The film deal comes at a time when the E! host has hit the bestseller list with her third book, Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, with her first two, My Horizontal Life and Vodka, It's Me, Chelsea still on the paperback lists. She just hosted the Video Music Awards and her stand-up comedy tour has sold out in 80 cities. She begins shooting This Means War later this month.
Handler, who previously played roles in two movies I never heard of--Cattle Call and Steam--is going against the grain in terms of late night chat hosts who chase movie careers. Success has eluded most of them, who all have credits either before or after they started their shows. Who can forget David Letterman's turn as the old salt in the fishing village in Cabin Boy? Letterman did that film as a favor to its star, Chris Elliott, a writer and performer on his show. But Nikki reminds me that Dave once had his agent, the late APA dealmaker Marty Klein, make a pact with Jeffrey Katzenberg that allowed Letterman to produce, write, direct or star in whatever he wanted for Disney's Touchstone label. Letterman couldn't have cared less and generated nothing before eventually leaving for CAA. Jay Leno played roles in Collision Course and American Hot Wax; Conan O'Brien appropriately played a character called Coco in the Jeremiah Bosgang-directed 1996 laffer Good Money; Craig Ferguson played roles in numerous films before he hit it as a late night host, none bigger than when he appeared in the Jim Carrey comedy Lemony Snicket, playing a character called Person of Indeterminate Gender. Jon Stewart took his shot in films that include Death to Smoochy, Big Daddy and Playing By Heart, but if you've seen his work, you know there's a good reason he hasn't given up his night job. Jimmy Fallon turned to late night talk hosting because his big at screen stardom fell short. Truth is, these guys spend so much time at their jobs, they have no time to get serious about acting.
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