Time to unwind and get Skinny-Dipping
You know it's going to be a good interview when "Couples Retreat" star Malin Akerman starts off by saying, "Time to unwind, undress and get skinny-dipping!"
Coolest woman ever? Probably. Mind you, her call to party wasn't completely out of context. MTV News had traveled quite a ways to hang out with Akerman and her co-stars Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell, Kristin Davis and Jon Favreau. On this particular day in paradise, Akerman decided to mix up some cocktails in the midst of an interview — what she dubbed a Bora Bora margarita: pineapple nectar subbing in for lime juice.
And sure enough, while co-starring as Vince Vaughn's wife in Couples Retreat, it didn't take long before she spotted the sparks flying between Vaughn and his old Swingers cohort Jon Favreau.
"In track and field, you never put in people slower next to you -- you always put in people faster. The reasoning behind that is that you then challenge yourself to be faster. It was same on the set with Vince and Jon -- it was a big challenge to keep up. It wasn't easy. They know how to play off each other because they've been doing it so long," says Akerman, whose comedic credits include The Heartbreak Kid, 27 Dresses and The Proposal. We disagree, Vince! How else would we learn, as you confessed with a laugh at one point, that your vacation of choice is not on a tropical island but somewhere you can "be in full chaps doing a cattle drive"? As the booze flowed, the hilarity ensued. When it came to substantive answers, though, we'd probably have to rely on earlier, alcohol-free interviews, when we hit up Akerman, Vaughn and the rest of the cast with pop-quizzes about another. After all, they'd spent a couple months hanging out together, making this film about couples who head to an idyllic setting for vacation and end up in the midst of no-holds-bared relationship therapy. How much do they really know about their fellow stars?
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