Katherine Heigl keeps it real
August 3rd 2009 12:22
She's been copping a lot of flak lately for being "too honest", but frankly, a Hollywood star who keeps it real is nothing short of unique. That's what makes Katherine Heigl so appealing - she's uncensored, and not overly concerned with offending the movie execs and major Hollywood players. To admit that Knocked Up was "slightly sexist" and that 27 Dresses was just "a piece of fluff" is simply an accurate assertion as to what those movies were, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who holds this opinion... but as the female lead, she's just not supposed to say it!
And the fact that she's not meant to say it, but does anyway, makes her a journalist's dream come true. Her answers in an interview are never contrived, and never an obvious repetition of what her publicist has told her to say - they appear to be what she is actually thinking at the time. Naturally, she's ruffled a few high-profile feathers, particularly those of Judd Apatow, who directed Knocked Up. "You think at some point I'll get a call saying, 'Sorry, I was tired,' and then the call never comes," a petulant Apatow told journalists.
He probably shouldn't wait by the phone for too long, because Heigl has no intention of cutting the frankness anytime soon. "It really kind of depresses me," she said, referring to the criticism she's received for her comments. "Because this is obviously not a standard in Hollywood and maybe we should make it one. Maybe we should be a little more honest because people appreciate it. Ask me anything."
Katherine definitely appreciates honesty herself, too - it's largely what drew her to the script of her latest film, The Ugly Truth. "It felt like real life," the actress said of the story. "It felt like two people, who actually were really sexually attracted to one another, and then, ultimately, emotionally attracted to one another, came together in a world that is a grown up’s world and not the cartoon version. It’s not that I always want to do R-rated movies, or that I feel like they’re the most honest movies out there. There was just something about this and the ability to be crass, and drop the F-bomb on occasion, and the ability to say “cock,” that felt real to me. It felt like the world I actually live in, with my friends and my family."
She continued, "I’m a 30-year-old woman and, as much as I love that younger audience and I loved 27 Dresses and had a great time making it, I still feel like I want to tell a real story to people my age and to my generation."
The Ugly Truth hits Aussie cinemas this Thursday, August 6th, 2009.
Bold, brazen and beautiful
And the fact that she's not meant to say it, but does anyway, makes her a journalist's dream come true. Her answers in an interview are never contrived, and never an obvious repetition of what her publicist has told her to say - they appear to be what she is actually thinking at the time. Naturally, she's ruffled a few high-profile feathers, particularly those of Judd Apatow, who directed Knocked Up. "You think at some point I'll get a call saying, 'Sorry, I was tired,' and then the call never comes," a petulant Apatow told journalists.
He probably shouldn't wait by the phone for too long, because Heigl has no intention of cutting the frankness anytime soon. "It really kind of depresses me," she said, referring to the criticism she's received for her comments. "Because this is obviously not a standard in Hollywood and maybe we should make it one. Maybe we should be a little more honest because people appreciate it. Ask me anything."
Heigl with The Ugly Truth co-star Gerard Butler
Katherine definitely appreciates honesty herself, too - it's largely what drew her to the script of her latest film, The Ugly Truth. "It felt like real life," the actress said of the story. "It felt like two people, who actually were really sexually attracted to one another, and then, ultimately, emotionally attracted to one another, came together in a world that is a grown up’s world and not the cartoon version. It’s not that I always want to do R-rated movies, or that I feel like they’re the most honest movies out there. There was just something about this and the ability to be crass, and drop the F-bomb on occasion, and the ability to say “cock,” that felt real to me. It felt like the world I actually live in, with my friends and my family."
She continued, "I’m a 30-year-old woman and, as much as I love that younger audience and I loved 27 Dresses and had a great time making it, I still feel like I want to tell a real story to people my age and to my generation."
The Ugly Truth hits Aussie cinemas this Thursday, August 6th, 2009.
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