![]() ![]() She's one of those people, an artist trying to survive in New York, who kind of goes to extreme measures in order to really make ends meet. ![]() She's fallen out of fashion with literary tastes of the day, and she can't pay her bills. And the movie takes place in 1991 where she's found herself down on her luck. She was a pretty successful biographer in the '70s and '80s. In fact, I think she's somebody who most people haven't really heard of, but her story is so fascinating. She was not somebody that I knew a lot about. ![]() HELLER: I was really intrigued by Lee's story. SIMON: What made you want to tell this story? MARIELLE HELLER: It's my pleasure, Scott Simon. It's directed by Marielle Heller, who joins us now from New York. MCCARTHY: (As Lee Israel) Yeah, do you get it? You better learn how to respect what it is you're selling because it's my writing. It's a portal into a better time and a better place where people still actually honored the written word. MELISSA MCCARTHY: (As Lee Israel) They're literary treasures, one-of-a-kind, carefully written witticisms, OK? They're not just a piece of paper. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?") "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" is drawing rave reviews as Melissa McCarthy plays a straight, dramatic role as the real-life writer Lee Israel who had a brief, flourishing career as a forger of letters from famous writers. ![]()
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