Melissa McCarthy: god?
“It looks like you on the set ofThor: Love and Thunderand my question is, is that you? Is this photo real?” Fallon, 47, asked his guest.
“Youknow what that was? That was me going to my cousin Dawn’s bridal book party,” McCarthy, 51, jokingly replied, with a straight face. “That’s [how] you dress to go to a bridal book party.”
“So you cannot confirm nor deny this is… " the host continued.
“If that is even me,” McCarthy replied. “And if it is, that was at Dawn’s house.”
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The Tonight Show.Jimmy Fallon
McCarthy and husbandBen Falcone, whom she stars with on the upcomingGod’s Favorite Idiot, previously said in a video posted to social media back in December 2020 that they wouldlove to be in the nextThorinstallment.
“Melissa and I are desperate to be in the filmLove and Thunder,” Falcone, 48,said into the camera, while McCarthy added, “I am not afraid to perform a monologue.”
While Falcone said he would also perform a monologue, he also sent a plea directly to the people in charge of the upcoming Marvel movie, including directorTaika Waititiand starChris Hemsworth.
“Taika and Chris and the people at Marvel studio,” Falcone said, hilariously pronouncing Marvel like the ice-cream brand Carvel. “I have been known to be a song-and-dance man.”
The hilarious video ended with both of them singing their final pleas. “We’re available and a local hire,” McCarthy said before Falcone joined in. “We could be love and thunder, or thunder and love.”
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Hitting theaters on July 8,Thor: Love and Thundersees Hemsworth, 38, reunite withNatalie Portman, who takes on the mantle of Mighty Thor. Arecent trailergave glimpses of Hemsworth, Portman, 40, andTessa Thompson, as well asChristian Bale’s villainous Gorr the God Butcher.
And despite McCarthy’s involvement or non-involvement in the sequel, she has another villainous (and musical!) appearance to look forward to: that of the sea witch Ursula in Disney’s upcomingLittle Mermaidlive-action film.
“I am not a singer, but I think, getting ready for Ursula, I was so surprised that I could actually, like, control my voice,” the actress said on the 2022Critics Choice Awardsred carpet in March.
McCarthy also joked that that doesn’t mean, however, she’ll venture into a music career anytime soon: “But still, you have to know which lane you’re in. … and I’m fine with that!”
source: people.com
