Filmography | Definitely, Maybe (2008)
Character: April
Production Status: Completed, playing in cinemas
Release Date: February 8, 2008 (UK)
Director: Adam Brooks
Writer: Adam Brooks
Genre: Comedy / Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Co-starring: Ryan Reynolds, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Weisz, Abigail Breslin
Plot Outline:
A thirtysomething Manhattan dad is in the midst of a divorce when his 10-year-old daughter, Maya, starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love: Will's story begins in 1992, as a young, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New York from Wisconsin in order to work on the presidential campaign. For Maya, Will relives his past as an idealistic young man learning the 'ins' and 'outs' of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women. Will hopelessly attempts a gentler version of his story for his daughter, and changes the names so Maya has to guess who is the woman her father finally married. Is her mother Will's college sweetheart, the dependable girl next door Emily? Is she his longtime best friend and confidante, the apolitical April? Or is she the free-spirited but ambitious journalist Summer? As Maya puts together the pieces of her dad's romantic puzzle, she begins to understand that love is not so simple or easy. And as Will tells her his tale, Maya helps him to understand that it's definitely never too late to go back - and maybe even possible to find a happy ending.
Trivia & Facts
• Isla speaks with an American accent in this role.
Quotes from Isla Fisher
• "April was a part that really terrified me. Because of the emotional element. But it was that fear that inspired me to take that role. So it wasn't my first idea to take it. It was more to challenge myself. But I love great, flawed people, that you can really inhabit the emotional landscape of."
• "April is like all of us when we're young: flawed, loves life, and gets her heart broken."
• "I think there are shades of myself in all of the three female characters. I am quite similar to April, being free-spirited and forthright at times. In my early twenties I was like April in that I was desperate to travel. I love travelling."
• "I related to my character in that she was kind of a nomad who didn't have a strong sense of her own identity. I felt like that when I was in my early 20s. She's someone who is also afraid of love, and I definitely was like that when I was younger. But other than that, I thought it was a real departure for me to play this apolitical girl."
• "April is feisty and apolitical and she is Will's confidante. She is also, despite being confident, someone who is afraid of love and the depth of her own heart. Through her relationship with Will, she develops the courage to express her true feelings and is inspired to find her true calling in life."
• "When the movie begins, she is so young and is still grieving the loss of her father but with life experience she heals, learning who she is and what she wants."
• "April and Will's relationship reminds me of the Spencer Tracy-Katherine Hepburn dynamic; the witty banter and sexual tension that crackles between them."
• "I think what's great in this movie is that the three female characters portray what it means to be a modern woman - the difficulties of balancing a personal and professional life, or what it feels like to settle down young, like Emily. I think all these women are following their true calling."
• "Working with Ryan Reynolds was really fun. He is very down-to-earth and funny. It's rare when you and your co-star have a natural chemistry, one that doesn't have to be manufactured. Fortunately we had that. Abigail Breslin is so talented and mature for her age. We only had a few scenes together but she is so talented that she blew me away."
• "Ryan just smolders and it's very easy to work with someone when you have a natural chemistry."
• "I wanna keep working, but I want to play different types of characters. That's what really peaked my interest about this material when I read the script, that I wasn't playing the crazy, larger-than-life person. I was playing the heart of the movie in some ways... I don't wanna give away the ending, but it was a dramatic role essentially and that's why I enjoyed doing it."
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