Jennifer Aniston has spoken of her love of her raunchy role in the comedy “Horrible Bosses,” as controversy surrounds a gay slur made by the star’s sexually charged character, FOXNews.com reported Thursday.
Aniston may have shot to fame as the loveable Rachel Green on the hit 90s sitcom “Friends,” but she said that does not mean she is without a mean streak.
“There’s a little nasty in everybody, whether they say it or not,” she said. “Everybody gets frustrated.”
Aniston plays twisted dentist Dr. Julia Harris in the flick, which opens in the United States this weekend. Aniston’s character makes shocking, X-rated advances on her male dental assistant, and threatens to destroy his upcoming wedding.
“I loved the script, I thought it was an extremely unique idea that everybody universally would be able to relate to, in terms of having a boss that’s a little difficult,” she continued. “The part was irresistible.”
The role also features Aniston in just a lab coat and underwear, devouring a procession of phallic symbols in sexy lingerie, and talking dirty in a bathtub.
“It was fun, over way too fast. I loved her [Julia] and was sad to see her go,” Aniston said. “I loved her, I fell for her.”
It all seems to be working. “Horrible Bosses” has a 76 percent rating on movie critique website Rotten Tomatoes, with critics commending it for its “nonstop laughs,” “whip-smart script,” and the “chemistry between its actors.”
But Aniston’s sexually inappropriate character has also ignited some controversy. In one scene, Dr. Harris unleashes a gay slur at her dental assistant Dale Arbus, played by Charlie Day.
“You’re starting to sound like a little … there, Dale,” she says.
Gay slurs — even under the umbrella of comedy — do not always sit well in Hollywood.
Last year, GLAAD (The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) demanded that Universal remove the trailer for Vince Vaughn’s comedy “The Dilemma” and edit out the a line calling electric cars “gay.” The organization’s outcry had Hollywood taking sides.
In the case of Aniston’s character, the writers of the film have defended the use of the term by saying that it was included to further illustrate just how “horrible” Aniston’s character truly is. “I think when it is coming out of her mouth, it is understandably offensive,” co-writer John Francis Daley told The Daily Beast.
“Horrible Bosses” opens in the UK on July 22 and Australia on August 25.
Source: Fox News
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