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Katherine McPhee on The House Bunny
By Fred Topel | Image property of Columbia Pictures
American Idol has already made many hit singers. Now they're starting to produce major actors too. While Katherine McPhee would not compare herself to Jennifer Hudson, she has a juicy role in the comedy The House Bunny.
Katherine McPhee on The House Bunny
"No, I will not be winning an Academy Award," McPhee said. "I am definitely taking each step, I am trying to make the smart decisions and I definitely want to do more film and theater. I feel like I’ll do it at some point. It’s not my main focus right now, but I start shooting a movie with Wes Bentley, so I’m just taking my time. This movie was so great because it’s not like I was carrying the movie on my shoulder, but I get to do press junkets. I’ve done a lot of press events, but what’s a press junket? So, I’ve gotten to learn a lot of things and work with like great people, so it just felt good to be in a group with professionals and people who were just starting. Yes, I’d love to do more of this kind of stuff."
In The House Bunny, McPhee plays a pregnant sorority girl, which of course makes her an outcast from all the "cool" sororities. "I had two different bellies, one that was prosthetic and one that was like a pregnant pad which I showed very graphically how it connects at the bottom. It was very uncomfortable in the dead of summer, so I wore that one more often than the actual prosthetic, because the prosthetic is really just specifically when there is a sheer t-shirt, where you can see the belly button and all that kind of stuff. Before I actually got married I was like I wanted to have kids right away and all this stuff. Then I got married and totally changed and was like, ‘No.’ I think that has to do with wearing a pregnant pad for two months, so thank you House Bunny."
 The House Bunny
McPhee does perform a cover of "I Know What Boys Like" for the film, but before you get to see that, she appears in a karaoke scene where none of the girls can sing well. "My first instinct was that would be random if she just suddenly sings well. That just would not make any sense, like, 'Oh, there’s Katharine McPhee singing a good song.' So no, my instinct was obviously to not sing it well. But I for some reason went to the director, maybe because he’s the director, and I was like, 'I shouldn’t sing this good, right?' He’s like, 'No, you should sing it good.' I was like, 'No, I don’t think she would sing this good.' He’s like, 'Oh, I understand what you mean, no you shouldn’t sing this good.' I had to double check so I was a little confused for a second, but that was a real highlight, that whole scene. So I did a good job I guess. I sounded bad."
For the proper McPhee song, the singer really turned on the pipes. "I actually hadn’t heard the song before so we had heard the original. The producers worked on this track and we all kind of went into the studio one night and kind of mapped it out. The girls did some background vocals and did some rapping and we wrote a couple lyrics of there own. It was so much fun."
The House Bunny will open to theaters August 22nd.
For the trailer, still, poster and more movie info, go to the The House Bunny Movie Page.
Fred Topel
Sources: Image property of Columbia Pictures
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