VOD Spotlight: Paul Feig And Melissa McCarthy Team Up For Spy - Channel Guide Magazine (blog)

In the movie Spy , Susan Cooper has been an unassuming team player at the CIA for years. Here’s some fun trivia about Spy , starring Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne and Jude Law. • Paul Feig, the writer-director-producer of Spy , began work on the film in 2010, after seeing Casino Royale , the 2006 James Bond movie, starring Daniel Craig. Feig has said Casino Royale is one of his all-time favorite films and he decided to create a comic version of a Bond-like film, recognizing that he was unlikely to ever be asked to do the real thing himself. • Spy had a working title of “Susan Cooper,” the name given McCarthy’s character. Spy marks the third collaboration between McCarthy and Feig, following Bridesmaids (2011), and The Heat (2013). They will also be working together on 2016’s Ghostbusters release. McCarthy and costar Rose Byrne also appeared together in Bridesmaids. • Much like the James Bond films, Spy features an Aston Martin car. The make and model of the Aston Martin in Spy is a blue Aston Martin DB9 coupé. • McCarthy has said that Spy was one of the most physically taxing roles she has had. Source: www.channelguidemagblog.com