If you're already going into Nathan Fillion withdrawal due to the cancellation of Drive, you can have a slight relapse this weekend when Waitress opens in limited release. In this romantic comedy, Fillion plays a charming doctor whose affair with a small town waitress (Keri Russell) brings happiness into her drab life. And even though both parties are adulterers, audiences don't seem to mind.
Fillion on Dating a Waitress
"It’s interesting that we’re both being unfaithful to our marriage, but Jenna we forgive far more readily because she’s in what’s obviously an abusive and dangerous relationship that we don’t want her to be in," said Fillion. "But we’ve all known couples or people that are together for some reason or another where it’s: ‘Oh my God, they broke up? They were so perfect together. What could possibly be wrong?’ And although it’s not abuse and maybe no one’s getting beat up, certainly something within them is not bringing them together and they’re not happy. I think we all know people who are in a marriage that they’re not happy in. Does that make him a bad person that he’s looking for happiness elsewhere? I think that’s what the movie becomes about for me at least as far as everybody is looking to be happy. But it’s about the decisions you make. Are those decisions the right decisions that will bring you happiness?"
Even when the doctor's wife turns out to be a pretty adoring companion, Fillion tells us not to be so quick to judge him. "Again, I put it in that nebulous ‘What could it possibly be?’ that these people are together. They seemed so perfect. I obviously don’t know their relationship so I put it in that nebulous thing that obviously he’s unhappy for a reason. The reasons why were not important to the story. He was looking for happiness, she was looking for happiness. If they found something together that stirred something within them, there’s obviously an attraction. He was obviously attracted to her. Did he instigate? Man, I think she was all over him if you know what I mean. I’m hoping you don’t write that down, but she jumped on him."
Waitress
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When it came to romancing, Fillion was given the perfect words to appeal to Jenna. "I think you can feel it when someone is attracted to you. There’s something in their actions, there’s something in their energy and what it gives off that says I like you more than maybe you realize or maybe I should. Whether subconsciously or not, I think people read that and feel that. I think it’s part of when somebody likes you, even not in a romantic sense, but somebody truly likes you and cares for you and respects you, that’s what keeps you coming around and hanging out with that person is you have that sense, that feeling on some level that they’re there for you. I think there’s certainly that going on with Jenna and Dr. Pomatter."
When it came to performing a sonogram, Fillion just faked it. "Well, that was the only technical thing I had to do and they had a nurse who told me the baby was a little lower, a little farther south. That was fine. And basically how to angle it and how to find where the baby would be and what that motion would look like. Otherwise you’ll notice that Dr. Pomatter never straps on any gloves and gets any more intimate than actually making out with Keri."
Waitress opens to theatres today, May 2nd.
For the trailer, poster and more movie info, go to the Waitress Movie Page.
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