14 DAY TRIAL // Here's another Hollywood feud, simply because we haven't had a good one in a while. Jennifer Aniston, everyone's favorite comedic actress would love to do another movie with Judd Apatow, the comedic genius who has directed several major hit comedies in the last years, but she has one problem: she can't stand his wife, Leslie Mann, who invariably gets cast in all of his creations.
Radar claims to have spoken with an insider who dishes out some juicy details about the feud, “Jen longs to star in a comedy with her friend Elizabeth Banks, but a major stumbling block is that Judd might want Leslie to be in the movie, too.”
“Leslie is friends with neither Jen nor Elizabeth, and she’s infamous among Hollywood circles for not getting along with his leading ladies,” the source goes on, before finally labeling Mann as “his wife from hell.”
As you might recall, Mann starred in all of Apatow's greatest hits, including “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “Knocked Up” and “This Is 40.” Her latest film isn't directed by her husband, and nor is she the only female lead, having to share the screen with Cameron Diaz and model Kate Upton in “The Other Woman” which is currently playing in theaters worldwide.
This latest project also casts some doubts on the whole “can't stand other leading actresses” thing, since she's had to work with both Cameron and Kate and the girls seemed to be getting on just fine, both on and off the set. Of course, there are chances that it was all a front in able to better promote the movie, but chances are high that Leslie got along with at least one of the girls in the movie.
Jennifer's decision to do another Apatow movie is odd, because their last collaboration “Wanderlust” that came out in 2012, was a commercial flop. However, Jennifer is said to have strong feelings about that shoot, because it's the place where she met fiancé Justin Theroux.
“Jen has told her reps to start discussions with Judd, with the the caveat that Jen and her friend Elizabeth will star in one of his upcoming films,” adds the source. The conclusion is that “Leslie is probably the biggest obstacle to Judd doing a film starring Jen or Elizabeth, for obvious reasons.”
While all of this is going on, Jennifer is in talks at the moment to star in the “Horrible Bosses 2” sequel.