Daily Dialogue — May 28, 2012
INT. CLEAN, UPSCALE MODERN BATHROOM — MORNING
Annie stands in front of a mirror in nice lingerie. She puts on lotion, make-up, brushes her hair, mascara, etc. She getting ready to…
Creep back into the bed, where Ted is still sleeping. She gets in and begins to position herself to show her good parts. Coughs and nudges Ted to wake him up. Annie quickly pretends she’s still asleep. He taps her.
ANNIE (gasps/ pretending): Oh! I was having a nightmare, I was so scared. Good Morning.
TED: Good morning. You look beautiful.
ANNIE (acting embarrassed): What? No. I’m sure I look terrible. I just woke up. I’m sure I’m a mess.
TED: You slept over.
ANNIE: I did.
TED: I thought we had a rule against that.
ANNIE: …oh.
TED: I’m kidding.
ANNIE: Oh, that’s funny. You’re funny in the morning.
TED: I like hanging out with you.
ANNIE:I love hanging out with you. I think we get along really well. And you’re so sexy…
TED: I know. Look, I just have a lot coming up at work. And I don’t want to make promises I can’t keep.
ANNIE: We’re on the same page. I’m not looking for a relationship right now either, let’s just say that. Whatever you want, I can do. I like “simple”, I’m not like the other girls who would be like “be my
boyfriend!” Unless you were like, “yeah!”, then I’d be like “maybe”.
They hug tightly and he kisses her deeply. Then he lets her go. Stares at her…
TED: Wow, this is awkward. I really want you to leave but I don’t know how to say it without sounding like a
dick.
ANNIE (speechless) Oh.
— Annie (Kristen Wiig), Ted (Jon Hamm), Bridesmaids (2011), written by Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumolo
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The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is lies, suggested by BillieJeanVK, who also suggested Bridesmaids.
Trivia: Paul Feig and Kristen Wiig made a deliberate decision for Annie to keep her bra on during her sex scenes with Ted (John Hamm) but to have her take it off during her sex scene with Nathan (Chris O’Dowd) as a way of symbolizing that Annie feels she can open up emotionally (as well as physically) to Nathan in a way that she can’t to Ted.
Dialogue On Dialogue: This is a great way to kick off the week of lies because the lie involves dialogue and actions. Plus it conveys immediately [the first scene in the movie] what Annie’s character is about and what she wants.