I think women are pretty badass in general.
The movie shows a very different side of women. They curse and they are badass.
Was that what made you want to take part in it?
Yeah, not so much the cursing, but the cursing to me is just funny. Especially if it comes
out of a mouth that you don't expect it to come out of. But I think women are pretty
badass is general. I mean, I know that we have good posture. When we know to have good posture
we know how to behave ladylike. But I think women by nature are pretty amazing and pretty
badass. It's just never been put to film this way, because I think that the Studios
didn't know that there would be an audience for it. And then 'Bridesmaids' happened and
they went 'Oh, people like their women like this. They like spicy women.' So that opened
a door comedically for so many people.
Let's talk about the dancing scene. The script, all it said was 'They get drunk and they start
dancing. Yes. So how did you end up with what you ended up with?
I haven't the slightest idea. All I know is that at some point I said I'm going to stick
up a peanut up my nose and you need to get it out with a drink straw. I mean
there was a moment where I shoved up of my nose so high that there's about five minutes
of film where she's got a drink straw and she is surgically trying to remove a peanut
that was somewhere near my sinus cavity. And of course we couldn't put that in the
film because it took too long. But you just do things and you just pray that the director
will not put it in the movie if it's really, really bad. And Paul- thank God- didn't put
a lot of what we did into this movie. He might put it into the DVD later on. I pretend like
I didn't do it, I didn't approve it.
You just have to let go and not be afraid to embarrass yourself. Which is what I think
comedy is and I think that's why people go to see it. They want to laugh at someone and
I have no problem with people making fun of me and laughing at me.
When you play a friendship on the screen, does it develop in real life, too?
Not always, not always. That's why we're good actors. But in this case, Melissa and
I hit it of from the beginning. Not because we had to, but because we realized how much
we had in common. And that's rare. That's really rare. And it made me feel really safe
and good. We took care of each other, which
doesn't always happen.
So did you develop like a bromanze? Or how do you call it?
We had a womance. A womance. Basically we just made friends. We don't like to put labels
on it. I know they want to change our name to one name, when couples get together, but we
feel like we are strong enough on our on to keep our own names in this relationship and
still be good buddies.
So you play a lot of strong and tough women. Did you ever think about playing a superhero,
like Wonder Woman or Superwoman?
If they were written in a really real way, then they're interesting. I mean
the original comics are really real and dark. Again, I've never seen a female super hero
that they have allowed to be dark until just recently. Like in 'The Avengers', Scarlett
Johansson, you're like 'Girl'. That's the way it's supposed to be. I've never read anything
that was absolutely perfect yet. But I think these girls are pretty superhero like. And
my son think's I am a super hero and as long as he thinks I'm a superhero, that's all I
care about.
You have come so far and I am sure you get a lot of scripts to read. How do you choose
which role you want to play? That's a good question. I don't know. The
last couple of years I'd rather be at home doing what we do. And I am lucky that I get the
choice. I don't want to miss any moments. You just have to make sure that every single
element is as good as it gets. You know from the director, to where you're shooting,
to the environment, to the collaborative process. Does everyone want the same thing?
And is it going to be amazing for both me and my son. If it's not amazing for the both
of us, mama is not going. And I'm lucky that way. I'm really really- I know how lucky
I am. And you know he dictates. He helps me say no a lot more. And it's
good that I am saying no, because when I do choose to do something I am so grateful
and it's such a rewarding experience. For both of us I think.
He might not remember half of it. I'll remind him.
Thank you so much. It was a pleasure to meet you. Thank you so much. Thank you for great questions