A longstanding gig will keep�Sandra Bernhard�from attending the Tribeca Film Festival's closing-night screening of The King of Comedy on April 27, but it's not like she needs her memory jogged. The comedienne recalls that making Martin Scorsese's prescient and oh-so-dark 1982 comedy about a deluded stand-up comic (Robert De Niro) who kidnaps his favorite talk-show host (Jerry Lewis), was a "coming-of-age experience that left me a changed person."
Talk about a breakthrough. Bernhard played Masha, an obsessed �and similarly deluded fan of Lewis' Jerry Langford character, who after helping to carry out the the kidnapping, entertained the duct-taped Langford in her bra and panties.�Great comedy is often deeply unsettling, and Bernhard's portrayal of Masha is so unabashedly off the wall that she left movie audiences squirming and Jerry Lewis genuinely aghast.��It's one of the�purest comic performances captured on film.
Here's a little taste:
The Monster Masha
I talked with Bernhard about her experience making the movie, her scene with three-fourths of the British punk band the Clash, and her thoughts on whether a movie as prescient as The King of Comedy could be re-made at a time when the world is full of Rupert Pupkins and Mashas.
Movieline: Let's start with all the talent you beat out for the role of Masha. �You've talked about how Debra Winger and Ellen Barkin were in the running, but Meryl Streep wanted that part as well. Any others that come to mind?�
Sandra Bernhard:�I had heard that as well.�So many people were up for that role, but I don't know who exactly because they obviously didn't tell me. I only knew about Ellen because I heard from her directly. �I know that the part kind of came down to me and another actress, but I…
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