Michelle Pfeiffer felt ‘nervous’ filming Oh. What. Fun.

Michelle Pfeiffer has admitted to feeling nervous before shooting Oh. What. Fun.

Michelle Pfeiffer felt “a little nervous” about starring in Oh. What. Fun.

The 67-year-old actress stars alongside the likes of Felicity Jones, Chloe Grace Moretz, Denis Leary, and Eva Longoria in the Michael Showalter-directed Christmas comedy film, and Michelle has confessed to feeling a little anxious before they started filming.

Speaking to People, Michelle explained: “You’re in good hands with [Showalter] no matter what he does, but if you’re going to do comedy and a little bit of a screwball comedy, you couldn’t be in better hands.

“And so, I was a little nervous because it was zany, and I also don’t ever think that I’m funny, so when I committed to do it, I remember saying to Michael, ‘Okay, I’m going to do this, but you better make me funny.’

“So that was our running joke throughout filming, but I’m so glad I did it and some of those things.”

Michelle found that she got more confident in her comedy acting as the shoot progressed.

She said: “For me as an actor, the more I trust my director, the more I’ll go out on a limb. And that’s a wonderful, wonderful way to work because you discover things — and not all of it’s going to be good. There were a couple of things that I actually really loved and they didn’t end up in the movie: I get tackled by a security guard and stuff.”

Michelle also relished working with Denis Leary for the first time in her career.

The veteran actress shared: “I was doing the scene with Felicity, the end scene, and I just got a little emotional. Then we went on with the read and I’m sniffling, and Denis got up in the middle of it and brought me a tissue. And I thought that was so kind. He’s a softie.”

Meanwhile, Michelle previously admitted to feeling insecure about her acting talents during her younger years.

The movie star confessed that she feared getting fired as a young actress in Hollywood.

Michelle told Entertainment Tonight: “I think it comes from not having a background of formal training, you know, in the beginning.

“And I think when I started out, a lot of actors were coming out of Juilliard and I was just this young person from Orange County, kind of just getting by on my instincts purely and I think, for the longest time, I felt like it wasn’t really enough and maybe didn’t give me the credibility and maybe because I had to find my technique as I went along.”