Comedienne Kristen Wiig opens up about being 'fully naked' in her new dramatically dark role as she poses for cover of Elle
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Former Saturday Night Live star Kristen Wiig, well know for her comedic roles in Knocked Up and Bridemaids, is taking on two new dramatically dark roles - one of which requires her to embrace full-frontal nudity.
The 40-year-old actress spoke to Elle magazine about her new character in Welcome to Me, where she plays a woman with borderline personality disorder who wins the lottery, quits her medication, and starts a TV talk show.
'I’d never read a character like that,' said Ms Wiig. 'I got to a scene where it read, "She’s fully naked," and I remember thinking: If I do this movie, I have to do this scene, because it’s really important to this script.'
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Comedienne Kristen Wiig opens up about being 'fully naked' in her new dramatically dark role as she poses in the August issue of Elle
Ms Wiig, who co-wrote the 2011 hit film Bridesmaids, which was nominated for two Academy Awards, also stars in the upcoming drama The Skeleton Twins, where she and Bill Hader play estranged and depressed twins who independently cheat death on the same day.
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Share'I was introduced to the world as a cast member of SNL. But I’ve always wanted to do dramatic stuff, to write and direct, do a lot of different things,' she confessed.
'Comedy is where my heart lies, but there’s also something really satisfying about being able to step away with a small crew, become a character and get to know her for a few months at a time.'
For her Elle shoot, the 40-year-old actress flexes her fashion muscles, posing in outfits from Balenciaga, Marc Jacobs, Christopher Kane, and Vera Wang
The shoot took place at Grey Gardens, the legendary East Hampton, New York, estate where socialites Edith and Edie Beale lived - and was made iconic by the 1976 documentary of the same name
'I was introduced to the world as a cast member of SNL. But I¿ve always wanted to do dramatic stuff, to write and direct, do a lot of different things,' she confessed to Elle
The actress, who was born in Canandaigua, New York, is also making her directorial debut with Groundlings performer Annie Mumolo - a comedy of which the name and release date is yet to be confirmed.
For her cover of Elle, Ms Wiig flexes her fashion muscles, posing in outfits from Balenciaga, Marc Jacobs, Christopher Kane, and Vera Wang.
Taking into account her affinity for kooky characters, the shoot took place at Grey Gardens, the legendary East Hampton, New York, estate where socialites Edith and Edie Beale lived - and was made iconic by the 1976 documentary of the same name.
Ms Wiig stars in the upcoming drama The Skeleton Twins, where she and Bill Hader play estranged and depressed twins who independently cheat death on the same day
'Comedy is where my heart lies, but there’s also something really satisfying about being able to step away with a small crew, become a character and get to know her for a few months at a time,' said Miss Wiig
'Putting her on our cover was an easy choice to make, because she is such an ELLE woman—wickedly smart, brutally honest, funny, profane, and profound, said Elle's editor-in-chief, Robbie Myers of Ms Wigg, who was married to actor Hayes Hargrove from 2005 to 2009, and briefly dated The Strokes' drummer Fabrizio Moretti from 2012 to 2013.
'Plus, she loves fashion and wears it with a relaxed ease.'
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