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Kristen Bell is either the best or worst wedding guest. It depends where you stand on Irish goodbyes.
«I’m a big believer in going, waving, having a good time for about an hour or two, and then just politely sliding out,» says Bell, 42. «Saying goodbye to the partners getting married is like the worst thing you can do. No one wants to say goodbye at a party. If you’re leaving, leave me out of it.»
Count her character Alice in «The People We Hate at the Wedding» (streaming Friday on Amazon Prime), though, as one of the worst guests. Insecure? Check. Brawls with her lover’s wife? Check. Goes to jail? Check.
«I haven’t been to any weddings that had any high level of drama, unfortunately,» Bell says.
And that’s just the tip of the high jinks iceberg in the new ensemble comedy, based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Grant Ginder. It also stars Ben Platt as Alice’s brother, Paul, and Allison Janney as their mother Donna. The three jet off to London for the wedding of Alice and Paul’s estranged half-sister Eloise (Cynthia Addai-Robinson). Drama quickly ensues as secrets and resentments bubble up across the pond.
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«People at weddings are either in two places,» says director Claire Scanlon («Set It Up»). «They’re really happy, comfortable in their own skin and ready to have a good time and appreciate two people in love getting married.
