Inspired by Chelsea

Young Adult screenwriter Diablo Cody sees similarities between the movies hard-drinking main character Mavis, played by Charlize Theron, and Chelsea Handler. I just taped a segment at Chelsea Lately, where we joked about how Mavis is like Chelsea, Cody tells The Posts Mandy Stadtmiller. Chelsea is actually, like, the warmest, most generous, selfless person. But the persona shes built up has those elements of, you know: drunk, critical. But shes not. Codys husband, Dan Maurio, is a producer on Chelsea Lately. Therons character in the film is trying to break up a marriage, but Cody says thats not drawn from her own experience. I would be way smarter about it if I wanted to steal someones man, she cracked. But there are some details that seem to mirror real life: Therons character is the ghostwriter of a young-adult book series, and Cody says shes moving ahead on a script based on the Sweet Valley High 80s teen tomes.

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