The Ugly Truth-Bree Turner, Nick Searcy Interviews
'The Ugly Truth' cast members Bree Turner, Nick Searcy, and Mimi Michaels along with composer Aaron Zigman discussed the appeal of the Columbia Pictures romantic comedy at the film's premiere in Los Angeles.
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Transcript: The Ugly Truth-Bree Turner, Nick Searcy Interviews
Rebecca Murray from About.com Hollywood Movies at the premiere of The Ugly Truth.
Bree Turner - 'Joy' in The Ugly Truth
Bree Turner: "I like About.com."
Do you? Why do you like About.com?
Bree Turner: "I'm a novice cook so it's good when I have, 'I don't have baking powder. How can I substitute baking powder?' I find that at About.com has the answer for me."
And we cover movies.
Bree Turner: "And you cover movies. It's a one stop shop."
Tell me about your character in this.
Bree Turner: "I play Joy. I play Katherine [Heigl's] best buddy and you know I think the two of us are two overworked ladies in the news world. And basically I'm there to support Katherine. She's trying to break out of her rut. She's a very Type-A personality and when it comes to her dating life, it's another to do on her list. And so I try to push her to go to Match.com or you know set up blind dates. I try to break her out of her shell, also living vicariously since I'm not really getting that much action myself in the film."
Are you a Type A person?
Bree Turner: "I am. Is it obvious?"
No, it is not obvious at all.
Bree Turner: "No, I am. Well, you know, I'm a combo platter. I am a perfectionist but then I let certain things go in my life and then I'm overly on top of other things. So I'm kind of schizophrenic that way, I guess."
Well you know I think that's a good way to be. It's balanced, not schizophrenic.
Bree Turner: "Thank you. I feel better."
R-rated comedy - we don't usually see that for a romantic comedy. Was that freeing for you guys?
Bree Turner: "I know. Yes. I've actually done a lot of PG films these last several years, so it was like, 'I get to swear! I get to drop an f-bomb.' It's fun."
And improv?
Bree Turner: "And improv. It was definitely free rein to go for it in the improv and be as out there and crude as you want. But you know what's nice about this movie is that it's raunchy, it's crude, it's real and all those things - it's for the guys as well - but it has a heart. It's not manipulative in the way the story unfolds with the characters. You can really decide for yourself who she wants, who she should be with in the end."
It's for both sexes.
Bree Turner: "It really is."
Mimi Michaels
So tell me about working on this.
Mimi Michaels: "It was just amazing. Everyone, cast and crew, it was just a dream come true to work with all these great people."
Who do you play?
Mimi Michaels: "I play a female fan of Gerard Butler's character. I just adore him and I see him in a scene at the baseball stadium and I go crazy. I just lose it seeing him, and my boyfriend's not too pleased about that. But I run up to him and give him a big hug. It's a funny scene."
It's not too difficult to act like you're crazy about Gerard Butler.
Mimi Michaels: "No, I didn't really have to act much. He's kind of charming and good-looking and all those good things."
Nick Searcy - 'Stuart'
Nick Searcy: "I'm the boss. I play the old man. I run the TV station."
You're the one that makes Katherine Heigl do this.
Nick Searcy: "I hire Gerry Butler's character. I hire him."
Do you know guys like that?
Nick Searcy: "I don't know any guys who aren't like that."
Really, that bad?
Nick Searcy: "That good. That's how they are, you know? You're just going to have to face it sooner or later. That's the ugly truth. That's what the movie's about." How quickly did you sign on when you read this script?
Nick Searcy: "Oh, as soon as they offered to pay me, I signed on. That was it."
Are you a romantic comedy fan? Is this the type of movie you would pay your $10 to see?
Nick Searcy: "You know, not necessarily. But this one, I think the difference in this one is that it has a lot of things that men would like. It's not quite as touchy-feely as most romantic comedies."
We will never call it a chick flick.
Nick Searcy: "Yeah, right. No, I don't think so. It has some aspects to that, but it's a guy flick too."
Composer Aaron Zigman
You're no stranger to romantic comedies.
Aaron Zigman: "I did Sex and the City and The Proposal and this, The Ugly Truth, and Jane Austen Book Club and Notebook."
How do you keep them separated?
Aaron Zigman: "Not repeat myself?"
Exactly.
Aaron Zigman: "Well I try real hard not to repeat myself and if it looks like I am, I slap my wrist with a metal ruler. I say, 'Nope, you can't use that. You used that last time.'"
What sets this one apart?
Aaron Zigman: "This is totally a different score than The Proposal. The Proposal had some off-beat weird stuff, but it was also very traditional. And this is, with the exception of the emotional themes that are few and not very many because it doesn't tip the hat too much in this movie, it's all like Fellini - modern Felliniesque. I did like tangos. I did this cool kind of organ fields with groves underneath. Just like real kind of cool. Get the CD - the CD is going to be out. It's really fun."