Melissa McCarthy talked about her approach to comedy and defying Hollywood expectations, her new movie, ‘Tammy’ her husband and fellow comedian Ben Falcone and more in an interview on CBS Sunday Morning.
The 43-year-old ‘Mike & Molly’ star will next be seen as is the title character of the movie ‘Tammy’ which she and her husband Ben Falcone co-wrote and he directed. It costars Susan Sarandon as her grandmother with whom she teams up on a road trip, thus evoking ‘Thelma and Louise.’
It’s just one of a number of movies which has seen her as in a lead role solidifying her transition from sitcom star to the Hollywood A list. While a number of actresses before her have made such a leap, hers of course is more closely examined because she does not fit the Hollywood norm.
She’s not shy about taking on the topic, either. On CBS Sunday Morning, she told correspondent Mo Rocca she’s turning that stereotype around, and showing how ironically it puts a comedic actress at a disadvantage. She said, “In a lot of comedies they kind of take all the problems away from the women. They give her great clothes, great hair, she almost always owns an artisanal shop, like a cheese shop in Manhattan.”
She goes on to explain, “And the whole time I’m watching it I just think, ‘How can you pay for rent? You have a Chloe bag? Like, you can’t be broke.’ They’re charming and they just can’t find a man. I would date her! Who’s not dating these women? And then they say, ‘Now, go be funny.’ And I always think, ‘With what? Like, there’s no tools.’”
She spoke about her initial reluctance to take the role of Molly in what has gone on to become the CBS hit sitcom, “Mike & Molly.” She said, “I didn’t want to do something that was just on a topic of weight. Not for any other reason than I just thought, ‘Oh, God, I just don’t find it interesting. It’s not a storyline. It didn’t feel like there was any where to go with it.’ And then I read it and it felt like a romantic comedy.”
As for her own story and how she met her husband, Ben Falcone — who was also interviewed for the show — she spoke about how meeting as they were both working in theater was to their advantage; in portraying characters, she said they had a chance to see each other looking “the worst and the most hideous.” She added, “If you just came out and looked so horrible, it kind of got everybody’s respect. So there was a weird challenge to look your worst.”
Married in 2005 they have two daughters together, and in acknowledging that it is her husband who is the “scene stealer” she said of home life, “I probably laugh to the point where I literally think I can’t get air in probably four times a day.”
While Falcone has appeared in movies with her McCarthy before, ‘Tammy’ marks the first time he is also the director.
Video highlights from the lively interview are posted below.
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