'House Bunny': Girl Talk with Anna Faris, Rumer Willis, Katharine McPhee and Emma Stone
By Emily Christianson, Hollywood.com Staff
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
Ever wonder what happens to Playboy bunnies past their prime? Does Hef kick them to the curb and send them packing? According to Anna Faris, that's exactly what happens. The comedienne pondered the fate of this elite breed of eye candy and came up with the character Shelley Darlington for her new movie House Bunny.
Shelley is a 27-year-old Playboy outcast trying to fend for herself in the real world. When she stumbles across a sorority of misfits she feels right at home in their mini-mansion. While she teaches her new gal pals all about fashion, beauty and boys they teach her a thing or two about what it means to be yourself. Hollywood.com met up with Faris and her sorority sisters; Rumer Willis, Katharine McPhee and Emma Stone for some girl talk about posing for Playboy, putting up with bloggers and more.
Anna Faris
Character: Shelley Darlington
Major Malfunction: Kicked out of the Playboy Mansion for being too old.
On the age old question; What happens when Playboy bunnies grow up?:
“I was thinking about it three years ago, about what happens when it’s time for the next phase of life for some of these girls who have lived in the Playboy mansion and how do you sort of reenter the real world? And I pitched the character to [two female writers] and, together, they wrote a script and together we produced it. And the next thing you know we’re shooting at the Playboy mansion.”
On getting into the ‘Bunny’ state of mind:
“When we went and pitched it, I would be in character and, so I was starting to really have a clear vision of who Shelley was, having said that, it was really intimidating. I kept feeling, ‘I don’t belong in this crowd.’ All these girls are really hot and confident and I felt really self-conscious for sure…I thought maybe the studio world wouldn’t see me as that, so that was intimidating, but when I floated the idea past my mom, who is pretty conservative, she was like, ‘You’re doing what?’ And now, of course, she’s like ‘I’m so proud of you!’”
On making the transformation from comedic actress to smokin’ hot babe:
“Shelley, y’know, she’s got a lot of hair. She likes a lot of makeup. We had to do a lot of body make up and make up to make my cleavage look bigger...getting into the wardrobe usually took a good 20 minutes or so. Strapping in. It was like, yeah, it was a challenge. The shoes I loved. As I think everyone knows, I kept them all. I still will put them on at night and trot around. I don’t go anywhere. But, I loved wearing those.”
On posing for Playboy:
"Just keep your eye out for maybe the September issue [laughs]. I have to cryptic about these things, I’m instructed to be."
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