The actress is glad that her character will offend everyone and she does not have to feel any responsibility for her.
- May 31, 2010
AceShowbiz - Cameron Diaz is relishing playing a money-hungry woman in upcoming movie "Bad Teacher" - she's convinced the character will "offend everyone" who sees the film. The actress plays a "very, very bad gold-digger" searching for a man to pay her expenses in the forthcoming comedy and she can't wait for audiences to see her in a more villainous role.
She tells Britain's Vogue magazine, "I'm having the best, best time playing her. The women I play, you know, I usually like to take care of them. I want to make sure they're moral people, even if they're not doing their best. I like them to come across as human beings."
"But this one? I don't feel any responsibility for her. She doesn't give a s**t about anyone but herself. I'm sure we'll offend everyone with it, which is great - because if you offend everyone, you don't have to apologize to anyone, right?" she adds.
"Bad Teacher" centers its story on Cameron Diaz's Elizabeth Halsey who pursues a colleague after being dumped by her sugar daddy. The new romantic interest brings her into conflict with Lucy Punch's Amy Squirrel, the school's model teacher. Playing Halsey's new love interest is Diaz's real-life former boyfriend Justin Timberlake. The comedy movie will hit U.S. theaters some time in 2011.