Anna Faris recalls getting 'kicked out' due to 'The House Bunny'

Anna Faris recently opened up about the number of times The House Bunny was pitched before it was finally greenlit.

For those unaware, the 49-year-old American actress and comedian played the role of Shelly Darlingson, a former Playboy bunny who was raised in an orphanage and gets a job as a sorority mother, in the hit 2008 comedy film. The film had an ensemble cast, including Emma Stone, Rumer Willis, Colin Hanks, Kat Dennings, Dana Goodman, and others.

Faris appeared on the recent episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, where she told host Josh Horowitz, "We pitched that movie 24 times, all around LA, and on the 24th time, it was Happy Madison, Adam Sandler's Company.”

"And he was like, 'All right.' We didn't even get to pitch to him. He saw me in the waiting room, and he said, 'What are you doing here?' And I said, 'I'm here to pitch you a movie,' and he said, 'What's it about?' And I said, 'A Playboy Bunny who gets kicked out of the mansion.' And he was like, 'Okay, all right. That's pretty funny,’” she recalled.

"We walked away. And then we sold it. 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,” the Scary Movie star said.

It is pertinent to mention that this revelation comes after Anna Faris’ 2024 claim to PEOPLE magazine that the film was “life-changing.”