- Title: Jennifer Aniston brings glamor to the Office Christmas Party
- Date: 8th December 2016
- Summary: ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, MATT WALSH, SAYING: "The one I remember was when I was a bus boy at a country club. We had a Christmas party and I was sixteen and one, they let us drink and two, the chef who was married ended up hooking up with one of the waitresses and I remember that was like 'These things are dangerous!'. That was a big deal back then." DIRECTORS JOSH GORDON AND WILL SPECK (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR, WILL SPECK, SAYING: "I think thankfully Josh and I love to throw parties and we love to throw parties together so we've definitely had some terrible mishaps and we've had some high successes so we definitely drew from what we do best and what we do worst." (Reporter: So it's autobiographical?) "A little bit. We've worked in offices and we've definitely had our awkward nights and you know, it's a funny thing because you work with people 264 days a year and you think you know them and then you get to meet them one night a year honestly and I think that was something exciting for us to capture." ANISTON ON STAGE WITH CO-STAR T.J. MILLER (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR T.J. MILLER AND WIFE KATE GORNEY, SAYING: T.J. Miller: "Part of the gift that we should be giving each other is be festive, drink too much egg nog, ok? Immediately. And go and see comedies like this. Spend an hour and a half not interacting with your family. That's very important and then have an hour talking about how funny the movie was. I think now more than ever it's easier to promote a comedy during the apocalypse especially when it is an ensemble comedy like this with Jennifer Aniston, who is America's sweetheart and is hilarious in this movie." Kate Gorney: "And she's also a really big badass as you'll see when she interacts with my husband." T.J. Miller: "She kicks some ass in this movie. Very much so." ANISTON WITH CO-STAR OLIVIA MUNN
- Embargoed: 23rd December 2016 05:04
- Keywords: Jennifer Aniston Katy Perry T.J. Miller Office Christmas Party premiere
- Location: WESTWOOD, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES; UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS
- City: WESTWOOD, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES; UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS
- Country: USA
- Reuters ID: LVA0045C0V9ZH
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:The holiday spirit came early to Tinsel Town with the premiere of Jennifer Aniston's latest comedy 'Office Christmas Party' on Wednesday (December 7).
Aniston plays conservative CEO Carol Vanstone who is threatening to shut down her brother Clay's branch of the business. However, he plans to save his office by wooing an important client by inviting him to their Christmas party where he pulls out all the stops. However, the party soon gets out of hand.
While Aniston plays a party pooper in the film, she insists she's neither that or a party animal in reality. "I would say I'm beautifully down the middle - not a party animal but not a party pooper in any way, shape or form. I enjoy myself," she said on the red carpet at the Regency Theater in Westwood.
The film, which co-stars Jason Bateman, is directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck who directed both Aniston and Bateman in 2010's 'Switch'.
"I think thankfully Josh and I love to throw parties and we love to throw parties together so we've definitely had some terrible mishaps and we've had some high successes so we definitely drew from what we do best and what we do worst," explained Speck.
He added "We've worked in offices and we've definitely had our awkward nights and you know, it's a funny thing because you work with people 264 days a year and you think you know them and then you get to meet them one night a year honestly and I think that was something exciting for us to capture."
'Deadpool' and 'Silicon Valley''s T.J. Miller plays Aniston's brother in the film. Speaking on the red carpet where he was dressed in festive gear with his wife Kate Gorney dressed as a Christmas bauble, he said "I think now more than ever it's easier to promote a comedy during the apocalypse especially when it is an ensemble comedy like this with Jennifer Aniston, who is America's sweetheart and is hilarious in this movie."
'Office Christmas Party', which also stars 'X-Men Apocalypse''s Olivia Munn, 'Ghostbusters'' Kate McKinnon and 'Veep''s Matt Walsh, goes on release in the US on December 9. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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