Anna Faris has teased that there is “interest” in a House Bunny sequel.
Interest in House Bunny Sequel
The 49-year-old actress played Playboy Bunny Shelley Darlingson, who is kicked out of the infamous Playboy Mansion. She later becomes the house mother for a struggling sorority in the 2008 comedy. She is excited at the thought of reprising the role once again.
Anna Faris told Entertainment Tonight, “I would love to talk to you about House Bunny stuff.”
“And it turns out, there’s interest. I never thought that dream would ever be realized either, and it’s too soon to say anything, but it turns out that movie is beloved, and that character too.”
House Bunny was directed by Fred Wolf and also starred the likes of Emma Stone, Colin Hanks, Kat Dennings, Katharine McPhee, Rumer Willis, and Tyson Ritter. There were cameos from late Playboy boss Hugh Hefner and his then-girlfriends Holly Madison, Kendra Wilkinson, and Bridget Marquardt.
Returning to Scary Movie
Meanwhile, Anna Faris recently spoke of her fears about returning to the Scary Movie franchise as an “aging actress in an aging world.”
In an interview with AMC Theaters, Anna said, “I thought if I were to return to Scary Movie, it would be a cameo, I would feel sad, I would definitely feel like an aging actress in an aging world.”
“But when Marlon called me, and he was like, ‘The gang are back together!’”
Scary Movie co-creator Marlon Wayans joked that he called Anna using the voice of Scream villain Ghostface, prompting Anna to immediately slip into some improv.
New Laughs for the Franchise
Marlon and his brother Shawn co-wrote and starred in Scary Movie and Scary Movie 2, and the initial response to the trailer for the upcoming sixth installment has been positive so far.
Shawn said, “We haven’t heard laughs like that collectively in a long time – especially to a trailer, let alone a movie. I think the world needs to laugh.”
“We need to laugh with Gen X, Gen Z and Gen Alpha – we all need to come together and just laugh, because laughter feels good.”
Anna Faris agreed, as she said people still come up to her and tell her about the first time they saw the film. She shared, “People will tell me, like for the last 20+ years, I remember, I was in the theatre, I was with my cousin, I was with my girlfriend… People remember the collective laugh experience.”
“When you’re laughing hard, you can’t help but feel great, and remember it.”
As for the storyline of the film, the majority is being kept under wraps. However, Marlon insisted that nothing was off-limits when it came to the plot.
He said, “Nothing didn’t get put in because we were afraid to put it in.”