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Saturday Night Live's Shannon is Superstar in Gallagher movie
By Rachel Kesselman Special to the Kansan
Molly Shannon, a cast member of Saturday Night Live, discussed the making of her upcoming movie, Superstar, which brings the character of Mary Catherine Gallagher, a nervous Catholic school girl in search of fame, to the silver screen:
A:What were the changes made in order for the Mary Katherine Gallagher skit to be made into a movie?
Q. Well in the skit you have to tell the story really quickly and you don't have time to establish the character. In the movie, it was a time to tell more intimate details of the character.
Q:Do the falls that you take in the skit and the movie take a toll on you?
A:Yeah, it takes toll on you after a while.
A: Yeah, it takes toll on you after a while.
Q:What was it like to kiss the tree in the movie and how did you prepare?
A: Will (Ferrell) and I always say that you have to play the real moment. Like play the scene truthfully. Not act like you are doing comedy, but like you are doing an intimate scene with somebody.
Q:What do Mary Katherine Gallagher's armpts smell like, since she smells them so much?
A:What do they smell like? Well they smell a little sweet and sour.
Q:How were you persuaded to turn your skit into a movie?
A:Well, Lorne Michaels (SNL, executive producer) came to me and asked me about it first. And then he let me think about it. And then I wanted to see if the writer was available. With this guy Steve Koren who I get along with very well, I wanted to see if he was available. As soon as I saw that he was available I decided to do it.
Q:So did you write any of it?
A:Yeah, well I worked very closely with him, yeah.
Q:What gave you the idea to put Mary Katherine Gallagher's underwear on display?
A:That was more sort of happened by accident in the first sketch. Like the first time I did the character with Gabriel Byrne in the first sketch there was a joke that had me singing a song and I put my leg up on a stool and my underpants must have been showing. And then between dress and air, Lorne Michaels said maybe you should make your skirt a bit higher. Maybe you show your underwear during the joke. So that was actually Lorne's idea. And then it just kept being that I would show my underwear and stuff.
Alt was great because he was from *Kids in the Hall* and he used to be a performer himself. So he was really great to work with; he is really into style. He is character and he knew when to let you keep going. And he was a performer himself. And it's
Q: What was it like to be directed by Bruce McCulloch?
great when directors are actors. Because directors that are actors are able to direct that actors better than actors who just direct.
Q:Was there anybody you were particularly star struck by at the SNL 25 anniversary special?
A! really love Adam Sandler, even though I like know him. I still get so excited to see him. And I love Chris Rock. And I love seeing Bill Murray of course.
A:Yeah, she would probably like the same people as me.
Q:Would Mary like the same people (from SNL) that you do?
Q: Were you involved in the choreography of Mary Katherine Gallagher's finale?
A:Oh no, we had a choreographer, this one Marion Kellogg came on and did that. She choreographed that whole thing. No, I couldn't do all that. And in Cafeteria dance too, she choreographed that too.
A:Well, one girl rented one, one weekend. There were only a couple for each scene. And you know what was so weird, I never even noticed. And I couldn't believe how many people noticed that in the movie, because I don't notice that for some reason. But Bruce (McCulloch) is very into that. I think one day I saw 10.
Q:How many lime-green Volkswagen Bugs were on set during the making of this movie? And did you get to keep one at the end of the shoot?
Q:Can you tell us how you developed the character (Mary Katherine Gallagher)? How much of you is in it?
Q:How long have you been doing the Robot dance?
A:Bruce McCulloch is really into the Robot for some reason. And he asked me to do the Robot and I was like what's the Robot? So we just did the Robot for some reason. I just learned it last summer when we did the movie.
Q:How good of a kisser is Will Ferrell?
A: Will Ferrell. You know I really don't know because I'm seriously good friends with his girlfriend in real life. So I would never even really try to say, but it was very much a movie kiss. So I really couldn't tell.
would you like Mary Katherine Gallagher to star with in a future SNL skit? A: There is so many. Tina Turner. Steven Tyler from Aerosmith was pretty amazing. I love to do one with Courtney Love. That would be great. I like her, that would be great. She is ballys and stuff. I'd like to do one with Courtney Love. She could be mean and she doesn't mind if people care about her and I like that. I'm always too Catholic
Q:Are there any new impressions that you have been working on for the new season of SNL?
and concerned about pleasing everybody.
A:No, not yet. I'm doing How the Grinch Stole Christmas right now. I'm doing this until Christmas. So I'm in town for this show. Then I'm doing the Grinch in LA. So I'll be flying in for the shows (SNL), so I'm a little stressed out. So I'm going to be doing that.
Q:How is it working with Jim Carrey on How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
A:He is so great. People think comedians are wild all the time and funny. He is very serious and approaches comedy very seriously. He is playing the Grinch and he goes to the Christmas tree and he does it very technically. And I think some people have a misconception that people are always on and zany and really the truth is comedians are usually pretty dark people in real life. Now I don't know If I can say that for him personally, but for most comedians that I know their serious and more on the dark side. And they approach their comedy seriously.
Q:Are you on the dark side?
A:Very much so.
Q:Do you think you will turn that dark and angry side over to dramatic aspect of acting? A:Maybe I love the dramatic aspect of comedy. I love in the Mary Katherine skit when you can do the monologues.
Q:Where do you get all those monologues you use in the Marv Katherine skit?
AThey are totally made up. They really are movies I like. The camper the better, but they are made up. But for some reason, I shouldn't say I should keep it a secret. I do know those movies, but I do make up those monologues. But they are subjects I like.
Q:What was it like working with Tom Green? A:He was great. Actually that was so funny because I didn't know Tom Green. And this was way before his giant special hit MTV. And I was like who is this guy, oh. And Tom was very nice. He was very quiet and then he exploded. So you got to know that I met him and I knew nothing about him, or his show. But Bruce McCulloch is Canadian and knew him and said this guy was great. I should have kissed his ass more since he has become super famous.
Q:How was it working with Drew Barrymore on Never Been Kissed?
A:She is the best. She is a friend of mine.
She is the nicest girl. She is so smart and only 24 years old. And she is a total role model for me. She is fearless and it's unbelievable how much pressure she has, but that's the difference because she has been doing (movies) for so long. But I always think about her during interviews because she is so positive. It's amazing how much she handles and she is such a smart, savvy business woman. And I have load of respect for her. And she is really, truly one of the nicest people I know.
Choices made nerves frayed; fraternity bids made tonight
By Lori O'Toole
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Ryan Beard will find out tonight which fraternity will invite him to join — and he's nervous about it.
"It's hard to get to know the people in only a half hour," the Wichita freshman said. "It's also hard to give a good first impression. This is a big decision. It's where I'll be living for the next three years."
He is one of about 40 students participating in formal fraternity recruitment that will receive their bids tonight before attending individual chapter events.
The participants also will decide tonight whether to sign with the fraternity that invited them.
Beard said he only would join if he received a bid from a house he would be comfortable with.
It's not a good idea to join one you don't think you'll like just for the sake of joining a fraternity," he said.
The formal recruitment process began Sunday with the first night of fraternity chapter open houses.
Kelly Jo Karnes, assistant director of greek programs, said 10 students joined the process late. There were 30 students registered at the time of the deadline.
"It was really relaxed," he said. "It was good because you had a lot of freedom."
Beard said the open houses were helpful in evaluating which chapters he liked. He said the organization was one of the aspects which convinced him to take part in the formal process.
Like the other participants, he was able to spend as much time as he needed at each house, where he took tours and talked to members. He said the time he spent at each house ranged from 20 minutes to an hour.
He also said that he had to be careful not to let the physical structure of the house influence his interpretation of the people and the personality of the chapter.
"Some of the houses were just beautiful," he said. "But if you don't like the people there, the house isn't going to matter."
Last night, members from Delta Upsilon and other chapters accompanied participants who chose to attend a speech at the Lied Center in which Dave Westol, Theta Chi International Fraternity executive director, spoke about hazing.
"He puts out a really good message that if you're ever in an uncomfortable situation, whether in a Greek house or a residence hall, you need to do something about it and get out." Karnes said.
After the speech, participants attended between four and five invitational parties at houses. They chose which parties to attend from invitations they received earlier in the day.
Karnes said the participants ranked the houses they received invitations to in order of preference. She said the Interfraternity Council would use their feedback to coordinate the bids.
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