Paul Feig and Blake Lively Go Dark in 'A Simple Favor'
Lively told the comedy director, "Paul, this is going to sound weird, but I want to dress like you."
“My favorite thing in the world is surprising an audience by changing it up with an actor who they think they know,” says director Paul Feig, who has a résumé to back that claim up.
Since making the switch from TV to film, Feig, the creator the 1999 cult show (executive produced by Judd Apatow), has turned a mainstream sitcom lead, Melissa McCarthy, into a crass, badass superstar (beginning); revealed the funny bone in deadly serious action star Jason Statham (2015’s ); and transformed Chris Hemsworth, famous for playing Thor, into a hilariously vapid bimbo in 2016’s
