“Honestly, I can’t imagine anybody else having played that role.” “She’s very similar to Steve Carell.where they explore and create the character so thoroughly, that once they inhabit it, they just become that character and they don’t necessarily try to be funny,” the director explains. She’s since gone on to star in funny flicks like the Neighbors series, Like a Boss, and Spy (which reunited her with Feig and McCarthy), but at the time, the Damages actor’s fish-out-of-water quality made her the “the perfect foil” for the rest of the group, Feig remembers. Of the main ensemble, Byrne was also the only actor not already known for her work in comedy. “I’ve got so many outtakes of Rose starting to laugh because Melissa just hits her with some weird thing that she didn’t expect,” says Feig. Among the Bridesmaids cast, Feig notes, Byrne “was a very easy mark” for McCarthy’s antics-always the first to laugh, as her co-star caught early and was happy to exploit. Search “Melissa McCarthy bloopers” on YouTube, and you’ll find countless other examples of her cracking up consummate professionals like Paul Rudd and Kristen Bell in the middle of a scene. “ had come up with so many outrageous things that were so funny about everybody getting kidnapped and thrown into a van and driven out to the desert and buried up to their necks in sand that it was just.you never knew what to expect,” Feig remembers with a laugh. Oscar-nominated McCarthy’s Megan, for instance, the supremely confident and mysterious sister of the groom who memorably seduces an air marshal on their unsuccessful flight to Las Vegas, was apparently even more intense, especially when it came to her ideas for Lillian’s bachelorette party. Feig recalls that the team met for improv rehearsals that armed him with plenty of alternative jokes to throw into scenes and revealed new sides to the movie’s characters. If the film’s casting feels particularly spot-on, it’s because the actors started shaping their characters even before shooting began. And ahead of the Zoom reception, Feig reminisced with HelloGiggles about the making of the groundbreaking blockbuster. (The “Fritz Bernaise,” for example, is a food-sick green, a callback to the movie’s unforgettable scene in which the ladies’ lunch catches up with them while they try on dresses.) Not only is the event free, but for every RSVP, $1 will be donated to Family Promise, a non-profit that helps families experiencing homelessness.
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The self-described “mediocre bartender” will also be teaching attendees how to make Bridesmaids-themed cocktails using his own Artingstall’s Brilliant Dry Gin.
ET, Feig will be re-visiting Bridesmaids along with fans while dropping some new behind-the-scenes tidbits from the film. Rewatching 2011’s Bridesmaids is the next best thing to boarding a party bus with your best college friend’s second cousins, which is why director Paul Feig is hosting a virtual watchalong of the comedy classic on Sept 24. Fortunately, if you’re missing the experience, there’s a movie with two Oscar nominations and almost $300 million in box office receipts that can make you feel like you’re there. Being a part of a wedding party-usually a high-stakes melding of people who might not have ever hung out otherwise-is one of the many social situations we’ve sacrificed to the pandemic.