Isla Fisher is known for having taken her all to comedy roles, but the actress now credits her former co -star Kirsten Dunst To teach her an invaluable trick of trade: how to act intoxicated.
Fisher and Dunst participated together in 2012 film “Bachelor“Which was directed by Leslye Headland and adapted from Headland’s Off-Broadway show. The dark comedy had an All-Star-Semble role that included Lizzy Caplan, Rebel Wilson, James Marsden, Adam Scott and Ann Dowd. And while Fisher had already played an unpleasant character in “Wedding crashes,” Her “Bachelorette” role of an aging alcoholic former popular girl in high school had a different nuance.
Fisher said under “The Drew Barrymore Show” While I promoted “Hundman” and “Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy” that it was Dunst who helped her to embody the character. When asked by the host Drew Barrymore which former co -star she learned most, Fisher said it was definitely Dunst.
“Kirsten used to teach me to play drunk just before a while,” Fisher said. “She would say, just before” action “, so when you hear rolling you just stand and spin. And then you go! You’re there and you’re dizzy. You basically create … Your balance is off and you just put The one in your inner ear that you are on a ship, and then you have to keep yourself as if you want to stay stable, but when your body is already in the rhythm. ”
And the final result is displayed wasted!
“Bachelorette” author/director Headland before told indifire That the production for the film was “Loosey-Goosey”, especially when it came to improvised lines from Dunst and Marsden.
Dunst actually returns to his “Bachelorette” days as well: It was announced in 2024 that the actress develops a dark comedy with her “Bachelorette” producer Jessica Elbaum, who also produced “Booksmart” Mar, “and” Hustlers. ”
Dunst also makes another creative reunion with a long partner Sofia Coppola for 25th anniversary of “The Virgin Suicides.” 2000 feature, which premiered on Cannes, cemented Coppola as The definitive director to capture young female anxiety and began his partnership with Dunst. The duo continued to cooperate with “Marie Antoinette” and “The Beuiled.”
