Kirsten Dunst is in Bachelorette a Leslye Headland play, where three friends are bridesmaids to a girl they used to ridicule in high school.
Bachelorette is a 2012 American comedy film written and directed by Leslye Headland, adapted from her play of the same name. It stars Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan and Isla Fisher as three troubled women who reunite for the wedding of a friend (played by Rebel Wilson) who was ridiculed in high school.
“Bridesmaids 2” may never happen, but at least there’s “Bachelorette.” Based on writer/director Leslye Headland’s own Off-Broadway play, “Bachelorette” focuses on three mean girls (played by Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher and Lizzy Caplan), who get invited to the wedding of the overweight girl they tormented in high school with taunts of Pig Face (Rebel Wilson, a “Bridesmaids” co-star, fills the role). High on coke and bitter with jealously, the girls do something mean (tear her wedding dress in a fit of mockery), and then spend the rest of the evening trying to get it repaired before the bride finds out.
James Marsden, Kyle Bornheimer and Adam Scott co-star. (The characters played by Caplan and Scott are romantically linked, making “Bachelorette” the “Party Down” reunion you’ve been waiting for.)
“You just roll with it,” Dunst said of filming the romp. “You hope that you’re working with somebody who is chill and not weird and is like, ‘Can I touch you here? Can I touch you there?’ No! Let’s just go for it and get it over with. ”
Yeah, it’s a far cry from Dunst’s previous work. “I’ve wanted to do a comedy but it’s hard sometimes because people don’t see you in a comedic way, even though I did most of my teen roles in comedies,” she said. “This was perfect time and a perfect script.” Just not perfect for Dad.
“Bachelorette” debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January to a polarized response from critics. Audiences will get their say when the film arrives in theaters on Sept. 7.