{"id":1957973,"date":"2025-08-13T14:07:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T14:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1957973"},"modified":"2025-08-13T14:07:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T14:07:33","slug":"melissa-mccarthy-husband-comically-recreate-iconic-movie-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/melissa-mccarthy-husband-comically-recreate-iconic-movie-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa McCarthy, husband comically recreate iconic movie scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/10\/07\/USAT\/75558499007-murders-thumb.jpg?crop=1919,1079,x0,y0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Why everyone loved working with Melissa McCarthy on \u2018Only Murders\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez sit down with USA TODAY to talk about the new season of \u201cOnly Murders in the Building\u201d and working with Melissa McCarthy on the show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2021\/09\/22\/the-starling-melissa-mccarthy-loved-playing-ursula-little-mermaid\/5788058001\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2021\/09\/22\/the-starling-melissa-mccarthy-loved-playing-ursula-little-mermaid\/5788058001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Melissa McCarthy<\/a> may be a comedy legend, but she&#8217;s got plenty of dramatic flair, too.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2023\/05\/25\/little-mermaid-melissa-mccarthy-villain-ursula\/70242161007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2023\/05\/25\/little-mermaid-melissa-mccarthy-villain-ursula\/70242161007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">McCarthy<\/a> took to Instagram over the weekend to let followers in on an intimate date night with longtime husband (and fellow comic) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/people\/2014\/01\/06\/melissa-mccarthy-on-her-marriage-its-just-kind-of-easy\/4343631\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/people\/2014\/01\/06\/melissa-mccarthy-on-her-marriage-its-just-kind-of-easy\/4343631\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ben Falcone<\/a>. In <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/melissamccarthy\/p\/DNGt9SDyXoj\/?img_index=4\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/melissamccarthy\/p\/DNGt9SDyXoj\/?img_index=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a carousel of photos posted Aug. 9<\/a>, McCarthy showed off some homemade pottery she had crafted at Wild Clay, a studio just east of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>The first several photos show <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2024\/10\/08\/meryl-streep-melissa-mccarthy-fight-only-murders-in-the-building\/75451733007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2024\/10\/08\/meryl-streep-melissa-mccarthy-fight-only-murders-in-the-building\/75451733007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the &#8220;Bridesmaids&#8221; star<\/a> holding up her hands covered in clay, and posing with several of her projects, but the final shot is the most true to form \u2013 McCarthy, 54, and Falcone, 51, look comically serious as they recreate an iconic scene from the 1990 movie &#8220;Ghost.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Meryl Streep, Melissa McCarthy <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2024\/10\/08\/meryl-streep-melissa-mccarthy-fight-only-murders-in-the-building\/75451733007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">shock &#8216;Only Murders&#8217; co-stars, ditch stunt doubles for brawl<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/movies\/2018\/05\/08\/melissa-mccarthy-how-she-set-her-own-standards-equal-pay\/584712002\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/movies\/2018\/05\/08\/melissa-mccarthy-how-she-set-her-own-standards-equal-pay\/584712002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">McCarthy<\/a> looks wistfully to the side as Falcone, seated behind her, has his hands overlaced with hers and looks straight into the camera. In the middle of them is the pottery wheel, the site of a sensual scene between <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/03\/02\/demi-moore-2025-oscars\/80562048007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/03\/02\/demi-moore-2025-oscars\/80562048007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Demi Moore<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/2024\/04\/10\/patrick-swayze-widow-lisa-niemi-remarry\/73272706007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/2024\/04\/10\/patrick-swayze-widow-lisa-niemi-remarry\/73272706007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patrick Swayze<\/a> in the original film.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had the BEST time at Wild Clay LA!!!!!!!,&#8221; McCarthy wrote alongside the post. &#8220;Joshua was an amazing teacher. I really found my inner Demi!! Grand Opening Soon!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The couple, who love to ham it up together, have been married since 2005 and share two daughters: Vivian, 18, and Georgette, 15.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\">&#8220;He&#8217;s nothing but supportive, and he&#8217;s super smart,&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/health-wellness\/2024\/05\/01\/barbra-streisand-melissa-mccarthy-weight-loss-ozempic\/73524091007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/health-wellness\/2024\/05\/01\/barbra-streisand-melissa-mccarthy-weight-loss-ozempic\/73524091007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">McCarthy<\/a> previously told\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/melissa-mccarthy-hit-jackpot-husband-ben-falcone-laughter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People<\/a>\u00a0of her husband. &#8220;He makes me gut-laugh, like crazy gut-laugh, four or five times a day. I hit the jackpot!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The couple has also shared the screen over a dozen times, starring alongside one another in films like &#8220;Bridesmaids,&#8221; &#8220;Cook Off!&#8221; and &#8220;Identity Thief.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why everyone loved working with Melissa McCarthy on \u2018Only Murders\u2019 Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez sit down with USA TODAY to talk about the new season of \u201cOnly Murders in the Building\u201d and working with Melissa McCarthy on the show. 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