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Anna Faris Answers Every Question We Have About Smiley Face
“I couldn’t believe that this role was for a woman.”
Goofy stoner comedies almost always starred men, and then along came Anna Faris’ absurdly committed turn as Jane, a spacey Los Angeles actress who went to school for economics but now spends most of her time ripping bongs. A lot of stoner hits, like Up in Smoke, Friday, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, and Pineapple Express, are friendship movies through and through, but Smiley Face is distinct because it’s about a solo odyssey. There were the big, raucous studio comedies, like Scary Movie, Just Friends, The Hot Chick, and My Super Ex-Girlfriend, and there were hip auteur indies like Lost in Translation and Brokeback Mountain.
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