Over the weekend I was whisked away to magical Santa Monica, Ca to take part in an exclusive roundtable discussion with the two stars of the new romantic comedy “What’s Your Number?” After our chat with Chris Evans, Anna Farris arrived through the doors in perfect Anna Faris fashion. She was quick to point out that the other room of journalists, across the hall, had an ocean view room. Immediately it was clear to me that Anna Farris almost perfectly represents most of her characters on film. She is quirky, charming and honest throughout our conversation.
The film’s premise jumps from a magazine article that Anna’s character, Ally, reads, discussing how 96% of American woman, who have had over 20 sexual partners, never find a husband. Anna discussed how she was never really allowed to read those types of articles growing up. She discussed that she liked Ally, as a character, because she’s not your typical Type A career woman. She is sloppy and makes mistakes just like her. She told us the hilarious story of how she volunteered “her number” to her husband (“Parks and Recreations” Chris Pratt) after only a few dates and how she was hoping he would offer his. Below is our brief Exclusive Conversation with the Hollywood funny girl herself.
HeyUGuys: You do physical comedy better than anyone else out there.
Anna Faris: [She mimes throwing herself from her chair in] “Wahhh! What do you mean?!” ha ha
HUG: Is that a prerequisite for choosing roles?
AF: Ha Ha, I must fall. No! No! Actually, I don’t like doing it at all. I got stuck doing- ya know with the Scary Movies, I sorta had my training with that. Ever since then people are like “Oh yeah you’re pretty good with physical comedy. We’ll get you to do this, we don’t need a stunt double, we’ll hit you in the head, don’t worry you’re good at it!”
HUG: With you so busy in film and Chris doing “Parks and Rec”, how do you keep yourself grounded and normal?
AF: It’s hard. I think it’s really difficult. We’re both home bodies who grew up in kind of the country in Washington State. So our family is all there and we love, we dream and fantasize about having a farm one day. I don’t know, I guess we’re kind of lame that way I suppose. I think it’s because we both enjoy and love acting. We have normal families. Hopefully when all this disappears, and we are on the farm, we’ll still be happily fulfilled people.
