Rose Byrne Joins Kristen Wiig's Bridesmaid Comedy

Rose Byrne will join the cast of Universal’s currently-untitled “bridesmaid” comedy starring Kristen Wiig.

The movie stars Wiig as a maid of honor who competes with a bridesmaid (Byrne) for the bride’s attention. Maya Rudolph and Chris O’Dowd also star. Paul Feig will direct from a screenplay written by Wiig with Annie Mumolo.

From:
http://www.empiremovies.com/2010/05/02/rose-byrne-joins-kristen-wiig-bridesmaid-comedy/

Rose was in Troy and was on the TV show "Damages."



I've been wondering for a while who would wind up getting cast to star alongside Kristen Wiig in her upcoming wedding-themed comedy (formerly titled BRIDESMAIDS). I thought they'd go with someone who had strong comedic chops that would amount to a pairing not unlike Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in BABY MAMA but instead they've gone a different route. Rose Byrne will play the other bridesmaid who's battling with Wiig for the attention of the bride-to-be (Maya Rudolph).

Like many Judd Apatow-produced movies, the script seems to be in a state of flux, constantly being tweaked and updated before production begins later this summer. And now it still is a little unclear which role Wiig will be playing. Originally she was one of the bridesmaids battling with an overbearing Maid of Honor. But Variety now lists Wiig as playing the MOH.

So why cast Byrne, an actress primarily known for her dramatic roles, alongside Wiig? I'd guess it's due in no small part to her supporting role in another Apatow film, this summer's GET HIM TO THE GREEK. And frankly the more I think about it, the more I'm thinking this is a smart choice. Also allegedly cast in the film as other bridesmaids are Ellie Kemper (the new secretary on "The Office") and Melissa McCarthy ("Gilmore Girls") though that has yet to be confirmed. Director Paul Feig, Apatow, Wiig and her co-writer Annie Mumolo are currently finishing up the script with Universal looking to get filming going this June.

From:
http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=31937

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Kristen Wiig sings three songs for the MacGruber soundtrack

When Saturday Night Live-skit-turned-big-screen-fandango MacGruber uncorks in theaters on May 21, it will do so to the soaring synthesizer chords of “Champion,” a triumphantly low-budge theme song from co-star Kristen Wiig (a.k.a. Vicki St. Elmo).

In true MacGruber form, the song—featuring the appropriately monikered U.K. collage-rocker Lightspeed Champion—sounds like it was put together with a Yamaha keytar, a portable mic, a ten-line rhyming dictionary, and a dream. (You can stream it for yourself over at Stereogum.)

Download it here:

http://stereogum.com/download?mp3=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.stereogum.com%2Ffiles%2F2010%2F04%2FChampion/

Wiig’s got two more songs on the soundtracklist in case you needed two more reasons to love her:
01 Corbread Compton & The Silverlake Choir – “MacGruber’s Theme”
02 The Black Keys – “Heavy Soul”
03 Toto – “Rosanna”
04 Gerry Rafferty – “Baker Street”
05 The Hives – “Tick Tick Boom”
06 Emerson, Lake & Powell – “Touch N’ Go”
07 Eddie Money – “Take Me Home Tonight”
08 Quarterflash – “Harden My Heart”
09 Kristen Wiig – “A Perfect Number”
10 Mr. Mister – “Broken Wings”
11 Robbie Dupree – “Steal Away”
12 Kristen Wiig (Feat. MacGruber & Lightspeed Champion) – “Rock My Body”
13 Michael Bolton – “Love Is A Wonderful Thing”
14 Matthew Compton – “The MacGruber Suite”
15 Kristen Wiig – “Champion”

Read more:
http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/04/29/macgruber-soundtrack-kristen-wiig/
http://stereogum.com/357231/kristen-wiig-champion-feat-lightspeed-champion-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+stereogum%2FcBYa+%28stereogum%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

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Kristen Wiig at the MacGruber premiere (video)

Will Forte, Val Kilmer, Kristen Wiig, and Ryan Phillippe hit the red carpet.

Or click here:
http://www.reelzchannel.com/trailer-clips/46624/macgruber-premiere

And here's an interview with Kristen, Ryan, Will, and Jorma:

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid271548326?bctid=72791546001

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Seth Meyer - The Boner Ghost story

Seth Meyers talks about Will Forte's Boner Ghost story while promoting MacGruber.



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Jamie at Macleans mentions our blog!!!

But obnoxious characters, even true-to-life ones, are easier to take in small doses. After Wiig was chosen to host SNL’s Christmas special in character as the unspeakably awful Gilly, there were murmurs of online revolt against her overexposure, and earlier this season, in a list of ways to fix the show, Entertainment Weekly argued that Wiig needs to appear less often: “How can we appreciate the woman if she never leaves the screen?” Even the writer of a Wiig fan blog (kristen-wiig.blogspot.com) admitted she was doing too many solo sketches and that the producers “need to mix it up more.” If they don’t—or if Wiig doesn’t come up with a likeable character or two—there may be more people echoing the sage words of Kathie Lee Gifford [about Wiig]: “Can’t she get another job? Go off and do something else?”

From:
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/07/kristen-wiig-is-seriously-annoying/

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Thanks for the call out, Jamie! And I'm happy to say that Lorne and the producers listened to our pleas! After we posted that (and Entertainment Weekly's article), Kristen has been featured less and been in more supporting roles. (Actually, she was always in supporting roles; she's just starred in less sketches so her supporting roles are more of noticeable now.)

Unfortunately, that does mean that we end up with Kristen in less amazing skits, because they can't all be winners. (Like Aunt Linda recently.) So less Kristen skits also means less great Kristen skits.

What do you think?