Melissa Mccarthy, Interview

23 June 2011

Interview with Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids 23 June 2011

Interview with Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids 23 June 2011

Melissa McCarthy shot to fame as the irrepressible chef Sookie St James in the TV series The Gilmore Girls. On the big screen, she has varied her roles between comedy (The Back-up Plan and Life As We Know It) and suspense (opposite Ryan Reynolds in The Nines). Now she gets to shamelessly steal scenes from Kristen Wiig in this summer's comedy hit Bridesmaids.

How was it to be involved in a film project like this one that encouraged improvisation?
Melissa McCarthy: I've never had that freedom before. Now it just seems like, "How is it that everything is not done like that?" When the script is that good and that fully formed, you're not running up and changing everything. You're changing, like, "Yesterday I had some apple juice" to "pork chops"! And you can keep surprising each other that way. So all your energy goes into playing the character instead of trying to remember if it's "there is" or "there are".


Where did your character's outrageous costumes come from?
Melissa McCarthy: I don't know why, but the first time I read the script, I just had that exact image of her - everything about her. When I showed up, I had those weird sandals and umpteen racks of clothing in different varieties. And I just kept begging for cropped Dockers and plaid shirts and strands of pearls. It was not a good idea visually, but it was right for her.


Did you dream of having a big wedding when you were young girls?
Melissa McCarthy: I didn't do the wedding thing. I grew up on a farm, so it was weird, running around looking for animals we didn't own. I wanted to marry them! No.


Have you ever experienced any wedding disasters?
Melissa McCarthy: The only horrendous wedding I've been to was for a dear lovely friend in Palm Springs, which is kind of the centre of the sun. And she had it in August. So it was about 115 degrees at 1 o'clock in the afternoon out in the desert, and people mid-ceremony were just cracking open bottles of water and pouring them over their head. We were eyeing each other like, "I don't care if it works out." And we were supposed to be rooting for them. It was so hot. Kids were going down. It was like high noon, and I thought, "Oh God, if I pass out, please don't let me wet my pants." Because I knew that I was going out.


Rich Cline

Contactmusic

Top 10 Videos

10 Years

Beautiful

2

Fast Girls

Fast Girls

3

Shaggy

Hey Sexy Lady

4

Air

Sexy Boy

5

The Staves

Tired As F***

6

Robin Thicke

Blurred Lines (Unrated Version)

7

All That Remains

Six (Live)

8

Fugees

Boof Baf

9

Fleur East

Sax [Live]

10




Advertisement
Advertisement

Movies and Trailers

Ghostbusters Movie Review

Ghostbusters Movie Review

It's been more than 30 years since the Ghostbusters first hit the big screen with...

Central Intelligence Movie Review

Central Intelligence Movie Review

After teaming up with Will Ferrell for Get Hard and Ice Cube for two Ride...

The Boss Movie Review

The Boss Movie Review

Melissa McCarthy brings another of her improvisational alter-egos to the big screen with this energetic...

Ghostbusters Trailer

Ghostbusters Trailer

Ghostbusters is a new film for 2016 and is based on the 1984 film of...

Ghostbusters Trailer

Ghostbusters Trailer

Erin Gilbert is a brilliant quantum physicist and holds a high ranking lecturing position at...

The Boss Trailer

The Boss Trailer

Michelle Darnell is one of the most successful businesswomen of her age. She's loud, boisterous...

Spy Movie Review

Spy Movie Review

The ace partnership between filmmaker Paul Feig and actress Melissa McCarthy evolves into something formidable...

Advertisement
Spy Trailer

Spy Trailer

Susan Cooper works as an analyst for the CIA; rarely out where the action is...

St. Vincent Movie Review

St. Vincent Movie Review

Bill Murray shines in this story of a cynical grump whose life is changed by...

St. Vincent - Clips Trailer

St. Vincent - Clips Trailer

Vincent is living a life of hedonism in his retirement from the army. An avid...

St. Vincent Trailer

St. Vincent Trailer

St. Vincent de Van Nuys is a broke former soldier with a serious alcohol and...

Tammy Movie Review

Tammy Movie Review

Melissa McCarthy is clearly in a rut: the title character in this film isn't very...

Tammy Trailer

Tammy Trailer

When Tammy is late for work following an unlikely road accident, she is fired from...

Advertisement
Artists
Actors
    Filmmakers
      Artists
      Bands
        Musicians
          Artists
          Celebrities
             
              Artists
              Interviews