The Confessions of a Shopaholic star talks about life after Wedding Crashers, comedy, nudity, living with Borat, and “dry humping the furniture.”

EW: Your character in Confessions of a Shopaholic, Rebecca Bloomwood, is a plum role. How did you get cast in the film?
Isla Fisher: I was a huge fan of the books and I was sent the script –- I think it was an early draft — but I didn’t really think about it again. The next thing I know, [Shopaholic producer] Jerry Bruckheimer wanted to meet with me. I was six months pregnant [Fisher and her comedian fiancee, Sacha Baron Cohen, have a young daughter] and had already gained about 50 pounds. I could barely walk. I waddled into the meeting and we spoke a little bit about the character. And I pitched a lot of jokes, which ended up being in the movie. Normally, you pitch ideas and people go, ‘Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah,’ and your ideas stay in the movie but somebody else gets the job. But Jerry picked me.

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Isla Fisher, 33, is engaged to Sacha Baron Cohen. They have a baby daughter and houses in London and LA. Isla shot to fame in Home And Away before going on to star in films such as Wedding Crashers. Her film, Confessions Of A Shopaholic, is out on February 20

Are you a shopaholic?
No, not at all. I can safely say I am not a fashionista. I see something in the shop and bring it home and it looks terrible. What’s my weakness? I always buy hair bands and then lose them and later find them all around the house in random places.

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I have added literally thousands of screencaps from Isla’s many online interviews and press junkets for Shopaholic. Gonna get the videos added shortly, and I’ll also get the talk shows from last week very soon as well, stay tuned!

Now that I’ve seen the movie, I have made screencaptures of all the online clips, trailers, tv spots and featurettes from Confessions of a Shopaholic. If you haven’t seen the movie and wish to avoid spoilers naturally be cautious upon viewing. People who already have might notice there are several missing scenes. I certainly hope these will make the DVD!

Isla attended the UK premiere of Confessions of a Shopaholic on Monday. She wore short black Jasmine Di Milo dress with sequins and a low back. Fisher accessories with a gold clutch by Lara Bohinc and chic Jimmy Choo Seattle strappy sandals. She looked incredibly beautiful as always!

Speaking of the movie. I managed to catch it myself this past weekend and really enjoyed it. It’s a really delightful movie. And of course, what can you not love about Miss Isla? She is so hilarious, a genuinely funny comedienne you root for all the way. Isla’s commitment to the character and her willingness to make a total fool of her self is why you love Rebecca so much. A must see for any Isla fans!

Confessions of a Shopaholic is now playing in North America and opens in the UK on Friday, Feb. 20.

The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend.

Touchstone Pictures’ new comedy Confessions of a Shopaholic, starring Isla Fisher, made a strong debut and rounded out the top five with $17.3 million from 2,507 theaters for an average of $6,902 per location.

1.) Friday the 13th – $45,210,000
2.) He’s Just Not That Into You – $23,365,000
3.) Taken – $22,200,000
4.) Coraline – $19,109,000
5.) Confessions of a Shopaholic – $17,303,000

Lots of UK TV Alerts thanks to Lorna. If anyone out there can provide coverage of these programs please do so as I’m in the US.

February 17 – Isla on This Morning
February 17 – Shopaholic (Making of) on Living TV (8:55 AM)
February 19 – Edith Bowman (BBC 1 Radio Programme, 1:00pm-4:00pm)
February 22 – Shopaholic (Making of) on ITV2 (2:25 AM)
February 22 – Shopaholic on T4 Movie Special (Channel 4, 9:30 AM)
February 24 – Isla on Waking You Up (Channel EG, 8:00 AM)

Per usual reviews for Shopaholic (a rom com) are mixed. However in the early reviews flooding in, everyone has nothing but praise for Miss Fisher!

From Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Look, it’s not all bad. Director P.J. Hogan (My Best Friend’s Wedding) knows his way around this kind of farce. So does Fisher, an Aussie with a nifty American accent and a knack for building a frisky romance with Becky’s dreamy (and rich) Brit editor (Hugh Dancy, playing it all cute and pensive). Better yet, Fisher makes us believe that Becky can write a successful column about frugality while fighting the urge to shop-shop-shop. Hey, who better? In pushing the proposition that a shopaholic may be the best person to lead her fellow junkies to a safe zone in a squeezed economy, the movie may actually touch a chord. Confessions is no more than a painless time-waster. But the beguiling Fisher is well worth the investment.

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The movie we’ve all been waiting for, Confessions of a Shopaholic is now playing in North American cinemas! Be sure to head out and support Isla Fisher in her first major leading movie. I will be see the film on Saturday myself and can’t wait!