‘Your character is a skank’ Amy Schumer was GRILLED by the press
To the vast majority of movie-goers, Trainwreck, starring Amy Schumer and Bill Hader, was a laugh-a-minute, modern-day romcom, but to clamouring journalists it acted as a platform with which to deride the film's female protagonist.
According to Amy Schumer, promoting the 2015 release – which acted as a clear departure from traditional romcoms – was a complete nightmare for the writer and actress.
Laying bare her thoughts on her experience while promoting the movie in Europe and Australia, the 35-year-old star recently wrote: "Maybe it was just a cultural thing that made the foreign journalists seem out of line."
"Some interviewers brought this vibe: ‘Well, you talk about sexual subject matter in your movie, so I can say anything I want to you'," she recalled. "Which made me want to shower for the rest of my life."
When discussing the film's themes, Amy remembers being asked by a reporter in Australia: “So your character is a skank. Do you have a word for skank in America?”
And if that wasn't demeaning enough, Amy was forced to field questions about her own sex life while promoting the movie in Berlin.
When asked what she was like in bed, Amy's co-star Bill leaped to the actress's defence, but was placated by Amy who felt that it was par for the course at this stage.
"Bill didn’t like this question and stood up for me, but I said it was fine and explained that it was like being with one of those performers who stand on boxes on street corners spray-painted entirely in silver,"
"The only difference, I said, is that no one ever gave me a dollar," she added.
We knew those press junkets could get awkward, but seriously?
