Yahoo Lifestyle Girl Of The Moment: Lake Bell
Lake Bell. Photo: Getty
Lake Bell, 36, admits that before she met her “super smokin’ hot husband”, Scott Campbell, she had given up on love, just like her character in this month’s rom-com, Man Up.
Bell plays Nancy, a 30-something, slightly messed up writer who’s done with dating after yet another disastrous set-up. That is, until she’s mistaken for Jack’s (Simon Pegg) blind date under the clock at London’s Waterloo Station.
Lake Bell and Simon Pegg in Man Up. Photo: StudioCanal
“I was a total cynic; there are videos of me proclaiming that I’ll never get married,” says the native New Yorker, who perfected a British accent for the film.
“The truth is that every anti-romantic is deep down a romantic hoping someone will throw them over their shoulder and say, ‘We’re getting married, come on let’s go.’ [Scott] did that very thing.”
Bell’s husband is a hot-shot tattoo artist who has inked (among others) Marc Jacobs and Courtney Love. The pair met on the set of HBO’s How To Make It In America and last year welcomed a baby girl, Nova.
Simon Pegg and Lake Bell in Man Up. Photo: StudioCanal
Bell, known for her role in Boston Legal, says she loves that Nancy fits the current trend for multi-layered female protagonists who are struggling to piece their lives together. “Everyone can admit to a time when things were messy. If they’re not, then you’re not living.”
Man Up is out on November 5
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