Cheryl Cole washes her hair
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My task for today is to spot :-) She's meant to be on Jonathan Ross this week, which records on Thursdays, so she must be around here somewhere! We're all fans of Cheryl here in Comedy Online, and we've made a little homage to her with the help of our good friend and brilliant comedian .
Susan is a great believer in preparing correctly for any part.Ìý Tell us about it Susan!
Susan Calman Writes:As with all of the impressions I do (for example Meryl Streep, Anne Jones and Cliff Richard), I take the preparation aspect of my performance very seriously.Ìý In order to really feel like Cheryl I took a number of steps, what I call "the 3 A's".
1.ÌýÌýÌý ÌýAppearance.
I made sure that I was in peak condition, Cheryl herself is a size 4 and I went on a strict and radical fasting regime to ensure that physically we were practically identical.Ìý Unfortunately I like cake so only managed to reach a size 16.Ìý Thus I ended up looking slightly more like Jackie Collins than Cheryl.Ìý But I think it still works.Ìý On hand to assist in the dramatic transformation was a crack make up specialist.Ìý Initially we wanted to use extensive prosthetics, but the budget only stretched to a wig.Ìý But it was a cracking wig.Ìý Unfortunately it was so heavy I had to wear a neck brace in between takes.
2.ÌýÌýÌý ÌýAttitude
I watched all of Girls Aloud's video on a continual loop for a week before shooting the advert.Ìý Unfortunately I was hospitalised overnight due to violent and aggressive behaviour in my local Tesco's, but after some intensive psychiatric help I stopped trying to copy the dance moves of Cheryl and instead focussed on her attitude.Ìý Sassy!Ìý Sweet! Sexy! To be honest it wasn't much of a stretch.
3.ÌýÌýÌý ÌýAccent
If you don't watch the advert and instead simply listen I believe that my accent is virtually indistinguishable from Cheryl's.Ìý To prepare I used the immersion technique where I watch every episode of Spender and Crocodile shoes again and again until I got it just right.Ìý I also phoned up a number of call centres using the Geordie accent and, apart from a few people who wrongly thought I was welsh, it was a complete success.Ìý I could live in Newcastle and no one would know I was, in fact Scottish.
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Comment number 1.
At 11th Mar 2010, benyooro wrote:Brilliant stuff - loved the look on "Cheryl"'s face when she's caught with a fag on the go!
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At 11th Mar 2010, j0annepsi wrote:This is really, really weak. Also - does she think Cheryl is WELSH?
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