Anna in “Elle” Magazine

Anna is featured in the April 2009 issue of “Elle” magazine – with Reese Witherspoon on the cover. Check out an excerpt of her interview:

Channeling a Private Benjamin–era Goldie Hawn, interweaving her bottle-blond sex appeal and innate dorkiness to make us laugh until we hurt, Anna Faris has always been one of those genius comedic talents who doesn’t get enough screen time. Maybe because her trademark ditz humor—off-kilter in the best possible way—is just too…smart? She proved slapstick wasn’t a guys-only game in the Scary Movie franchise, provided levity in Lost in Translation as a dim-witted starlet, and in the obscure but brilliant stoner film Smiley Face, her take on the archetypal lovable pothead put everyone in Pineapple Express to shame. Thankfully, we saw more of her (lots more) in 2008’s The House Bunny. In the guilty-pleasure comedy produced by Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison films, Faris outshone the script as an ousted Playboy pet named Shelley who rescues a sorority from eternal nerdom by becoming a den mother.

The 32-year-old Seattle-bred actress originally came up with the idea of Shelley before pitching it to Sandler (in full costume, no less) and is ready to take matters into her own hands again. “I need to create more of the roles that I want to play, because there just aren’t that many out there for comedic women,” Faris says. “Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller—they create their own stuff. Maybe it’s up to comedians to take the reins.” Fine by us if she wants to become the female version of Seth Rogen, with whom she costars in this month’s Observe and Report. It’s a dark, dark comedy about a wayward mall cop and his dream date, Brandi, a drug-loving makeup-counter girl whom Faris deems “horrible.” So will she be funny and evil? “My job is to get the audience to hate me,” Faris says. “I was kind of giggling the whole time at how naughty I get to be.”

From Elle.com. The magazine is in stores now – go grab your copy today!