#TIFF12: MOLLY SHANNON AT PRESS CONFERENCE FOR “HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA”
Saturday Night Live Alumni Molly Shannon partook in promotion for Hotel Transylvania and was absolutely lovely earlier today, generously spending time with Fans while her Driver awaited her. The bubbly Shannon currently is at-work on Scary Movie 5.
(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)
INTERVIEW: JASON SUDEIKIS ON “HORRIBLE BOSSES”
Most of us know Jason Sudeikis for his work on NBC‘s Saturday Night Live where his sketches The Two A-Holes and his impression of American Idol Winner Taylor Hicks have brought him considerable notoriety since joining its Cast in 2005. With three Films slated for release in 2011 in addition to his on-going commitments with The Cleveland Show and SNL, it would appear that the Actor/Comedian/Writer from Kansas is now a bona fide Movie Star. Hall Pass in which he starred alongside Owen Wilson already topped to the Box Office in its debut this past February and now Sudeikis arrives in Toronto to promote another Comedy, the hotly-tipped Horrible Bosses for Warner Bros./New Line Cinema.
Riding the same Elevator, I note Sudeikis actually is much taller in-person than imagined. His Boy-Next-Door good looks are paired with some no-fuss Fashions: a navy blue Cardigan, a pressed white Dress Shirt and a pair of Jeans. He tells me, “Yeah, I know Toronto pretty well as I filmed a Movie here a few years back (The Rocker) but flew in late last night and only had a chance to have Drinks. Now I have to fly right out again after this!”.
Entering the Interview Suite of his Hotel, he admits to an intimate group of Journalists that he wasn’t readily sold on being a part of Horrible Bosses. “Initially I was hesitant to sign-on as I had just finished filming Hall Pass and then Horrible Bosses got the green light from New Line Cinema. It was just go go go!”, he recalls. “I had just played a character with Ladies on his brain in Hall Pass and I spent much of my charms on that. This time around I’d have to play a Guy with Ladies on his brain and at the same time charm his Friends into murdering their Bosses.”. Sudeikis admits to having declined Director Seth Gordon‘s offer at one point but after chatting over the Phone over a period of three weeks and being given some creative input into the Script, he convinced himself finally to stop taking himself so seriously and accept the role of Kurt.