Obviously, anybody who’s that uptight or an A-type or alpha, they’re hiding some serious hurt, but she wore it on her sleeve. My characters are broken but they hide it really well. So, I could really relate to the kind of indecisiveness and denial that she was in.īK: it’s nice to know that you and your ex-husband are on good terms.ĮC: Yeah, I just sent him a birthday card actually (laughs).īK: What would you say that challenges or difficulties were for you in playing a character who appears to be emotionally unstable?ĮC: What’s funny was that I welcomed it because I have done so much comedy. Because it’s a marriage you’re like, I’ve got to make a decision. When you’re going through a divorce it’s like you have those thoughts all the time of I guess this is really it, and you just keep going back and forth. It was the whole thing of she knows that it needs to end but it can’t, and when do you know that it’s over. My ex-husband and I are on great terms and he is not like Jimmy’s character. Actually, I could relate so much to the character. This was live-action stuff so I was like, I’ll do it. Part of me was like I don’t even want to go near this part because of that, and the other part of me was like well, maybe this would be like in therapy where people act things out with puppets, so maybe I should go to do this. What parts of the script spoke the strongest to you when you read it?Įliza Coupe: Well, I was actually going through a divorce when I decided to take this part. She explained about how being divorced herself inspired her to play Ida, what it was like to work on a film with a very short shooting schedule, and of filming a scene in the Los Angeles ocean which did not look the least bit warm.īen Kenber: This is a good movie in how it deals with the responsibilities and frustrations of adulthood where you find yourself wondering if happiness is even a reality at some point. I spoke with Eliza about “The Last Time You Had Fun,” and we both agreed it deals honestly with the struggles and disappointments of adulthood. From there, they jump into a limo and drive around Los Angeles with the hope of rediscovering the fun they once had in life before becoming adults. She ends up going out with her sister Alison (Mary Elizabeth Ellis), and in the process they meet the recently divorced Clark (Kyle Bornheimer) and his lawyer friend Will (Demetri Martin). Eliza Coupe has left a strong impression on audiences on the TV shows “Happy Endings” and “Scrubs,” and now she makes her jump to the silver screen in the comedy-drama, “ The Last Time You Had Fun.” In it, she plays Ida, a woman who is going through a lot of problems and is estranged from her crazy husband Jake (Jimmi Simpson).
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