Tina: For me, it was just trying to do a good job of what I felt was the dramatic arc of the movie. What did you see as the biggest challenge of taking on these characters? What does he have to say about that important message of self-love and acceptance, then? Surely something gay, right? In goofy Rudd-style, just what you’d expect: “Lily Tomlin’s in it!” he quips with his sly smirk, referring to the comedian’s role as Fey’s mother. It’s really true,” he says, reflecting on the increasingly gay apex of his career at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, seated next to Fey. And that’s just the beginning of his homo happenings. Rudd’s career started, and still is, just as queer: besides Clueless, he starred as Jennifer Aniston’s best gay pal in The Object of My Affection.
That’s the message: Just be who you are,” says Fey, a GLAAD winner for 30 Rock who recounted her gay musical-theater origins in her Bossypants memoir. That formal outward acceptance shouldn’t be valued as much. Two of the most charismatic, gay-loved actors team up for Admission, about a college admissions officer (Fey) and her could-be biological son who she meets through an old classmate (Rudd).
They say dreams come true, and that one where Tina Fey and Paul Rudd act (and shower) together on the big screen – it’s really happening. Tina Fey and Paul Rudd work their magic in “Admission.”Īdmission stars talk new film’s acceptance theme, first jobs and shower scene