PAUL GIAMATTI - FOUNDING FATHERS FILM DROVE GIAMATTI BACK TO CIGARETTES

FOUNDING FATHERS FILM DROVE GIAMATTI BACK TO CIGARETTES

PAUL GIAMATTI became so stressed on the set of new TV movie JOHN ADAMS, he took up smoking again - eight years after he quit. The actor, who plays United States founding father Adams in the two part historical epic, blames co-star Tom Wilkinson for tempting him to pick up cigarettes again in between takes. He says, "I'd had enough. It was a tough job. John Hancock was on the phone to his agent... and Ben Franklin (Wilkinson) was having a Marlboro Light. "So I said, `Give a founding father a cigarette. This revolution is killing me.' It was a very tough time." Giamatti is planning to take up yoga to help him quit: "It helped me quit smoking before. So it may help me again."