- Title: Mila Kunis and Christina Applegate celebrate Bad Moms
- Date: 27th July 2016
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JULY 27, 2016) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** BELL BEING PHOTOGRAPHED
- Embargoed: 12th August 2016 00:06
- Keywords: Bad Moms premiere film Christina Applegate Mila Kunis comedy
- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES; UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS
- City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES; UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS
- Country: USA
- Topics: Film
- Reuters ID: LVA0094SGSMDP
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- Story Text: New film 'Bad Moms' brings a string of female stars together to take digs at the modern day perils of parenting.
Actresses Mila Kunis, Christina Applegate, Kathryn Hahn and Kristen Bell all turned out at the Village Theatre to premiere the film in Los Angeles on Tuesday (July 26).
Kunis, who is pregnant with her second child, paid homage to her co-stars, saying: "This group of women are unbelievably inspirational. When I signed on to the project it was the first movie I decided to do after having Wyatt and I was so nervous about going back to work with these 17 hour long days and if not for these girls, I don't know how I'd have got through it."
The film follows three 'Bad Moms', Amy (Kunis), Kiki (Kristen Bell) and Carla (Kathryn Hahn) who decide to break away from their responsibilities and have some freedom and fun for a change.
However, their attempt at freedom is looked on with disdain by straight-laced Gwendolyn (Christina Applegate) and Stacy (Jada Pinkett Smith).
Applegate said of her co-stars, who are all mothers, "We're all kind of the bad moms rather than the Gwendolyns. I'm more of a Gwendolyn than I knew. I didn't know. I'm really type A, I'm really controlling about everything and through this movie, I've learned that I really have to step back and have some time for me because you can sometimes lose your identity from trying to be perfect."
Kathryn Hahn, who plays the most care-free of the 'Bad Moms' said "The good news about this movie is you can take about the word 'Bad' and put just 'Real Moms'. None of these ladies are bad moms. I certainly play a character who is certainly unshackled from feeling any sort of guilt or shame for her me time which is 24 hours a day."
Although the film is centered on women and motherhood, maybe surprisingly it was written and directed by two men - Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, who wrote the original 'Hangover' film.
"You would never have known that two guys wrote this script when you read it," said Kristen Bell. "It was so authentic and it was so accurate and I'm obviously the demographic because I have young kids but I always love when people shed labels and defy stereotypes, and - you know what? I love the idea of more female writer directors, more female CEOs but at the same time, good for them! They nailed it and they truly wrote a love letter to their wives and said 'Honey, I did a lot of research into what you're going through and here you go.'"
'Bad Moms' goes on release in North America on July 29. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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