‘Idol’ stars go back to ‘College’
Monday, August 25th, 2008
Katharine McPhee, far right, arrives at TRL with some of her co-stars from the big-screen comedy The House Bunny.
Jennifer Hudson may be the only American Idol alum to be an Oscar-winning actress, but she’s not the only one who was bitten by the big-screen bug.
Season 5 runner-up Katharine McPhee appears as a pregnant sorority girl in the underdog comedy, The House Bunny. The film opened Friday and, I must say, is one of the funniest comedies I’ve seen in some time. The humor star Anna Faris brings to the big screen is as good — maybe better — than that of today’s other comedic heroes — Seth Rogen, James Franco and Steve Carell, included.
There’s just something laugh-out-loud hysterical about Faris’ portrayal of a Playboy Bunny-turned-Zeta house mom. Her over-the-top take on an American icon is just too good for words. At the same time, McPhee is somewhat overshadowed by the completely powerful Faris. But she still has a significant role in the film. It’s just that she’s surrounded by so many supporting cast members it’s hard to think of anything other than, “Hey, that’s Katharine McPhee. From American idol.”
This weekend, fellow Season 5 finalist Kevin Covais will make his film debut in another film set on a college campus. This one simply titled College. Covais, who TMZ and other news outlets reported was hospitalized late last week, has been promoting the film for some time.
In an interview with www.watchingamericanidol.com, Covais told me of the script, “Immediately, I thought it was one of the funniest things I’d read.”
College was filmed in New Orleans, La., and will be released Friday by Lionsgate films.
