Rashida Jones On The Part She Wrote For Herself - KPLR 11

CNN) ? ?Parks and Recreation?s? Rashida Jones refuses to be typecast.

The star and co-screenwriter of ?Celeste and Jesse Forever? told the New York Times she wanted to play a role other than the ?dependable, affable, loving, friend-wife-girlfriend? ? so she wrote a part for herself.

?I felt like this was the only opportunity I had to play this kind of part ? a character that?s maybe less than likable,? the 36-year-old actress said of her labor of love, which was reportedly made for less than $1 million in just 23 days.

Jones said her passion for the role ? a woman in the midst of divorce ? led her to turn down an offer from a studio that wanted the right to ?cast somebody else if they felt like I wasn?t financially viable.?

But, like she told the Times, who better to tell a story inspired by her own love life than her? The actress and Will McCormack ? who also appears in ?Celeste and Jesse Forever? ? co-wrote the film using details from their own two-week relationship-turned-friendship.

The dramedy, which marks Jones? screenwriting debut, hits theaters on Friday.

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? & ? 2012 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.CNN) ? ?Parks and Recreation?s? Rashida Jones refuses to be typecast.

The star and co-screenwriter of ?Celeste and Jesse Forever? told the New York Times she wanted to play a role other than the ?dependable, affable, loving, friend-wife-girlfriend? ? so she wrote a part for herself.

?I felt like this was the only opportunity I had to play this kind of part ? a character that?s maybe less than likable,? the 36-year-old actress said of her labor of love, which was reportedly made for less than $1 million in just 23 days.

Jones said her passion for the role ? a woman in the midst of divorce ? led her to turn down an offer from a studio that wanted the right to ?cast somebody else if they felt like I wasn?t financially viable.?

But, like she told the Times, who better to tell a story inspired by her own love life than her? The actress and Will McCormack ? who also appears in ?Celeste and Jesse Forever? ? co-wrote the film using details from their own two-week relationship-turned-friendship.

The dramedy, which marks Jones? screenwriting debut, hits theaters on Friday.

By Tomika Anderson
? & ? 2012 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.

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