the news lately?

  15. When you get that big it’s hard to get down to a healthy weight

  16. This might come off as trying to downplay how intense it was for her, but she was in one fight scene and have the least amount of screen time out of the assassins.

    That shows you how hard they all worked and how physically intense it was to film those movies. Props to Vivica and the whole cast.

  18. It’s a shame she was only in it for a scene after all that effort but she knocked it out of the park.

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