Her questions are quick and our conversation is peppered with silly asides, evidence of a wit honed by years of improv.
” But while Kemper may share their sunniness, it’s clear she’s got a lot more going on in the intelligence department-she did study at both Princeton and Oxford, after all, though her savvy goes beyond book smarts. (In 2009, she parlayed what was originally a four-episode arc into a recurring character.) Or the sweet and perky Becca in 2011’s Bridesmaids, who, during the movie’s infamous trip to Vegas scene, asks the flight attendant for “a glass of alcohol. Kemper has made her name playing wide-eyed optimists to hilarious effect, like the affably goofy receptionist Erin Hannon on The Office. In real life, the 34-year-old actress doesn’t seem too far removed from the roles she’s best known for. I wasn’t presenting and I wasn’t nominated, so that was even a little bit weirder just because it was like, What am I doing here? " By the time we step outside, Kemper’s charmed at least half the restaurant. Over the course of our lunch, she banters with the server about the hipness of kale, makes eyes at an adorable baby sitting at the table behind us, and graciously says goodbye to a woman she mistakenly introduced herself to when she arrived at Little Dom’s, thinking the woman was me. In the world of Ellie Kemper, however, it’s a totally normal thing to do. Which, in the world of celebrity interviews, is an anomaly. Listening to the recording of our chat, I’m hard-pressed at first to tell who’s interviewing whom.
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“That’ll be next time.” But after talking for nearly two hours over bread, salad, and piping hot arancini, she does know about me, because she asked-about where I live, my family, my dog, how I got into writing, how I started at BUST, even what TV shows I like.
“I’m sorry I don’t know more about you!” Ellie Kemper says, baring her perfect teeth in a broad smile as we wrap up our lunch at Little Dom’s, an Italian place near her part-time home in Los Angeles.
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