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tv star collector · 04-25-2006, 05:45 PM

Some excerpts from NEWSWEEK's article "A Dash of Fresh 'Pepper'" (Apr. 10)

... When she finished her third "X-Men movie, Rebecca Romijn walked off with an
ususual keepsake: a bottle of blue paint. Technically, it's called Mystiqueblue,
because it's the color of her scaly character, Mystique. Even stranger, Romijn
still uses the stuff. You can see it in her new WB comedy, "Pepper Dennis," in
which she plays a hard-charging, ridiculously glam TV reporter. In one episode,
Pepper arrives at the scene of a bank robbery and interviews the security guard
about the exploding dye packs hidden to catch a thief. She reaches for a stack
of bills on the ground when the guard stops her. "The bomb inside that puppy
has not detonated," he says, which of course means in 15 seconds--boom.
Pepper is splattered with Mystiqueblue. "It was a nice little cathartic wink-wink,
you know?" says Romijn. ...

Romijn probably didn't need to be so literal. The departure from "X-Men" will
be obvious, and probably a little shocking, to fans who tune in to "Pepper
Dennis." Instead of playing a menacing mutant with impressive cleavage but
few lines, Pepper Dennis is a clumsy motormouth who wants desperately to
succeed at work but fears that she'll never find love. ... for an actress who's
known as an action hero and a former model, Romijn is remarkably nimble as
a comedienne. She falls down or gets dirty or humiliated at least twice an
episode, and she's an adorable, if stunning, klutz. ...

Despite being six feet tall and blond, Romijn says she never really bought
into her own beauty myth. ... Supermodels always insist they're just like
everyone else, but in Romijn's case it seems to be true. ... Romijn obviously
doesn't believe the conventional wisdom that beautiful women can't be funny,
or that actors do TV only when their movie careers stall. Hers is on the rise,
but if "Pepper" is a hit, she'll be doing it for seven years. "I do kind of feel
like this is my first adult job. Doing movies is like going off to summer camp,"
she says. -- by Marc Peyser & Sean Smith (NEWSWEEK, Apr. 10, 2006)

04-25-2006, 05:45 PM	#1
tv star collector I Love Susie Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 4,486	Newsweek on PEPPER DENNIS Some excerpts from NEWSWEEK's article "A Dash of Fresh 'Pepper'" (Apr. 10) ... When she finished her third "X-Men movie, Rebecca Romijn walked off with an ususual keepsake: a bottle of blue paint. Technically, it's called Mystiqueblue, because it's the color of her scaly character, Mystique. Even stranger, Romijn still uses the stuff. You can see it in her new WB comedy, "Pepper Dennis," in which she plays a hard-charging, ridiculously glam TV reporter. In one episode, Pepper arrives at the scene of a bank robbery and interviews the security guard about the exploding dye packs hidden to catch a thief. She reaches for a stack of bills on the ground when the guard stops her. "The bomb inside that puppy has not detonated," he says, which of course means in 15 seconds--boom. Pepper is splattered with Mystiqueblue. "It was a nice little cathartic wink-wink, you know?" says Romijn. ... Romijn probably didn't need to be so literal. The departure from "X-Men" will be obvious, and probably a little shocking, to fans who tune in to "Pepper Dennis." Instead of playing a menacing mutant with impressive cleavage but few lines, Pepper Dennis is a clumsy motormouth who wants desperately to succeed at work but fears that she'll never find love. ... for an actress who's known as an action hero and a former model, Romijn is remarkably nimble as a comedienne. She falls down or gets dirty or humiliated at least twice an episode, and she's an adorable, if stunning, klutz. ... Despite being six feet tall and blond, Romijn says she never really bought into her own beauty myth. ... Supermodels always insist they're just like everyone else, but in Romijn's case it seems to be true. ... Romijn obviously doesn't believe the conventional wisdom that beautiful women can't be funny, or that actors do TV only when their movie careers stall. Hers is on the rise, but if "Pepper" is a hit, she'll be doing it for seven years. "I do kind of feel like this is my first adult job. Doing movies is like going off to summer camp," she says. -- by Marc Peyser & Sean Smith (NEWSWEEK, Apr. 10, 2006)