INT: Thurman/Wilson

I have
at last sampled my first taste of a junket buffet otherwise known as a press
conference. The main course was the
spicy and hot Uma Thurman along with tender and incredibly appealing to the
eye, Luke Wilson. Their side
dishes consisted of director Ivan Reitman, writer Don Payne and supporting
actor Rainn Wilson (no relation to Luke) who all gathered to give us some
insight on their upcoming romantic comedy MY
SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND.

First
let me begin by confessing that in person, Thurman is far more radiant and
beautiful than I ever imagined possible. To
boot, she is vivacious and animated. It’s
no surprise she is the muse of famous director Tarantino, who’s many films
she has starred in and even received an Oscar nomination for.
My personal favorite being PULP FICTION, of course!
Whereas, Thurman is better known for her dramatic and action roles,
Luke Wilson is better known for his comedic roles.
My personal favorite of the

Wilson

brothers, you can’t help but melt at the sight of this incredibly handsome
Texan with piercing blue eyes.

Yes,
yet another hot Texan to add onto my super hottie list!!
In the upcoming film MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND, Thurman is cast as
controlling, jealous and needy super hero Jenny Johnson who uses her powers
to make life a living hell for

Wilson

’s character Matt Saunders when he dumps her.
With an unusual and humorous plot twist, this is far from your
ordinary superhero flick. Check out
what they had to say:

Uma Thurman	Luke Wilson

This
is for Uma and perhaps Don who wrote this but some people are upset that
it’s G-girl and not G-woman. What
about this?

Uma
Thurman (UT): Get a life!!
Move on! Let’s just move forward.
As a bonafide, full fledged and aging woman, I just love the whole
g-girl thing.

What
does the G stand for in G-girl?

UT:
Has anyone ever heard the letter G used in a specific manner?
Well, you just go with it.

There’s
a lot of negativity in being superheroes. There’s
a down side, an upside, which one is it for you playing a superhero?

UT:
I think one of the great things about this script is that unlike the
typical valiant who’s like, Oh I must go and save the world yes.
I’m like that but the whole comedy is that there’s this whole
reality base. Here’s this girl,
like any of us who stumbles on a rock, and by the way she takes girl when
she is a girl because if she calls herself woman at17, she’ll have
problems. She’s just a real
person. She wants to have a real
life. She feels what her
responsibilities are due to her powers but at the same time she really
resents them. I guess that’s
the human beast.

How
important was it for you to do a comedy at this stage in your career?

UT:
I have been trying to bust into the comedy business my whole life!
They’re like no I can’t, she wants to stay in a corset, keep her
in a corset and I’m like get me out of the corset!!!
Thank God for Ivan to give us all a chance to have such great roles.
You know it’s hard in Hollywood to do different things. I know, I
know this. You know, it’s a
struggle. I love comedy, in
fact, I think I’ve always loved drama but I don’t’ approach it any
different. I’m not a comedian;
I’m not a standup. You just do
it like a part. Personally I
love comedies so if you don’t get to do like to watch then you get
frustrated.

Is Jenny Johnson immature? She
really doesn’t know how to deal with this relationship when he says it’s
a triangle of jealousy, controlling and manipulative.
She’s a trifecta. How do you
feel?

UT: She’s just
completely petulant, uncentered. She’s
actually kind of fun, a New England girl, minding her p’s and q’s and
b’s and v’s and s’s and y’s. Playing
this character you’re throat just opens up and never closes.
It’s a primal scream. When
you’re half way through the movie, it’s an absolute thrill.

Do you think this is
more a sex comedy than a romantic comedy?

Luke Wilson (LW): A sex
comedy? No I think it’s definitely
just a straight forward a comedy although there are a couple of pretty
humorous sex scenes.

And
you’re walking around with a sore penis?

LW: That was a really
fun thing because I had that idea when I was shooting something else that
day and something else that night and then you get there and you have about
an hour and a half of daylight and Ivan had me get out there and do that. And
yea, it was fun to do that.

Have either of you watched
“Fatal Attraction”?

UT: You caught my
reference!!

LW: A lot of people
that go see a movie like Fatal Attraction, you’re supposed to be left with
the thing that don’t cheat on your wife but I knew a lot of people who
were like it’s ok to cheat just stay clear of crazy people.
You know, it’s not like I really have to change the way I’m doing
things.

Tell us how you
rehearsed the scenes with the bedroom romps?

LW: You just do
them and get right into them. The
funny thing about it was that usually when you have a scene like that it
gets real quite on the set, people are walking around in their robes and
it’s a closed set but this couldn’t have been more relaxed and fun.
You have these 2 huge guys shaking the bed.

UT: He was very easy
with me. And I have great precision
too. They trained me,
those Chinese guys.

LW: We don’t want to
shy away from this whole sex thing. It’s
a part of all of our lives I think.

Was that really you
naked in the boardroom scene?

LW: That was me.
Sure I got a little hail damage but why not show it off?

Luke could you talk a little about some of the challenges
in potentially playing the straight man in this movie and Uma gets to cut
loose and Rainn get to crack lines a lot.

LW: I think it kind of
ties in with what Uma was saying earlier about there not being much of a
difference. You’re just playing a
role whether it’s comedy or drama. I
found it really fun to play opposite Uma and just doing different takes.
She would take it up and down. We
would do ones where she would play it straight and then others where she
would be over the top so it was really fun. And
keeping in mind she was playing a super hero so I didn’t plan it to be a
challenge playing a straight man.

Ivan Reitman (IR): I think Luke is spectacularly funny in
this movie. He is the glue that
holds the movie together and we come into the story through Luke’s
character. It’s his point of
view throughout the film and I think he’s very loose and funny.
He was talking about that walk and the sex scene.
What makes is the reactor that ends up adding an extraordinary amount
of comedy to the movie and he is an extraordinary reactor who has all sorts
of great comedic abilities and he gets a chance to exercise a lot more in
this film than frankly many films I’ve seen him in.

What were some of the tougher scenes for you to shoot and
I don’t mean the bedroom scenes but more in terms of special effects?

LW: The wire scenes are
kind of difficult to shoot because I hadn’t done a green scene before
where you shoot everything a couple of times and put plates up.

UT: This movie was
actually tremendous fun because it was so spicy.
There are a lot of movies that are just straight dramas and you’re
just talking and a lot movies you’re just beating somebody up for many
months or other activities. This movie
was a good break up. We have days just
doing wonderful character scenes that could be not in this superhero context
at all, just classic comedy/drama talking. And
other days we’d be flying around New York City swinging by your pants off
a crane. That makes it fun.

There’s a burden and privilege to playing a superhero,
but is this a metaphor for the lives you 3 lead as actors and sometimes
superstars?

LW: There is probably
only one superstar here, no offence.

UT: Sometimes I find
Rainn crying in his trailer. The girls just kept him up all night long and
nobody understands him, nobody talks to him for who he is.
Luke, same thing. Terrible
shape.

LW: I’m a pretty
emotional guy. I wasn’t drawing out
any metaphors like that from my life. I
think I should let Uma handle that question.

UT: On some simple
level, sure. Fame and just the extra
specialness of it all, there’s a nice side to it and sometimes you want to
be extra normal.

Uma, you do so much athleticism in your role.
Are you changing what you do to keep yourself in shape and the kind
of things you do to prepare for these roles?

UT: I never sit down
that’s my main form of exercise. I’m
just running all the time, about 20 hours a day.

What was it like
working with Anna Faris?

UT: She’s great.

LW: Really fun to work
with her. I was only familiar with her
from Scary Movie. She had a great
spirit on the set. Working with Ivan,
he would encourage you to have fun and be really loose.
Don wrote such a great script that something that funny I think
you’re more inspired to make more funny. Anna
was really good at that, she was doing a really good job on the scene but
also rolling with any kind of improvisation. Everybody
enjoyed working with her.

The fantasy and nightmare of a woman is tough.
Uma, what was it like portraying both sides of that?

UT: For me pretty much,
I see woman as incredibly strong, intense and balanced creatures.
I rarely meet a meek woman anymore.
We are fully up with what’s going on.
I pretty much play Don’s character off the page.
Pretty wonderfully drawn character. I
think woman are more stronger than they’re presented to be and men are
more sensitive and complicated than they are presented to be.
For me it’s completely normal to look at a strong woman character.
I find it odd that they are less represented in movies than the other
way around.