When Isla Fisher started thinking about her wardrobe needs for Confessions of a Shopaholic, she had one important request for famed costume designer Patricia Field.
She wanted her character - the clothing-addicted Rebecca Bloomwood - to wear heels so high that they threw her off balance.
"I think there's nothing funnier than a comedic character tottering and the impracticality of wearing something that clearly doesn't fit her and is uncomfortable," says Fisher blithely.
"But because she's a shopaholic, she has to have it."
This 33-year-old Australian with the flaming hair and the mischievous disposition has a knack for ferreting out the essential absurdities of life. Take the fan dance she performs in the movie, which opens Feb. 13.
"It's always been a comic dream of mine to attempt to seduce a man doing a dance that's actually repulsive," she declares sweetly.
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