Jennifer Coolidge Could “Really Relate” To Heartbreaking & “Self-Destructive” ‘Riff Raff’ Character: “I Felt Terrible For Her”
deadline.comWhile Jennifer Coolidge knows how to knock a comedic performance out of the park, it’s the humanity of her characters that continues shine through.
Discussing her new movie Riff Raff, now available on demand, the Golden Globe winner told Deadline she could “really relate” to her heartbreaking and “self-destructive” character Ruth in the crime comedy from writer John Pollono and director Dito Montiel. “I haven’t been able to play someone like her,” she explained. “I mean, I have played sort of girls that have been dumped by their boyfriends and not being able to recover and things like that, but this was such a juicy part, and I had so many things to to play.” Coolidge also raved about the “added bonus” of working with a talented ensemble that includes Bill Murray, Ed Harris, Gabrielle Union, Pete Davidson and Lewis Pullman, “all these incredible actors that I’ve been obsessed with for such a long time.” “No one had to coax me into this job,” she added. “This was a dream, a dream.” In Riff Raff, Vincent (Harris) and wife Sandy’s (Union) New Year’s getaway with their son DJ (Miles J.
Harvey) is interrupted by an unexpected visit from Vincent’s son Rocco (Pullman), accompanied by his pregnant girlfriend Marina (Emanuela Postacchini) and his incapacitated mother Ruth (Coolidge).
Although the family reunion should be reason to celebrate, something is clearly off with the visit, as mobsters Leftie (Murray) and Lonnie (Davidson) track them down.
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