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Is Melissa McCarthy The New Ryan Reynolds?

August 16th, 2011

When Kathy Bates got hired for Harry’s Law, I wrote a post with the headline “Role Written for a Man Goes to a Plus-Size Woman.” I thought of that headline immediately when I read that Jason Bateman, in his upcoming film ID Theft, pushed for the role of his co-star to be rewritten so he could act opposite Melissa McCarthy.

The premise was originally for a guy who gets his identity stolen by another guy, and it was written for Bateman and another actor. That changed after Bateman saw McCarthy’s scene stealing role in the summer hit Universal comedy Bridesmaids and he pushed for her to be the identity thief.

I have no desire at all to see The Change-Up, which stars Bateman opposite Ryan Reynolds. But McCarthy as an identity thief? This I totally want to see.

Via Monkey See.

Posted by mo pie

Filed under: Celebrities, Kathy Bates, Melissa McCarthy, Movies, Tidbit

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7 Responses to Is Melissa McCarthy The New Ryan Reynolds?

  1. O.C., on August 17th, 2011 at 7:20 am Said:

    It reminds me of when Claudia Shear played Monica’s identity thief on “Friends”, making Monica jealous of the life that fabulous, large-sized Claudia was leading! If this film is anything like that, I want to see it too.

    • mo pie, on August 17th, 2011 at 12:08 pm Said:

      I totally thought of that episode too! They speak bad Dutch! Monica’s name is “Monanna”! Hee.

      • O.C., on August 17th, 2011 at 4:58 pm Said:

        She had a one woman show that became a book, “Blown Sideways Through Life”, about holding all these crazy jobs! It’s really good! :-)

    • Connie, on September 20th, 2011 at 12:22 am Said:

      ‘Course, Monica had once been large-sized, and much more so than her ID thief…and plenty of jokes were made in other episodes off of that. I blogged about that here: http://lovingfromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/2009/11/interrupting-sizism.html.

  2. Nikki, on August 17th, 2011 at 9:14 am Said:

    I just ordered her movie, “The Nines” with Ryan Reynolds. I love her!

  3. Rhonwyyn, on August 17th, 2011 at 9:45 pm Said:

    I just learned this week that Melissa is Jenny McCarthy’s cousin. I wonder what Melissa’s life was like growing up with a “hot” cousin? As the younger, fat cousin, I always felt like I had been measured and found wanting. :-(

  4. A.D., on August 26th, 2011 at 9:15 pm Said:

    I can’t wait for this movie now. Love me some Melissa McCarthy. Sookie Forever! XD

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