America’s Next Top Sweetheart?
Big ups to both Lindsayism and Junkiness for discovering the first trailers for “Knocked Up”, Judd Apatow’s follow-up to “The 40 Year Old Virgin.” Not only will this movie FINALLY make Judd Apatow a household name (and possibly even a brand) after nearly 10 years of being underappreciated (dude was the brains behind “Freaks And Geeks”, “The Larry Sanders Show”, AND “The Ben Stiller Show”), but depending on how the final product plays, it might just do for Katherine Heigl what “There’s Something About Mary” did for Cameron Diaz.
If you think about it, Heigl is primed for success. Thanks to her work on “Grey’s Anatomy”, she’s been in the public eye for the better part of two years. She’s got the looks, she’s appeals equally to both genders (women identify with her, men want to bang the bejeezus out of her), she’s kept her name out of the tabs/kept her “good girl” image intact, and her “success” would make for an excellent Barbara Walters segment (former child star weathers career difficulties to become a megastar). If she knocks this role out of the park — and from the looks of the trailers, she’s got a real chance — we might just have a brand-new America’s Sweetheart on our hands. One with amazing tees.
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1. Johnny Loftus wrote on February 16th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
Heigl chose to make the shit-on-toast embarrassment that is ‘The Ringer’ out the gate post-Grey’s recognition, so let’s hope ‘Knocked’ is a better move than that. If not, there’s probably another ‘Child’s Play’ spinoff in the works somewhere. She owned as Jade in ‘Bride of Chucky.’
JTL