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Tuesday
24Jun2008

Anna Faris Goes from Softcore Comedy to Hardcore Drama

DateTuesday, June 24, 2008 at 12:19AM
Now, we can't say whether or not comedienne Anna Faris will remove her clothes, but she sure is flirting with that line of work. She's playing an aging Playboy bunny in this summer's House Bunny, a comedy in which she'll probably be scantily clad but that's about it. And now there's finally confirmation that Faris will play porn star Linda Lovelace in an upcoming drama called Inferno.

Now, there's gratuitous nudity and then there's the stuff the heavyweight actresses talk about all the time, the nudity required by the role. If nudity has ever been integral to a story, I think this would be the one.

At various points over the past several years, Courtney Love and Angelina Jolie have been rumored to play Lovelace, although at least one of them was for a different biopic, so in a way, it's hard to believe it has found its way to Faris.

Faris told MTV that she's hoping to do Inferno after she wraps Observe & Report with Seth Rogen, and that Sam Rockwell may be her co-star. "You’re not going to even know who I am,” claimed Faris, who is actually really good at comedy, despite some of the movies she's done over the years. “I’m not there right now, but I will be when the time comes. I’ll be in a very dark place.”

You have to give Faris credit for taking on such a dramatic role. I mean, Linda Lovelace, because she's actually sort of a tragic figure, can't be an easy ordeal as an actor. To go from free love wild child and drug addict to conservative Christian rebelling against her very famous past...that's a pretty full plate for one flick.

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