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Jenna Fischer in “Walk Hard”

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December 21, 2007 |

Our little Pammy is in the movies again.   This time she plays opposite John C Reilly in “Walk Hard” which is a parody of the hit movie “Walk The Line.”  Here is an interview of Jenna in the Boston Globe.

<As Darlene, the second wife of singer Dewey Cox, Jenna Fischer not only spoofs Reese Witherspoon’s “Walk the Line” performance, she mines it for inspiration.

“Darlene,” said the actress, “was a complete rip-off of Reese. I stole her dance moves and her accent. She was my total unofficial voice coach for this film. I especially loved how she could swing her skirt in the duets.”

Fischer’s wry humor was initially spotted by “Walk Hard” producer/co-writer Judd Apatow when she worked on his “Undeclared” TV show.

But unlike Witherspoon, Fischer’s singing is dubbed. “I took some voice lessons for this. I went in the recording studio and gave it a shot. Yi! You know I’d sing fine if it was karaoke but Darlene sells records and no one would buy this record.”

An Emmy nominee as Pam, receptionist on NBC’s hit series “The Office”, Fischer takes comedy seriously. Although “Walk Hard” is a parody, Fischer doesn’t play Darlene as a joke.

“Darlene is the brains of the Dewey Cox operation and she does it with femininity. I read Priscilla Presley’s book, Elvis and Me,’ a firsthand account of what it’s like to be married to a legend, and I so admire how she runs that empire,” Fischer said.>

Webster’s dictionary defines ‘wedding’ as “the fusing of two metals with a hot torch”.- Michael Scott


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