Chapter 1: What unique format does the Off Menu Podcast use?
Welcome to the Off Menu Podcast, taking the salmon of conversation, slicing it with the sharp knife of humour, and putting it on a platter of friendship with all that fake grass. Sashimi.
That's a gamble. My name is James Acaster. Together we own a dream restaurant. Every single week we invite in a guest and ask them their favourite ever start, a main course dessert, side dish and drink, not in that order. And this week our guest is...
Anna Faris! Very excited to have Anna on, James. Of course we are.
One of the goats. One of the goats. One of my favourite comedy actors of all time. We love Scary Movie. We were teenagers when the Scary Movie movies came out. And we weren't even friends then. We weren't even friends, but our laughter was joining in the atmosphere as we laughed in Wimbledon and Kettering, respectively. And the universe knew that we'd one day be friends.
We'd one day be friends because our laughter had mixed up. Everyone else was laughing at a scary movie. All our laughter was swirling together in the atmos. And there we are. We get to meet Anna Faris. Yeah. Pretty cool. Huge moment.
Huge moment for both of us. And another huge moment, James. There's a new scary movie coming up.
There is, on 5th of June. Basically, everyone's come back for it. Yeah. Marlon Wayans is at the helm. You've got Anthony Anderson's in it.
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Chapter 2: Who is the special guest on this episode?
Yeah. Gina Hall's in it. Yeah. Like, all the big players. Yeah. It's very exciting.
Huge. I'm very excited, James. We should go to the cinema to see it.
Yeah, let's go to the cinema and see it just like we used to. Yeah.
Chapter 3: What is Anna Faris's experience with the Scary Movie franchise?
With our laughter mixed in the atmosphere. Yeah. I'm very excited about having Anna Faris on the podcast. But if Anna says the secret ingredient, an ingredient which we deem to be unacceptable, we will be forced to kick her out of the dream restaurant. Not that we want to. No. And this week, the secret ingredient is... Malteser bunnies! The house bunny was a film that Anna did.
The eyes and the nipples of the face. And so we've gone bunny themed and gone for Malteser bunnies, which are very nice, but hopefully she won't choose it because very UK centric.
Very UK centric. We love Malteser bunnies, of course. Of course we do. We've just had Easter, by the way. We've just had Easter.
When this is being recorded. It's just been Easter.
I didn't have much choccies, though.
Oh, it's a shame.
My mum bought me a little bag of lint eggs.
Oh, yeah. Which are very nice. So Amy Annette bought my partner, because it was my partner's birthday recently, a Terry's chocolate orange. Yes. Because our cat's called Terry. But my partner doesn't like orange chocolate, which she told Amy to her face. Yeah. And so I was given the chocolate orange.
That's nice.
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Chapter 4: How does Anna Faris feel about her comedic journey?
I live this. It's not a joke. I live this. It's not a joke. I live this. Yeah, he lives this. I think I was watching Atlanta. That's not the key part of the story, is what I'd say. Huh? That's not the key part of the story. And don't forget, you can watch this on YouTube. And also don't forget that I'm on tour next year. Fresh Hell. Ed Gamble, Fresh Hell. Edgamble.co.uk for tickets. Yes, please.
It's shaping up to be another absolute humdinger of a show. But let's get on with the episode. This is the Off Menu Menu of... Arna Faris! Welcome, Arna, to the Dream Restaurant.
Thank you.
Welcome, Arna Faris, to the Dream Restaurant. I've been expecting you for some time. Wow.
Where's the table?
What are you imagining? If you walk into your dream restaurant, what are you imagining?
Oh, gosh. A hammock. I'm wondering if... I don't know. I am delighted by robots so far in life. We'll see how, you know, the future.
Yeah, sure.
You know what I mean?
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Chapter 5: What food choices does Anna Faris discuss for her dream meal?
I was under contract for three And then I did four on my own, but I didn't talk to them. My last conversation was with Kenan briefly in 2002. So after in my early 20s being like naive and confused and
thrilled like there i remember having a great time but it was dizzying the whole experience i was a like a foreign exchange student i was a stranger in a strange land did not know what was going on at all and um now Getting to realize that when people see me, they think of that time in the theater, in the small town, with their friends and family or whatever, laughing, laughing hard.
And when they see me at the mall or whatever, at the grocery store, gas station, they're I recognize now that people light up because they think about something dumb that I did. And it brings me so much joy. And I'm so grateful for it. So, thank you. You know what I mean?
And then to do this movie like this, I always thought that if I did another scary movie, I would feel like I was doing it for the mortgage. You know, that... I would feel... The attitude in the industry felt like making comedies is easy.
Right.
And kind of anybody could do it.
It's that it's like a... Which we know is a crazy point of view because... Yeah, it's hard.
It's hard.
It's hard to make good ones, certainly.
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Chapter 6: What are some memorable moments from Anna's career shared in the episode?
There must have been times over the years where you've been watching these big horror films and thinking, we could do a funny... twist on this scene or... No. You don't think about that?
No, I didn't think I would return to the franchise.
Right, yeah.
They didn't ask... I mean, I did, but I didn't. Like... I really, that's why I felt like if I were to return, I would feel bad a little bit about it because I knew I would be compromising something fundamental in me. And I'm also not really a huge fan of horror movies. I could have just gone with that answer. No, but I also think.
This is a little bit of a sidetrack, but it is sort of related that Marlon said something. He articulated it so well, which the idea that he said something on set. He said, you know, studios, they always think that it's about the movie that you're spoofing. It's never about the movie that you're spoofing. We could be spoofing anything. He said it so well.
Which I think, and it is like a large idea because it's not exactly true. It is about the movies that we're spoofing. It is about what's current, what's exciting, what people are really enjoying. And so there is that tension and he knows that very well. But also the other truth is giving, I guess, giving us a little more credit, which is the idea that we've created movies.
I'm hesitant to call Cindy Campbell nuanced because I'm not sure that's quite right. But we've created characters that feel that we've been able to put our imprint on, you know? So that wasn't, I really rambled, didn't I?
No, it was fine.
I think you were going to maybe ask me like what movies we were spoofing and if I enjoyed it. No, no, no, no. But that's my journey.
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Chapter 7: How does the conversation shift to parenting advice?
Separate vessels.
Yeah? Yeah.
Is your dishwasher broken? Yes, separate vessels, please. You guys want separate vessels, right?
Us being friends.
Do you want separate vessels?
Yeah, I want separate vessels. You're the dining partner for this episode. Turns out me and Sarah are having dinner or lunch. What are we having? Are we having lunch?
Lunch, yeah. Yeah, it's lunch. It's nice. And how do you know your friend here, if I may ask as the waiter? Who's this?
You're the waiter?
I'm the waiter, yeah, yeah.
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Chapter 8: What insights does Anna Faris provide on the film industry?
I mean, it's just guilt everywhere.
Yeah.
Don't you think? Don't you feel guilty here?
I feel guilty to be here.
Oh, I always feel guilty. Why do you feel so guilty? Existing? I don't know, don't you? It's only human.
Yeah. Do you feel guilty all the time? No, I give a lot to the world. Tom Berringer gives a lot to the world. What do you give?
Oh, you do.
Well, I've got 11 kids, so, you know, I'm putting a lot of... That's taking away from the world. No, it's not taking away from the world. I'm putting some great... What was your name again? The waiter.
Waiter, you've got to have a name. Luigi?
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