{"id":2445318,"date":"2026-06-04T20:39:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2445318"},"modified":"2026-06-04T20:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:39:38","slug":"anna-faris-reveals-the-celebrity-who-finally-greenlit-the-house-bunny-after-pitching-film-24-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/anna-faris-reveals-the-celebrity-who-finally-greenlit-the-house-bunny-after-pitching-film-24-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna Faris Reveals the Celebrity Who Finally Greenlit \u201cThe House Bunny\u201d After Pitching Film &#8217;24 Times&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anna Faris says her 2008 comedy<em> The House Bunny <\/em>was pitched some two dozen times before it finally came to fruition<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Faris starred in the film as a former Playboy bunny who gets a job as a sorority mother<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a previous interview, Faris told PEOPLE the film was &#8220;life-changing&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/anna-faris\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Anna Faris;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Anna Faris&quot;}\">Anna Faris<\/a> says <em>The House Bunny <\/em>was pitched some two dozen times before coming to fruition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 49-year-old actress starred as Shelley, a former Playboy bunny who gets a job as a sorority mother, in the hit 2008 comedy, which also starred <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/emma-stone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Emma Stone;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Emma Stone&quot;}\">Emma Stone<\/a>, Colin Hanks, Kat Dennings and Rumer Willis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We pitched that movie 24 times, all around LA, and on the 24th time, it was Happy Madison, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/adam-sandler\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Adam Sandler's;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Adam Sandler'&quot;}\">Adam Sandler&#8217;s<\/a> Company,&#8221; she recounted on a new episode of the <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dI-h4CdO1bE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Happy Sad Confused;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Happy Sad Confused&quot;}\">Happy Sad Confused<\/a><\/em> podcast with Josh Horowitz. &#8220;And he was like, &#8216;All right.&#8217; We didn&#8217;t even get to pitch to him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE&#8217;s <\/strong><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:free daily newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;free daily newsletter&quot;}\" class=\"link \">free daily newsletter<\/a><\/strong><strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>The House Bunny, Anna Faris<br \/>Credit: Moviestore\/Shutterstock<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Faris continued of Sandler: &#8220;He saw me in the waiting room, and he said, &#8216;What are you doing here?&#8217; And I said, &#8216;I&#8217;m here to pitch you a movie,&#8217; and he said, &#8216;What&#8217;s it about?&#8217; And I said, &#8216;A Playboy Bunny who gets kicked out of the mansion.&#8217; And he was like, &#8216;Okay, all right. That&#8217;s pretty funny.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We walked away. And then we sold it,&#8221; Faris added. &#8220;That was like our last [opportunity]. There was no one else. Like, it was amazing. And then six to eight weeks later, I was on set in LA with a crew of like 200 people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-puzzler-8620185\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!&quot;}\" class=\"link \">The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/anna-faris-the-house-bunny-sequel-idea-8679608\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:2024 interview with PEOPLE,;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;2024 interview with PEOPLE,&quot;}\">2024 interview with PEOPLE,<\/a> Faris said the film was &#8220;life-changing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It was a life-changing role,&#8221; Faris said. &#8220;Fundamentally, career stuff aside, playing a character that had so much compassion and lack of judgment, a character who really led with her heart&#8230; it sounds really corny, but I think it made me feel like it was easier to make friends in a weird way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;That&#8217;s simplistic, but I loved playing a character who was not competitive with other people, and who was really wonderful,&#8221; she adds. &#8220;That made me want to lead my life with compliments. It felt like kind of a way to combat jealous feelings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She added of the role: &#8220;I loved playing a character who was so generous with her love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/anna-faris-says-she-pitched-house-bunny-24-times-before-it-was-made-11991182\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\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 nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Anna Faris says her 2008 comedy The House Bunny was pitched some two dozen times before it finally came to fruition Faris starred in the film as a former Playboy bunny who gets a job as a sorority mother In a previous interview, Faris told PEOPLE the film was &#8220;life-changing&#8221; Anna Faris [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2445319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[310567,346093,480030,310048,348822,480028,314811,480029],"class_list":["post-2445318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-adam-sandler","tag-anna-faris","tag-coming-to-fruition","tag-emma-stone","tag-kat-dennings","tag-playboy-bunny","tag-rumer-willis","tag-the-house-bunny"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Anna-Faris-Reveals-the-Celebrity-Who-Finally-Greenlit-The-House.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2445318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2445320,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445318\/revisions\/2445320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2445319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2445318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2445318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}