Rita Wilson
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I found this play when it was in a 99-seat theater.
And I saw the little ad in the paper, which was about an inch big.
And it said, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Neo Vardalos.
And I thought, just that title made me laugh.
So I went to see it.
I thought, worse comes to worse.
I took my mom and my sister and my nieces there.
Worst comes to worst, we've seen a bad play, but we had a great dinner beforehand.
And it ended up being the most fun play.
And afterwards, I asked to meet the writer, who was Nia.
And she came out and I said to her, gosh, this is so good.
And I think it would make an amazing movie.
And she said, I have a script.
And I said, let me have it.
And that's how it happened.
Did your mom love it too?
She loved it.
Oh, she told the funniest story after she saw the movie, which by the way, we could not get a distributor for.
We could not get anybody to finance it.
Nobody wanted it.