Many people see Anna Faris as a blond, with big lips and a perfect body, and although she does have all those attributes, they go along quiet nicely with a strong passion for make fun films. As we’ve seen in roles like Observe and Report, she’s not afraid to play with her looks and in many ways make fun of the cliche she represents. In the recent interview we had with her for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, she talked about a few upcoming projects she’s working on and her interest in producing films.

First she revealed that she will will be working on the new Alvin and the Chipmunks sequel (we all need a paycheck)…

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Grab the kids and head to the theater this Friday, September 18^th, for a spectacular 3D feeding frenzy compliments of writers/directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord. Columbia Pictures’ and Sony Pictures Animation have joined forces with Miller and Lord (for their directorial debut) to bring us their take on the perennial favorite children’s book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

The original book is actually a story about a story. In it, two children listen with rapt attention as their grandfather spins the yarn of the legendary sardine town Chewandswallow where three times a day, food of every kind fell from the sky. The children delight in the idea, “Wouldn’t it be marvelous?” and recoil at the pitfalls, “What if we didn’t like what fell?” But no one asks how it came to be that food could fall from the sky – and whatever happened to the land of Chewandswallow?  That is, until now…

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Recently, we had the opportunity to interview Anna Faris for her latest movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by first time directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller. The film stars the lovely Faris alongside funnyman Bill Hader, James Caan, Mr. T, and Bruce Campbell.

In the movie, Faris plays brilliant intern/weather girl Sam Sparks, who is sent to work on a small fishing island in the middle of nowhere. She happens to hit a goldmine when she meets aspiring inventor, Flint Lockwood (Hader) and his crazy contraption that makes food fall from the sky!

This interview is slightly different from other ones that we’ve done; it’s a combination of written quotes and a few videos. In the interview, she talked about the different and unexpected aspects of doing voice over work, working with the directors, meeting Mr. T, and what type of food she would have fall from the sky. Be warned, this isn’t your typical interview.

Check out what she had to say below…

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by directing duo, Chris Miller and Phil Lord, starring Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Neil Patrick Harris, and Mr. T. hits theaters Friday, and although it may look like “kid’s movie” due to it’s brightly-colored animation, don’t be fooled, it’s a smart, entertaining movie about when excessive consumption gets taken to the extreme! In the movie, Bill Hader voices the character of Flint Lockwood; the geeky, but kind of cool, aspiring inventor that causes havoc in his small fishing town.

Recently, we sat around a round-table to interview the always hilarious Hader and talk to him about bringing the character of Flint Lockwood to life and how much more difficult voice-over work was than he expected.

Check out what he had to say below…

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This weekend, prepare yourselves for the storm of a lifetime! From the creators of the TV show, How I met your Mother and Clone High, Chris Miller and Phil Lord comes Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Thanks to this amazing directing duo, this is a must see comedy for both children and adults. Although many of you have never heard of Miller and Lord before, they’re on the way to becoming household names with the help of their amazing new film, with a title that is far too long to type out more than once, so we’ll just call it Cloudy.

In case you haven’t already heard, Cloudy is the story of the aspiring inventor, Flint Lockwood’s (Bill Hader) and his unlikely friendship with Sam Sparks (Anna Faris). At first, Flint’s inventions are a nuisance, that is until he creates a machine that causes cheeseburgers, steaks, and ice cream to fall from the sky!

We had a chance to join a round table of journalists to talk to Miller and Lord about their careers and how they talked Sony into letting them make this movie (which wasn’t easy). Check out the interview below where they talk about their road to success, what drew them to the story, playing with food, and how they landed a deal with Disney straight out of college…

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Seth Rogen and Anna Faris are so wrong and yet so right together. Rogen’s plump, unattractive, self-loving mall cop perfectly contrasts Faris’ playboy, make-up counter, character. Their differences unit in the fact that both actors pushed their roles to the extreme. Both of them have created two equally un-likeable characters that you can’t help but enjoy watching them in painful situations.

What’s so great about this film is that you don’t have to side with the characters at all. This is not a film where you laugh with the characters, this is a film where you laugh AT the characters, thanks to both of their stellar and unique performances.

A few weeks ago, the recently trimmed down Seth Rogen and the plumped up Anna Faris sat down with a group of us to talk about their work in Observe and Report.

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I don’t pay attention to major fashion magazines. I’m more into film trades or a good novel from time to time. Yet, every once in a while there’s that “special edition” or “collector’s issue” that comes out and gets me every time. This year my guilty pleasure is the latest issue of Vanity Fair. The above photo is just one of the many satirical images that feature some of today’s most popular funny men and women. The magazine highlights who they consider to be the new comedy legends of this generation. Some of their picks include actors who’ve just made their mark in recent years, while others have been around for ages.

More on Vanity Fair and the comedy legends photo spread after the jump.

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