Scary Movie, Anna Faris interview

It is unbelievable and kind of surreal in the best of ways to be back here making this version of Scary Movie. I had never done comedy, and I sent in this tape for Scary Movie. Keenen asked me to fly down and audition in front of him. I spent a week auditioning, terrified, broke, terrified, really terrified. I'd never done comedy. I auditioned Monday through Friday. On Friday, I booked the role and I was flying first class for the first time in my life from LA to Vancouver to start shooting this movie. 

When Rick Alvarez and Marlon Wayans called me last February and told me that not only is the property back at home with them, but also that they were bringing a bunch of the old gang back together, I felt I felt like I had just been given this huge present, this huge gift where I was going to be able to return to this franchise in a way that made me giddy. It's been absolutely incredible for me, like one long, joyous high school reunion. 

Cindy Campbell is less of a character and more of like a malleable Gumby, bounce card. I mean, she's she does so many illogical, stupid, naive, absurd things that it's impossible to have any rationality with her. The thing about Cindy, though, that is consistent is she has good intentions fundamentally. When she sees Brenda, in my opinion, Cindy will do absolutely anything for her best friend. I don't think that Brenda views Cindy as her best friend, but Cindy definitely Cindy would kill and die for Brenda Meeks. Regina and I, and the absurdity of the friendship between Brenda Meeks and Cindy Campbell is like if if Scary Movie had a heart, it's in the two of them having this absurd love toward to for each other. 

I don't think there's a journey that Cindy Campbell can take without Brenda. She loves Shorty. She wants to be in the family, and I think Shorty and Cindy have always had a special friendship, once again where I think Cindy adores Shorty more than Shorty adores Cindy. That's understandable. But yeah, no, Cindy has a deep loyalty towards the Meeks family. David Zucker is such an awesome director in so many ways. He's always given me the benefit of the doubt. He's always like, "Oh, that was weird. That was interesting. 

Do more." And I love that he's worked with the Wayans brothers for so long, so he understands so well like how they work, and he he's never underestimated me, and I can't ask for anything more out of a director. This shoot has been so such an incredibly satisfying journey for me. I get to see all of the faces that I people that I haven't seen for 20 plus years, and we all get to kind of celebrate together what it became, that thing that we had no idea when we were making it in June of 1999.