“Just so insanely wrong in so many ways”: Jennifer Aniston Doesn’t Regret Playing Randy, Extremely S*xually Active Role in $318M Franchise
One of the most successful and well-known actresses, Jennifer Aniston rose to fame after playing Rachel Green on the television show FRIENDS. Aniston’s career graph only kept on growing after the show ended, and she not merely went on to star in iconic films but additionally became known for having excellent chemistry with her co-stars.
But Aniston did something similar with her film Horrible Bosses, much like certain actors like to take a risk and play around with the people they portray. After the movie came out, people’s preconceived ideas about the actress changed because it was very different from how they had always seen her on screen. Does Jennifer Aniston regret accepting that role, though? Let’s find out.
Jennifer Aniston had fun playing Dr. Julia Harris
Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, and of course, Jennifer Aniston as Dr. Julia Harris were all featured in the 2011 film Horrible Bosses. The actress found her character pushing herself in a new and fascinating direction because Aniston’s s*x-obsessed dentist Julia was completely distinct from how Rachel Green emerged on screen.
During an interview with MTV in 2014, Jennifer Aniston said,
“She’s so unapologetic and confident and just insanely wrong in so many ways that it’s just so much fun to play. She’s trying to get help, supposedly, but it almost feels like she’s just swimming in a sea of chum, trying to find her next group of victims.”
The actress also mentioned that keeping up with such characters is not as easy as one might think especially when there are too many takes involved. Aniston said “It’s hard not to laugh when you’re doing that many takes and you’re throwing out all of these different lines to try to see which is going to shock Jason more, or what’s going to tick the box of ‘That was it,’ It’s a hard one, but we enjoy that. There’s nothing wrong with laughing too hard.”
The infamous deleted scene from Horrible Bosses 2
2014’s release Horrible Bosses 2 turned out to be better than the original movie but with one infamous deleted scene that audience talks about. While appearing on Conan O’Brien’s show, Jennifer Aniston explained why the scene was deleted, “It was kind of, not even mutual, you know? I’m not gonna say it.” Aniston stammers,
“Charlie Day’s character is in a coma. And I exploit him whilst he’s in a coma. So it was a sex scene that was sort of… yeah, they removed it. But I bet it’ll be on that DVD extras or whatever they do.”
Charlie Day who was also on the scene shared with a publication back in 2014 that the scene was fiction and she was getting paid to do that adding that it’s not the worst thing in the world. He also mentioned that it is not exactly as glamorous as the audience would assume it to be.
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Jennifer Aniston was not the ONLY choice
There were rumors that actress Jennifer Aniston, who is highly charming and well-liked by both the public and the critics, wasn’t the only candidate for the part of Dr. Julia Harris. In addition to Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Jessica Parker, and actress Naomi Watts were considered for the role before it was ultimately cast.
In one of her interviews, Aniston, who loves pushing the envelope, said that when the writers questioned her about how far they could take Julia, she responded with, “As far as they can.” The actress went on to say that she thought that the way Julia spoke was very entertaining and that it almost sounded like she was listing the ingredients for a delicious soufflé.
Source: The Things
