No lust regrets
At 31, Malin Akerman is not only getting noticed for being one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, she is developing kudos for her acting.
Displaying an increasingly broad range, Akerman is not always recognisable on screen.
Donning an angular, long black wig as Silk Spectre II in Watchmen , she kicked butt with the boys; she was the sweet, home-town blonde ex-girlfriend Ryan Reynolds had left behind in Alaska in The Proposal ; she managed to keep up with Ben Stiller’s silliness in The Heartbreak Kid ; and now sporting deep red-dyed hair, she is married to Vince Vaughn in another comedy, Couples Retreat .
“They’re a couple from the mid-west and as a mother of two, my character’s all about her kids,” says the Swedish-born actress, who was raised in Toronto.
Dave (Vaughn) and Ronnie (Akerman) are the most solid couple among their group of friends.
When Jason (Jason Bateman) and Cynthia (Kristen Bell) announce that their marriage may be over, their friends rally around them and accompany them to a couples’ retreat – largely because it is essential to keep the cost down and because Bora Bora sounds like a neat place for a holiday.
Little do the three accompanying couples realise they must also partake in therapy sessions.
At one point, the burly Shane (Faizon Love), who is there with his new girlfriend, Trudy (Kali Hawk), is caught wearing no underwear, while Joey (Jon Favreau, the film’s screenwriter, together with Dana Fox and Vaughn, who also produces), is there with his wife, Lucy (Kristen Davis).
The film arose out of Vaughn and Favreau’s desire to revisit the relationship terrain of their breakthrough film, Swingers , when their lives were a lot less complicated than they are now.
Favreau is married with three children, while Vaughn, once a fixture of the gossip pages when dating Jennifer Aniston, is engaged to be married to Canadian real estate agent Kyla Weber. According to Akerman, Vaughn was the life of the party.
“Vince was phenomenal. He’s an amazing, amazing comedian. I couldn’t stop laughing. We had a really fun time.”
A huge fan of coupledom, Akerman has her hubbie along for the ride today. In fact, Roberto Zincone, an Italian drummer who sports numerous tattoos, is sitting in view of our interview. The pair had fallen for each other when they were the only singles playing in their band, the Petalstones.
Besides, Akerman admits that northern European women are attracted to Italian men.
“There’s just a passion about them,” she coos.
“They’re not afraid to say what they feel. And he’s a great cook, so it goes hand-in-hand.”
Akerman could never be married to an actor. “I’m not as strong a person as my husband is.
”I don’t know if I could watch my man kissing another woman.
”And I’ve seen actors on the set; I know what happens. If you are not in a happy relationship, it’s easy to veer off, especially if you have a love interest in the film and if they sort of lure you in.
”Even though it’s fake, a lot of people get into that and get attracted to it. If you find yourself in a relationship with an actor who is strong-willed, great. But you never know,” she adds ruefully.
Akerman could be forgiven for feeling attracted to Ryan Philippe, her co-star in the coming South African apartheid drama The Bang Bang Club . But then, he’s blond. And he has a fabulous Australian girlfriend, Abbie Cornish.
“Abbie’s so sweet; she’s such a cool girl, too,” Akerman enthuses.
“That’s the whole thing – as long as you know what you’re doing and it’s business and it’s work and that’s how you go about your life, then that’s fine. I always like to bring my husband on set and have him meet everyone.”
From the Brisbane Times
Bye Bye Sally
Couples Retreat
HappyThankYouMorePlease
The Bang Bang Club
Elektra Luxx
The Proposal
Watchmen
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