Video:Observe and Report - Collette Wolfe, Celia Weston Interviews

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Rebecca Murray from About.com Hollywood Movies at the LA Premiere of Observe and Report.

Collette Wolfe – 'Nell' in Observe and Report

So tell me about your role in this because I hear you have a temporary handicap or something?

Collette Wolfe: "So yeah, she's got an injured leg from a protein deficiency. My character's name is Nell and she works at the Cinnabon/Toast-a-bun place. Yeah, and she befriends Ronnie Barnhardt which is Seth Rogen's character. And then more evolves in her relationship and more happens… That's all I'll say."

You've worked with Jody Hill before.

Collette Wolfe: "Yes. I worked with him on The Foot Fist Way."

Wasn't that your first movie?

Collette Wolfe: "That was my very first movie ever. Wow, I can't believe you knew that!"

And you liked him enough to come back and do something with him again?

Collette Wolfe: "Absolutely. Yeah, just a little bit. He's pretty fun to work with."

How does he run his set? Is he pretty loose?

Collette Wolfe: "Absolutely, yeah. He's very into improv. We always do one take that's right on the script and then we'll do a bunch of different things to play around. He'll throw out ideas that he has too, while we're in the scene. Like, 'Oh, try this!,' or whatever. And you know Seth is really big on improv so he had a lot of stuff to play with and a lot of really great ideas."

Is it easy for you to do that? Can you pick up real quick on what's going on?

Collette Wolfe: "I think it's easy for me to react from someone else. I don't necessarily always have the funniest stuff myself. But I can go with… I can do the reactions. I wouldn't say that improv or coming up with funny things is my strong suit."

And you're also in 17 Again?

Collette Wolfe: "I am. I have a small role in 17 Again. Yeah, I have a couple of scenes with Matthew Perry who plays the older version of Zac Efron in the movie."

Celia Weston – 'Mom' in Observe and Report

How easy is it to work opposite Seth Rogen because he does not like to stick to the script?

Celia Weston: "Well, you know you do have to have a facility for improvisation, and I feel very lucky to have it. I've described it as having a good tennis partner. You know your game only gets better when you have a good person on the other side to meet you. 'I'll give you this and I'll take your that,' and so it's exhilarating and exhausting. It's both things. Yeah, well sure, because your mind is just flying all the time. The script is great and when your director who's written the script invites you to take it wherever else you want to go and let's see what comes from that, to be up to the challenge of that is important and I'm happy that I feel like I was good player."

How long does it take to get into a rhythm when you're working opposite someone like Seth?

Celia Weston: "Well, you know making films you just have to be lightning speed all the time because time is money, it's big money. You don't know how many takes you're going to be able to afford to have. The day's getting longer and you want every one to count. So I try to be prepared. I think improvisation demands a lot of thought before, and I don't mean writing the script in your head before but just anticipating where it could go. Just creative notions about where you might like to take it. Just having some good judgment about what's going to work and if it's going to be worth everybody's time when film is being spent on you."

Were you always on the same page with Jody Hill on where you were going to take her?

Celia Weston: "I think so, yeah. For a while I said, 'If my dear mother were still living I couldn't have done this film,' because it's not me. I have nephews who are still saying, 'Aunt Celia said a bad word.' That was all a stretch for me, and then to improv to extremes with all of this repressed nature, it was a lot of fun. It was shocking. I shocked myself."

Isn't that kind of freeing?

Celia Weston: "Oh yeah, it is. It's freeing. And it's fun, too, to hear the crew giggling, trying not to ruin a take. You know you kind of scored."

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