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FROM the
pen of The Devil Wears Prada author Aline Brosh
McKenna comes 27 Dresses, the latest fashion
romantic comedy to fall for starring Katherine Heigl (Grey’s
Anatomy, Knocked Up).
The
movie marches on with Jane (Heigl), a romantic and
perennial bridesmaid whose own happy ending is nowhere
in sight. But when her sister Tess (Malin Akerman)
enlists her to be a bridesmaid yet again, the request is
particularly painful as Jane is madly in love with her
fiancé George (Ed Burns) and has to help plan their
wedding.
Able to
make a balance between her small- and big-screen stints,
Heigl describes her character in 27 Dresses as
the kind of girl who can never say no to people and has
walked down the aisles 27 times but has yet to say “I
do.”
According to a report, Heigl says half the fun of the
movie was being able to sport all her different
bridesmaid looks: “We did one full day of this montage
sequence where I try on every dress my character has
ever worn, from a Gone With the Wind-themed
wedding—so I had the whole hoop skirt and a bonnet—to a
cowgirl bridesmaid’s dress, to a sari, to a
kimono...everything!”
27
Dresses
is Heigl’s big follow-up to the $150-million success of
Knocked Up. Julia Roberts is, of course, the
queen of wedding-flavored romantic comedies, from My
Best Friend’s Wedding to Runaway Bride, and
Heigl just could be next in line.
“There
is sort of no greater honor for somebody like me, who
has wanted my entire life to do just romantic comedies
and be Julia Roberts,” says Heigl. “It’s a real honor to
even be mentioned in the same sentence.” From reel to
real, Heigl will soon be saying “I do” to musician Josh
Kelley.
27
Dresses
opens in January 2008 from 20th Century Fox, to be
distributed by Warner Bros. |
