| LINDSAY SLOANE in 'SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE' - exclusive Q&A. |
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| Thursday, 16 September 2010 09:11 |
 "In the comedy 'She’s Out Of My League', Kirk (Jay Baruchel of 'Knocked Up', 'Tropic Thunder'), an average Joe, can’t believe his luck. Though he’s stuck in a seemingly dead-end job as an airport security agent, against all odds, Molly (Alice Eve), a successful and outrageously gorgeous babe, falls for him. Kirk is stunned. So are his friends, his family and even his ex-girlfriend. Now he has to figure out how to make the relationship work, even though he’d be the first to admit she’s totally out of his league." LINDSAY SLOANE is best known for her roles as Big Red in the film 'Bring It On' and as Valerie Birkhead in 'Sabrina, The Teenage Witch'. Sloane plays ex-girlfriend Marnie in 'She's Out Of My League' - read on for an exclusive Q&A! Hi Lindsay. You were great in 'She’s Out Of My League'. The obvious question is... were your male cast members mean to you on the set? LINDSAY SLOANE: <laughs> It may surprise you, but no. If anything it was the other way around. It was a really supportive set. I know actors say that all the time, but really, it was. The movie was shot in Pittsburgh so we were all there together and didn’t really know anyone else. We were together all the time. So living and working together really made you close? LINDSAY: Yeah. We didn’t say goodbye to everybody at the end of the day and go home to our family or friends. We worked all day and then we would all go back to the same hotel. It felt like we were kids and were at camp. You live in this very safe bubble. We found each other really funny and just laughed and laughed and laughed and really supportive. You could never tell from the movie. There’s some terrible - but funny - things happen. The characters are not supportive of each other. LINDSAY: Exactly. I know. I remember when I sat down for the first time to watch the movie and I was horrified. Half the things I did in the movie was only to make the guys in the cast laugh. I never, ever thought it would end up in the movie. Like what? LINDSAY: There’s that scene where I sing a song in my bathing suit. All it said in the script was: “Marnie walks out and looks at Ron”. But, somehow when they said “action” I thought “I want to make everyone laugh” so I sang this ridiculous song and now it’s in the movie and it’s in the movie forever. It won’t disappear. It’s out there in the world and it’s so embarrassing. Could it be that because everyone had so much fun, it was easier to be mean when the cameras were rolling? LINDSAY: Yeah. Definitely. I think the thing that TJ (Miller) and I have where he says: “You think Marnie is a 10? Marnie is a skank.” - and I’m standing right there, because we like each other so much you are able to show disgust with each other. It was so much more fun than if you really didn’t like each other and you found it really uncomfortable and had to go to your trailer and cry <laughs>. Did you really get pushed off that trolley? LINDSAY: Yes. I did all of that stuff. There is only one moment that’s not me and that’s when it goes through the candy thing and the candy explodes. All the pushing off, running and jumping and punching was me. Really. You must have been banged up? LINDSAY: I was very proud of my war wounds from this movie. I had bruises so big I took photos of them. I was so proud of them. I’ll get frames for the photos. Why not get a stunt double? LINDSAY: They kept saying to me: “No, no. No. Let the stunt double do it”. And I would say: “No, I hate in movies when all of a sudden you are watching and the actor turns into some other body type”. Yes. Suddenly hair goes across the stunt double’s face and the audience is not supposed to realize it is no longer the actor. LINDSAY: That’s exactly what I didn’t want. I didn’t want the audience to go: “What? Is that a dude now!” <laughs>  Is it true the cast became such good friends that you would show up on set even if you were not working that day? LINDSAY: It’s true. It’s also part of being on location in Pittsburgh and not having your own home to go back to. You’d be like: “I’ve seen all the movies on pay per view at my hotel, it’s kind of more fun sitting on set and being social than sitting in my room by myself”. There’s plenty of scenes that would have been fun to watch being shot. LINDSAY: Oh yeah. It was the best comedy show ever. There’s so much stuff that didn’t make it into the movie. The actors in between takes were so funny. Everyone was generally funny on this movie. But, not just funny. We all had the same sense of humor. I feel what I did in the movie was the most broad, but that goes against all of my natural instincts. What I enjoy is watching all of the small, awkward, uncomfortable moments. This movie is like two hours of small, awkward, uncomfortable moments. It sounds like there was a lot of improvisation on the set. How would you compare the script you received at the start of filming and how the movie ended up? Was it a big change? LINDSAY: I remember reading the script and it was great, but it wasn’t a representation of what the movie became. I think (director) Jim (Field Smith) is so smart in the way he cast the movie and even smarter in the way he gave us so much freedom to play on set. It rarely happens. Usually there is such a time crunch. Usually it’s just go, go, go. The way they scheduled this movie, we were given the time to play. It was so nice. That’s so rare. LINDSAY: Right. It rarely happens. We were given so much freedom. Another thing, usually in movies there’s the stars and then there’s the supporting actors. In this movie the stars don’t work without the supporting players. The supporting players elevate that love story. Because of the supporting players you are rooting for that person or the other person. It’s so nice to see a movie where there’s at least 10 supporting players and everyone gets to shine. I think that alleviated a lot of the competition because you knew you would get your time. What happens now in romantic comedies is it is all about the lead girl and the lead guy and maybe there’s one quirky best friend and one stoner buddy. You just don’t care. It is so formulaic. You’ve seen Kate Hudson get the guy. You’ve seen Matthew McConaughey get the girl. It is so nice to see two actors playing romantic leads that 10 years ago would have never been cast as the romantic leads. Well, actually, Alice would have from the day she was born because she is so beautiful, but Jay definitely wouldn’t have been given this opportunity. Then to be surrounded by people who are representative of real people. Audiences can relate to them. It’s like “I’m friends with a guy like that” or “I’m friends with that girl”. I think this is a different level of romantic comedy. It has gross out humor, but still has heart to it. I grew up watching 'When Harry Met Sally' and 'Annie Hall' and I think it’s unfortunate because I don’t think they make films like that anymore. They don’t give women credit enough for being smart. They also don’t give enough credit for showing the guy’s side. I love the bromance side to this movie. That’s how I imagine my male friends act when I’m not around. It’s the kind of stuff men talk about. They’re not just talking about getting ass and getting laid. It’s true. LINDSAY: Yeah. It’s like in every romantic comedy these days the girl says: “I hope he loves me!” What is next up for you? LINDSAY: I did a movie called 'The Other Guys' with Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg where I played Mark’s character’s girlfriend. It is really, really funny and I’m super excited about it. Thanks Lindsay. LINDSAY: It’s been great. Thanks! |
