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"Well, it's not amazing, but it is pretty good. Aoki smokes in many scenes, including some nice dangles. There are at least a couple of good exhales, including a nice one while sitting on the couch, and at least one small snap/french while locked inside a vault. Aoki certainly can smoke, even if this movie doesn't always show it to best advantage. Worth a rent."
"I'd guess the actresses on the DVD commentary must know whether Devon smokes regularly these days [they say she doesn't], but I'd agree with the previous poster that she at least knows how to smoke well enough to inhale and exhale. She does rush her exhales a little, and they're not the world's thickest, but she definitely inhales and she even throws in a bit of snap once or twice. Roger Ebert is one of my favorite film critics, but he's just plain wrong when he says Devon only lets out uninhaled puffs of smoke. It just goes to show that it takes one of us to analyze an actress's level of skill with precision!"
"In Meagan's brief smoking scene, she borrows a cigarette from Devon and takes a drag just to annoy a non-smoking character who has asked Devon not to smoke. Meghan expertly inhales and starts a well-shaped forceful exhale, although the editing doesn't show the end of it."
"Devon smokes consistantly through this B "soft porn film" and early on it seems like it will be a disappointiing display of a non-smoker playing a heavy smoker. However as the film moves along there are several wonderful inhales and exhales late in the movie as it is clear that Devon is definitely inhaling. The movie is absolutely silly, however if you have a thing for attractive young women, dressed as school girls, armed with guns and cigarettes, then this is a MUST see. Devon dangles regularly, has multiple light ups, and her smoking is clearly an important part of her character's persona."
Other references to this movie:
Devon Aoki - Info - "Devon, [in D.E.B.S. (2004)] your character always seems to be lighting a cigarette. How much smoking did you have to do? DEVON: [laughs] Actually, not a lot. You will think that I was smoking while we filmed the whole movie, but those scenes when I was smoking were pretty short--one, two minute takes. So you take a drag, and then for the rest of the scene, you can just sort of stand there looking fashionable. ANGELA (Robinson): If you watch the movie, you'll notice she's standing there with the cigarette a lot. Very little actual smoking. DEVON: Yeah.", Radio Free Entertainment, Mar. 14, '05
Devon Aoki - Info - "[in D.E.B.S. (2004)] Dominique's smoking fascinates me. She never lights a cigarette, extinguishes one, or taps an ash. She simply exists with a freshly lit filter-tip in her mouth, occasionally removing it to emit a perky little puff of uninhaled smoke. I wish I had stayed through the credits to see if there was a cigarette wrangler. Dominique's very presence on the screen inspires me to imagine an excited pitch meeting during which the writer-director, Angela Robinson, said with enthusiasm: 'And Dominique, the Asian chick, smokes all the time!' At which the studio executives no doubt thanked the gods for blessing them with such richness and originality in character formation.", Roger Ebert movie review, Mar. 25, '05
Devon Aoki - Proof - no - "Unlike her character, Dominique [from D.E.B.S. (2004)], Devon Aoki doesn't smoke, and had to suffer through herbal cigarettes, which she really couldn't stand the smell of.", Amazon.com, D.E.B.S. (Special Edition) (2005) DVD, '05
Sara Foster - Proof - quit - "I quit smoking [between the end of regular filming and some pick-up scenes over a month later] and gained 15 pounds", D.E.B.S. (2004) DVD commentary, c. '04
Meagan Good - Proof - "I was so bad. I'd be exercising [during filming, in her trailer] with a cigarette in my mouth and a weight in each hand.", D.E.B.S. (2004) DVD commentary, c. '04