Sarah Wright—who we all know and love as Millicent Gringich in Parks and Recreation—nailed her first ever high roller box-office production to date, as Lucy Seal in Tom Cruise's latest thriller spotlight American Made. The movie grossed a $17 million, which despite being a soft opening, has received positive reviews since its release. In Hollywood's latest attempt to capitalize on American's obsession with the cocaine trade between South America and the US (eh hem-Narcos), they bring you airline pilot turned DEA informant Barry Seal.
The film is based on a true story, whose premise revolves around commercial airplane pilot Barry Seal's recruitment by the CIA to conduct undercover Cold War reconnaissance missions in South America. Wright plays Barry's wife, and ultimately his co-conspirator as the two walk the fine line between DEA informants turned smugglers. It's 2017, so the film is naturally loaded up with special effects, however one scene in particular makes you think, how?
In a recent interview with GQ, Sarah Wright addresses the making of the zero-gravity sex scene that shows her and Tom in an airplane flying up, hitting the ceiling, coming back down again, all while getting it in. "That scene we shot on a soundstage on a half on an airplane that was connected to this thing called a gimbal that flips it around in circles, almost like a washing machine."
The actress went on to admit that she was trying as hard as possible to keep her gag reflexes in check during this stunt. Imagine coming home from work and when asked the dreaded "how was work today honey?" You have to respond with "eh, it was okay except that I threw up all over Tom Cruise."
Wright went on to include that, "I did not get sick, thankfully, and it ended up being great. But we shot it at the very, very end. So I thought about it the whole time."
