Lorne Michaels calls Kristen Wiig one of the “top three or four†SNL cast members ever in this weekend’s New York Times Magazine profile of the Bridesmaids star. A lot of the story covers pretty familiar territory: She’s very thin; she wears hats to interviews just like she did when the Times profiled her in 2009; she “never think[s] of [her characters] as annoyingâ€; and she’s “nervous†with a “controlled cautiousness.â€
Apparently, though, she’s not much of a moviegoer:
Try to suggest that her film has the potential to alter the market for female-driven comedies, and she resists. “Well, there’s Baby Mama and Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion,†she says, naming two movies that came out more than a decade apart. “There are definitely movies where the cast is predominantly women.â€
To be fair, it is actually really hard to think of female-led movies.