Isla appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday to promote Godmothered. Isla talked about Hanukkah and Christmas, how involved she is in her husbands work, whether she visits her husband on set, her new movie, and a present her actual Godmother gave her when she was a child.
Collider have a really good, original interview with Isla and Gillian Bell. As well as Godmothered, they also talk about which TV series they’d love to guest-star on (Curb Your Enthusiasm), which movie they’ve seen the most (Spinal Tap), first movie crush (Jason Bateman), and not worrying about box office numbers.
Isla and her Godmothered co-stars talk to ET Canada about their favourite Christmas movies, their best fairy Godmother advice, and what they hope audiences take away from the movie:
Isla Fisher: Fairytales promote ‘negative stereotypes’ and ‘toxic masculinity’
Isla Fisher has said she hopes to encourage people to rethink the “negative stereotypes that go along with fairytales” and encourage them to consider the “toxic masculinity” often on display in male characters in children’s stories.
The Wedding Crashers actress, 44, stars in the new Disney film Godmothered, in which she plays a widowed single mother whose life is upended by a visit from a young, inexperienced fairy godmother-in-training.
Upon hearing that her chosen profession is facing extinction, the magical visitor decides to show the world that people still need fairy godmothers and is determined to give Fisher’s character a happiness makeover, however she learns they may be more to happiness than a handsome prince, a castle and elaborate gowns.
Discussing the way the movie, directed by Bridget Jones’s Diary filmmaker Sharon Maguire, dismisses the conventions of scores of older Disney fairytale films, Fisher told the PA news agency: “I think it’s completely important and about time.
“I’m really proud of Disney for making a movie like this and getting that message out.
“I really hope families sit down and watch it and rethink the pressures that we put ourselves under to conform to, and all the negative stereotypes that go along with fairy tales, whether it be princesses doing domestic chores to be good or waiting for a knight in shining armour or being kissed by a bloke when they’re unconscious and then falling in love.
“There’s a bunch of stuff that we don’t really think of, this toxic masculinity of a prince having to slay a dragon – he can’t be vulnerable either.
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Isla appeared on The Ellen Degeneres Show on Thursday to promote Godmothered. She chatted about the movie, how long she’s known Ellen, her husband filming Borat 2, and her pets:
ET Canada:The holiday season is going to look a little different this year to fans and stars alike. Jude Law, Julia Stiles, David Oyelowo, Isla Fisher, and Jillian Bell share how they are planning to make the holidays special despite the pandemic.
Isla and Jillian Bell made an appearance on Aussie news/talk show The Project yesterday to promote Godmothered. They chatted about the need for a feel-good Christmas movie this year, who they’d give a fairy Godmother to, and who would be their ideal fairy Godmother for themselves. Watch the interview below:
Entertainment Tonight had a behind the scenes look at Godmothered on Monday! Isla also mentioned how proud she is of Borat!
