Cameron Diaz talks about comedy, friendship and new movie ‘The Other Woman’
Sometimes critics really know nothing. They can pan movies all they want, but the audience still has the last say. In fact, even with not-so-stellar reviews, the new Cameron Diaz comedy has managed a decent showing at the US box office.
With a title as self-explanatory as “The Other Woman,” it’s not hard to imagine how this turns out. Diaz plays Carly, a New York lawyer who meets the handsome, seemingly eligible bachelor Mark (played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, best known as Jaime Lannister on “Game of Thrones”). Now, Mark is pretty much the kind of guy most women think they can avoid. He is the type that takes the expression “third time’s a charm” to heart as an invitation to play around.
As Carly, she discovers Mark is married and befriends his wife Kate (Leslie Mann). Upon their discovery of Mark’s involvement with a third girl, Amber (Kate Upton), they recruit her and set in motion a plan to castrate him. Well, not really, but perhaps they should have.
While girls bonding over revenge fantasies against a common philandering enemy may not always result in hilarity, imagine throwing physical comedy into the mix. Diaz notes, “I was really grateful, because it is not often that I get to do that sort of (thing), especially with another woman.”
From left: Leslie Mann, Kate Upton and Cameron Diaz
If their characters played off well in the film, so did Diaz and Mann behind the scenes. Describing the latter as “fearless,” Diaz says, “Leslie is strong and funny and she has so much energy and strength and her body can do all these crazy things. It was literally the purest delight to be partners with her, to play straight to her screwball. We played off each other so well. We found a wonderful rhythm with one another and trusted each other completely.”
Although she clarifies that she has a stunt double for the more physical scenes, Diaz says they got “plenty of bruises on this movie. We were really, really physical and we did everything wearing heels and dresses.”
Diaz also dishes about Upton, whom she describes as “funny, observant and smart.”
Just like Upton’s gorgeous character Amber, Diaz related, “People don’t expect her to be as smart as she is beautiful. Kate blew us all away with her natural ability to improvise. We had no idea what she was capable of, but she immediately held her own. We were all completely impressed.”
So, after working a series of 12-hour days together, she says they’ve all become good friends. Wait, what, no cat fights? No telenovela-like screaming matches, hair pulling and face slapping? We almost feel cheated!
Diaz clarifies that “The Other Woman” is really more “about friendship and the relationship between these women.” For her, the circumstance that brought them together and their journey made them stronger and even find something positive from the experience.
“(It’s them) getting through the heartbreak, towards the acceptance of the deception and then how they move forward and let it all go away. It’s not about revenge; it looks at how they learn about themselves. I have no interest in making a movie about revenge or adultery. That’s not what this is about.”
She does concede, though, beyond our strength and beauty, what binds all human beings may be universality of bad experiences. Diaz says, “I think everyone, male or female, has been cheated on. I don’t know what the ratios are (laughs) but nobody gets out unscathed. It’s something that happens and that we all have been through, I don’t think there are any exceptions. That’s just life.”
It’s a good thing we can always find friends in places we least expect. “The Other Woman” opens in local theaters on May 7.
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Source: Mb.com.ph (April 30, 2014 at 11:51AM)
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