NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2005
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Play CBS Video Video Simpson On 'Dukes' Recording artist and reality TV Star Jessica Simpson plays Daisy Duke in "The Dukes of Hazzard." She talked to The Early Show about her film debut.
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Video Stars Of 'Hazzard' Movie fans, hang onto your hats because "The Dukes Of Hazzard" is heading your way. CBS News' Scott Rappaport sat down with stars Johnny Knoxville, Jessica Simpson and Sean William Scott.
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Jessica Simpson As Daisy Duke (WARNER BROS.)
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Jessica Simpson, Johhny Knoxville, and Sean William Scott (Warner Brothers)
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Photo Essay Summer Film 2005 A movie season with Batman, "Bewitched," and many more.
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In The Spotlight Summer Concerts Pink and The Pussycat Dolls take the stage for the The Early Show.
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Photo Essay Celebrity Circuit Jessica's stadium cheer, Celine's swan song and Ashley Tisdale's new nose
She was so nervous, she wrote thank you notes after the first day of filming to everyone involved: "I was so excited, my first day on the movie set. And I was so thankful for all of their encouragement and…"
Told by Smith she didn't look nervous in the movie, Simpson responded, "I was shaking. I was very nervous. I guess that I'm starting off as a good actress then."
Which is a good thing, since Simpson says she's "smitten" by acting: "I loved being somewhere for three months. I'm so used to traveling every single day of my life. And it's really tiring. When you shoot a movie, you get to be creative in a different way every day. Yet you get to stay in the same place and go to the same gym and go to the bathroom on the same toilet. You know, all the important things!"
She adds, "I just want to make people smile, make people laugh. The whole romantic comedy thing is definitely something that I want to do. Comedies. …I have to really get into the character if I'm going to take a dramatic role. I mean, I'm dramatic about a lot of things, but most of it's not real."
Though fans might not think she had to, Simpson says she trained hard to get in shape to play Daisy.
"Immediately when I got the role, I hired one of my best friends, Mike Alexander, who is a personal trainer. And we immediately started training for 2 1/2 hours a day, six days a week. I was running all over the place and, you know, doing squats and lunges trying to get my bootie up. …I can shake it. You do enough squats, it lifts on its own."
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