Hollywood star Melissa McCarthy has revealed she relished the challenge of playing a serious role in 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?'
Melissa McCarthy relished playing a serious role in 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?'. The 48-year-old actress – who is best-known for her comedic performances – plays the late author Lee Israel, who went from being a celebrity biographer to a literary forger, in the new movie, and Melissa has insisted she enjoyed the challenge. She said: "I love a very flawed, challenging character. "You still root for them because whatever they're doing on the surface is not really what's happening on the inside. "We all play with different defence mechanisms, and Lee's was to be as prickly and difficult as possible. But I always thought, 'What is she hiding? What's going on the inside?'" Despite this, Melissa admitted it was difficult to really develop a deep… (more)