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Collectively, Michelle Pfeiffer and
Amy Heckerling haven't been on a film
set in nearly a decade, but the Clueless
director hasn't really noticed. ''I've
been in a bit of a time warp: There was
the year of trying to get the kid into
college, the year of the parents being
sick, so it's been a while, but it doesn't
seem that long to me.'' In Woman (which
Heckerling first wrote in 1997), Pfeiffer
plays Rosie, a single mother who produces
You Go Girl, a Saved by the Bell-type
sitcom on the brink of being canceled.
''The gag is that she does this show where
all the people playing high school students
actually have second wives and a bunch
of kids,'' says Heckerling. ''Paul Rudd
comes in and reads for a character on
the show, and they fall in love.''
But don't dismiss it as just an older
woman–younger man comedy.
''It's deceptively layered, as Amy's work
tends to be,'' says Rudd. But there's
nothing subtle about the 40 Year-Old Virgin
costar's flamboyant dance scene in a club.
''I don't know why, but all of these movies
I'm doing lately involve an awkward dance,''
says Rudd. ''I feel a little self-conscious,
but in the end, I must say, I am a little
bit of a whore for the dance.'' |
