Anna Faris brought the chaos — the good kind — to Late Night with Seth Meyers this week, and it ended with the host holding one of the more unusual gifts a guest has ever handed him.
Stopping by the show June 2 to promote her return as Cindy Campbell in the new Scary Movie, Faris steered the conversation somewhere unexpected: a confession that she’d created an anonymous YouTube account just to leave Meyers glowing comments. “I’m at a stage in my life where I really want to express my gratitude,” she explained, fully deadpan.
Meyers, game as ever, read a few of the comments aloud — including praise for his hair and a note saying the commenter wanted to give him an award. Then came the punchline: Faris produced an actual trophy, a glass feather engraved with “Seth Meyers #1 Great Authentic.” When Meyers asked why, of all things, a feather, Faris had an answer ready: “I want you to be able to dream of flight. You still have to have aspiration.”
It was peak Faris — the same offbeat comic timing that made her a star in the first place. And the timing of the visit was fitting, since Scary Movie is what launched her into comedy-icon territory back in 2000. The new installment, the sixth in the long-running horror-parody franchise, marks a full-circle reunion: Faris is back as Cindy alongside Regina Hall’s Brenda, with Marlon and Shawn Wayans returning too — the gang’s first outing together since Scary Movie 5 in 2013.
This time around, the cast has signaled they’re leaning back into the franchise’s R-rated, no-target-too-sacred roots, taking aim at a fresh crop of horror hits from the past decade. As for the Meyers interview, it was less a scare than a love letter — proof that after all these years, Faris still knows exactly how to land a bit.