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The rest of the cast is secondary, but still noteworthy: for the boys, ‘Mad Men’ lead John Hamm stands out in an uncredited role as Annie’s preening ‘fuck buddy’, while British TV veteran Chris O’Dowd supplies appropriate levels of awkward charm as the straight-man love interest. Her scenes with Rudolph are the heart of the film: it’s hard to remember such a warmly convincing, consistently hilarious depiction of female friendship. Gamely tackling everything from sly satire to broad slapstick, sweet romance to lurid innuendo (her impersonation of a penis is some kind of genius), Wiig’s performance is consistently remarkable. Readily agreeing to act as maid of honour, Annie takes on the task of wrangling a gang of mismatched, wilful bridesmaids through the marriage preparations, with predictably disastrous consequences. Wiig plays Annie, a put-upon, mid-thirties single woman whose already fragile ego takes a knock when she finds out that her sole remaining unmarried friend, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), is getting hitched. ‘Bridesmaids’ is the brainchild of ‘Saturday Night Live’ alumnus Kristen Wiig, whose memorable supporting performances in everything from ‘Whip It’ to ‘Paul’ have led to a well-deserved lead role here – though the fact that she co-wrote the script can’t have hurt.
Get a script stuffed with crackling one-liners, a talented and hugely likeable cast and the creative team responsible for the likes of ‘Freaks and Geeks’ (director Paul Feig) and ‘The 40 Year Old Virgin’ (producer Judd Apatow), and the result can be every bit as disgracefully enjoyable as its finest phallocentric equivalent. But is it just that the films were bad, or does this point to a subtle gender discrepancy when it comes to comedy? Even in this enlightened age, could it be that audiences find the idea of women puking, farting and fighting inherently offputting?Īs it turns out, no. Then as we went along, weirdly, I was like, ‘OK, can you do the bird thing again?’ Then I needed it.Attempts at adapting the ever popular gross-out lad-com genre for the female market have been largely woeful, as anyone who has suffered through the likes of ‘The Sweetest Thing’ or ‘Bride Wars’ can attest. “I was like, ‘What the hell is that, Ted?’ He’s like, ‘I’m trying to help you by doing the bird.'” A lot of times it was too high up to put anything,” she explained, “so Ted would kind of just tell me where it was.” McCarthy said during an emotional scene with the animal, she could hear the director mimicking loud bird calls. The dramedy gets its name from a bird that antagonizes McCarthy’s character. McCarthy also told Colbert about a hilarious interaction on the set of her latest movie, The Starling. Bridesmaids also starred Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig and Rose Byrne.
She joked, “I only go to the bathroom in taffeta,” referring to the puffy purple dress her character wore in the film. 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Hardback Deluxe Novel a Treasure Trove for Film's Fans I can’t name names, but I would say more than two and less than five of us were laughing so hard that we may or may not have wet our pants.” “When we were out on the water in the last scene right before Wilson Phillips comes on, we were trapped out there because we were on these little pedestals in water. “It was brand-new to me, so I constantly was making us all into men, especially older men,” she recalled.
While shooting Bridesmaids, McCarthy said she discovered an app that could alter appearances.
Īfter host Stephen Colbert asked McCarthy to reveal a fun fact “that’s never been told” about the movie, the actress explained that her not being up-to-date with technology caused quite the reaction from her castmates. Melissa McCarthy took a trip down memory lane and revealed a hilarious behind-the-scenes moment from filming the beloved comedy Bridesmaids - which celebrated its 10th anniversary in April - on Thursday’s episode of The Late Show.