Life of the Party is a new comedy movie directed by Ben Falcone and written by Falcone and wife Melissa McCarthy, which she also stars in.
The celebrity couple opened up to E! News about working together in the film.
“It’s ridiculous. It’s like you get to go to work with your best friend. It’s exactly how we met and we became such good friends because we loved doing this together,” Melissa told Will Marfuggi at the movie’s premiere. “To get to do it on this kind of scale and still keep telling stories…it’s a dream.”
“It’s the best thing I could ever imagine. It’s the best,” Ben added.
The two also loved working with Christina Aguilera. “She’s an awesome, awesome lady. First of all, we were like, ‘Is she going to do it? Is she even going to talk to us?’ And then when she agreed to do it, we were like oh my god! We’re about to go on stage and sing ‘Fighter’ with Christina,” she shared. “We were all covered in nerd goose bumps. When do you get to do something like that with Christina Aguilera?”
Melissa seems to enjoy working with singers. She also starred in Bridesmaids movie which featured Wilson Phillips as a guest band. “There are so many. I have such a long list,” she confessed. “I’m just going to keep clicking them off.”
Life of the Party is about a divorced wife who decided to go back to college to restart her career, only to end up at the same college her daughter attends to. The film hits theaters on May 11.
