Aubrey Plaza is giving her eye-rolls a break. The 29-year-old actress known for her deadpan shtick as “Parks & Recreation” assistant April Ludgate breaks out this month with the lead role in “The To Do List,” the raunchy comedy in theaters this Friday. The Delaware native and Upright Citizens Brigade alum stars as high school valedictorian Brandy Klark in the year 1993, when she decides to lose her virginity — and a pile of other sexual to-dos — before heading off to college. The Post caught up with Plaza to discuss her own to-do list, getting sexy on screen and her Kanye copycat moment.
Were you purposely looking for a film to carry as the sole lead?
I was purposely looking for a film where I could perform a hand job and a b – – w job.
So you got the job to do the jobs.
I also just loved the character. I felt like it would be such a cool departure for me to play someone that’s super Type A and a prude and sincere.
The movie was originally called “The Hand Job.” What title do you like better?
“The Hand Job.” It sounds like this grand thing, like “The Italian Job.”
Was it difficult to simulate all those sex acts?
All of the sex scenes we did were for comedy’s sake, so if it was weird or uncomfortable or awkward, that was even better because I wasn’t really supposed to know what I was doing. But there were definitely moments when I had to fake orgasms, and those were a little difficult and interesting. It’s always awkward when you have to breathe heavily in front of other people.
What was the most difficult sex act to shoot?
I mean, the masturbating scene was — I wouldn’t say difficult — but it was a little scary because it was just me by myself. I didn’t have anyone else to lean on, except for my own two hands.
Did it bring back any awkward memories from puberty for you?
Yeah, right, like I’m going to tell you that. Good try.
Was there anything they wanted you to do where you were like, “No, I’m not a porn star”?
No, in fact, usually I said, “I’m a porn star. I’ll do anything you want me to do!”
What gave you that attitude?
Well, I just trusted the director [Maggie Carey, wife of “SNL” alum Bill Hader and a frequent “Funny or Die” contributor] so much, and I loved the script so much, that I just felt like whatever she was going to ask me to do was fair game. And we wanted to push the envelope and show people something they hadn’t seen before. So I was up for the challenge.
If you were to have a sexual to-do list, what celebrities would be on it?
Oooh, sexy question. Who would I want to do? Give me options. There’s so many people in the world.
Uh, Channing Tatum, James Franco, Brad Pitt. Which one?
Um, pass.
All of them?
Give me someone with some meat on their bones.
Channing Tatum has a lot of meat on his bones!
I feel like when you touch him, he’s rock-solid. But I do love him.
So you want more like a Kevin James type?
Maybe somewhere in the middle.
What do you think of your “Parks & Rec” husband Chris Pratt’s crazy new ripped body?
I am not into it at all. I want him to be a chubby, round ball that I roll around and jump on top of.
When you were making the movie, were you conscious of the movie’s gender politics — how rarely we see a woman doing the “American Pie” sexual coming-of-age thing?
Yeah, for sure. I mean, I mostly just thought about it because I was shocked at how it didn’t feel like any other movie I’d ever seen. I did think about it, but, to me, the goal was never to make a movie to change the world as a feminist. It’s more just to make something that’s really funny that has a really specific point of view.
What do your parents think of all the sex talk?
Honestly, I have no idea. We have never had a sex talk, and I don’t want to start now. I can’t believe they’re going to have to sit through this movie and watch it.
You rushed the stage at the MTV Movie Awards to promote this project, Kanye-style. Was it planned?
That is best to be remained a mystery.
Will Ferrell seemed to imply that you had been drinking.
Again, that whole thing must be a mystery. No one cares about it anymore, that’s the most important thing.
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