BlackTree TV Correspondent
Madison Chase, sits down with
Lake Bell who stars in the new film,
No Strings Attached.
When 14-year-old
Emma Kurtzman turned down the awkward, teenage advances of
Adam Franklin outside of the
Big Lodge at
Camp Weehawken, neither one of them had any clue about real, adult sex. But quite the opposite is true when, years later, Emma (NATALIE PORTMAN) and
Adam (ASHTON KUTCHER) cross paths—as they seem to have done randomly throughout their lives—and wind up in bed having sex.
Really good sex.
And since Emma has a self-professed 'peanut allergy to relationships,' just as Adam has sworn them off—mostly because his once-famous television star dad (KEVIN KLINE) is now dating Adam's most recent ex-girlfriend—the two decide to forego the accompanying emotional muddle of a relationship and just be friends with benefits.
Hook up without hang-ups, boffing without bother, coitus without cost. No commitment, no lying, no jealousy, no clothed spooning, no emoticons, no shared breakfast, no "
I miss you," no body part nicknames, no mix tapes
...in short, "No Strings Attached."
What starts out as a perfect solution to physical need becomes a little more tricky—when Adam inadvertently brings his feelings to bed (and to the hospital closet, the back seat of the car and just about anywhere that provides horizontal support).
Eventually, both wind up trying to untangle the strings they were trying to avoid altogether while struggling to answer one key question: can two friends have sex without love getting in the way?
LAKE BELL (
Lucy) is proud to have her first short film (she both wrote and
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directed) accepted at
Sundance Film Festival. The film, "
Worst Enemy," is a comedy about a female misanthrope (
Michaela Watkins) who gets herself stuck in a full body girdle.
Bell is currently shooting the third season of the
Adult Swim series "
Children's Hospital," created by
Rob Corddry. In March, she will shoot the second season of
HBO's "
How to Make It in
America" opposite
Bryan Greenberg and
Victor Rasuk. The show will return in the summer of
2011.
Future films include "
Little Murder" opposite
Terrence Howard and
Josh Lucas, and "
Burning Palms" with
Zoe Saldana, directed by
Christopher Landon.
Past film credits include
Nancy Meyer's "
It's Complicated" (winner of the
National Board of Review's 2009
Best Ensemble), starring opposite
Meryl Streep,
Alec Baldwin and
Steve Martin; "
What Happens in Vegas" opposite
Cameron Diaz and
Ashton Kutcher;
Warner Bros.' "
Pride and Glory" opposite
Colin Farrell;
New Line's "
Over Her Dead Body" opposite
Paul Rudd; and the independent film "Under
Still Waters," for which she received the
Newport Beach Film Festival award for
Outstanding Performance in Acting.
Past television credits include
NBC's "
Surface,"
ABC's critically acclaimed drama "
Boston Legal" opposite
James Spader and
William Shatner, and NBC's "
Miss Match" opposite
Alicia Silverstone. Additionally, Bell starred opposite
Jeff Goldblum in the
NBC telefilm "
War Stories," which followed journalists covering the civil war in
Uzbekistan in the wake of the
U.S. campaign in
Afghanistan.
Bell completed her four years of drama conservatory training in
London at
The Rose Bruford
College of
Speech and
Drama. She also received certification from the
British Academy of
Dramatic Combat for sword, dagger and rapier. Her conservatory theater credits include "
The Seagull," "
Six Degrees of Separation," "
The Children's Hour" and "The
Pentecost."
Bell was born in
New York City and currently splits her time between
New York and
Los Angeles.
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