A BLEMISHED CAREER.Byline: - Glenn Whipp Alyson Hanigan had her fair share of indignities heaped upon her in the ``American Pie'' films (think of all the flute jokes), so it wasn't much of a stretch to sign on for ``Date Movie,'' a ribald rib·ald adj. Characterized by or indulging in vulgar, lewd humor. n. A vulgar, lewdly funny person. [From Middle English ribaud, ribald person, from Old French, from spoof of romantic comedies made by a couple of the ``Scary Movie'' creators. ``I've done a lot of things I never dreamt of doing in my acting career,'' Hanigan says, laughing. That said, nothing quite prepared her for the day last summer on the 20th Century Fox lot when she was filming a scene where her character needed to pop a giant zit zit n. A pimple. - ``we're talking Guinness book,'' Hanigan says - and she ran into Hugh Grant, who was filming a movie on a nearby sound stage. ``I've always been fond of Hugh - put it that way,'' Hanigan says. ``And the one time I meet him, I'm wearing this huge prosthetic pros·thet·ic adj. 1. Serving as or relating to a prosthesis. 2. Of or relating to prosthetics. prosthetic serving as a substitute; pertaining to prostheses or to prosthetics. pimple pimple, small pointed elevation of the skin that may or may not contain pus. The formation of pimples is frequently associated with infection, irritation, or overactivity of the sebaceous and sweat glands. Repeated eruptions of pimples are often termed acne. . He did a triple take and I turned bright red.'' In ``Date Movie'' (Feb. 17), Hanigan plays a sort of Julia Roberts type, named (what else?) Julia, who is the object of affection of a Hugh Grant kind of guy, named (you guessed it) Grant (Adam Campbell Adam Campbell may refer to:
Personal life Coolidge was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Paul Coolidge, a plastics manufacturer.[1] She was raised in Boston and has a sister, Suzanne. , Fred Willard), Julia's African-American father (Eddie Griffin) and characters named Bridget Jones and Michael Jackson. Does making ``Date Movie'' preclude the onetime ``Buffy'' star from getting her own romantic comedy someday? ``That is my fear,'' Hanigan says. ``Maybe I should have done this movie after I had done a string of romantic comedies, because I don't think anyone is going to let me do one after this.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: `DATE MOVIE' Feb. 17 |
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