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Laura Bell Bundy of Legally Blonde Busts Out
 Laura Bell Bundy's playing bubbly blonde
Elle Woods in Broadway's
Legally Blonde right now, but she's
even more bubbly in real life, as she
demonstrated at Birdland last night. See,
Laura Bell (as she's known south of
Manhattan) is also a country singer. Wearing
platinum extensions, cowboy boots, and a
tighter-than-tight dress, she pranced near a
small fan (the better to blow up her skirt)
and tore through a set of songs from her new
album, Longing for a Place Already Gone
and nearly her bodice. We spoke to her
after the show.
You've been living in New York for a
while, but you grew up in Kentucky. What's
been the biggest difference?
Well, I lived here from the time I was 9
till I was 14. We walked everywhere, it
wasn't as clean, and there were homeless
people talking to us. As an adult, people
come to New York to be somebody, with a
sense of, like, aggression and fight. It's
more laid-back back home.
What's
still the most country thing about you?
Maybe the way I cook! [Laughs.] Like
hodgepodge, use everything in your
refrigerator, see what you can make out of
it. Everything has a sauce; everything's
oversauted. I really don't know what
friends think of my cooking they probably
all lie to me! But come on mashed potatoes
and overcooked green beans with bacon bits,
what's better than that?
Anything besides your cooking?
The way I speak, the way I carry myself.
Sort of like sweet southern charm, but also,
"don't mess with me." You don't dick with a
Kentucky chick.
Do you do anything in New York to
remind yourself of home?
I like to go to
Delta Grill. Restaurants like
Hogs & Heifers definitely give me that
same vibe! And being outside, going to
Woodstock upstate or Connecticut. I ran a
lot growing up, at the horse park and
through fields and things. I'd have keg
parties in the middle of fields. Keepin' it
classy!
Rebecca Milzoff Press Index
Source:
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/07/legally_blondes_laura_bell_bun.html
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