Produced by Paul Feig, Jessie Henderson,
Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping
Written and Directed by Paul Feig
Starring Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham,
Rose Byrne, Miranda Hart, Bobby Cannavale,
Nargis Fakhri, Allison Janney, Jude Law
Melissa McCarthy’s latest movie Spy is a treat.
Director Paul Feig graduated McCarthy from supporting player in 2011’s Bridesmaids, to co-star in 2013’s The Heat and now, badass leading lady in Spy.
The comedic sendup of the classic James Bond formula goes back at least as far as the original 1967 Casino Royale and Get Smart but also was reinvented in the ‘90s by Mike Myers in Austin Powers.
Gadgets, plane fights, prat falls and cat-lady sweaters are what populates Spy.
Next year, Feig will take McCarthy into her next showbiz tier with Ghostbusters, where she’ll get her doctorate in ‘ensemble cast’.
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