Bridesmaids was written by Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, both two really funny gals with an acting background. I listened to a podcast, Q & A with Jeff Goldsmith, where he had chance to chat with Annie Mumolo about the whole process, her background and what it was like receiving notes from producer Judd Apatow.
It was really interesting to hear about how Wiig and Mumolo used rehearsals and even right up to the shoot days, while shooting to do rewrites. Based on the improve from other actors and ideas they also came up with on these days the girls would rewrite scenes and lines into the "shooting script".
As you can imagine some of the funniest material wold have come from the actors improvisation at the time of the shoot and the different talents bouncing ideas off each other.
With this kind of crude humour I thought that some of the jokes would have come across as bad taste if written by guys. It seemed though that many of the kinds of conversations that girls may have seemed all the more funny because they were coming from a female voice.
Wiig's physical presence on screen is great, I really enjoyed her "slap stick" stuff. The fountain of chocolate scene is gold. Mumolo has a cameo in the film also, she play the passenger sitting next to Wiig in the plane and for only a couple of shots, you really do remember her.
The comedic timing in this is cool, it's brilliant to watch Wiig deliver awkward pauses and really well timed punchlines. In the interview Mumolo said that Apatow encouraged them to push the story to places they may not have gone otherwise. This is important for other writers to take note of, well for me at least, as while writing it can be hard not to restrict yourself with action and dialogue.
If you haven't yet check out Bridesmaids it's worth a viewing and has a killer female cast, including Australia's own Rose Byrne who does a fantastic job. I'll never look at a bridal party the same again.
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