An unconventional
friendship begins between three unsuspecting women as they cross roads when the
man of their dreams gets exposed as a three-timing liar. Carly (Diaz), a stunning lawyer from New York
suddenly appears on Mark’s (NIkolaj Coster-Waldau) doorstep to surprise him, but
when the door opened and she was greeted by a sweet-suburban woman named Kate
(Mann), who is actually Mark’s wife, Carly’s world suddenly turned upside
down. She can’t believe that Mark made
her the other woman all along! The two
women don’t appear to have much in common, other than the philandering womanizer
who has been tricking both of them. They become great pals, however, and decide
to teach the lying Mark a few lessons to prove that cheating will not work. But
their journey goes way beyond straightforward revenge. Infidelity may have led
to hurt and upset, but they don’t let it destroy their lives. Far from it.
Everything
becomes more complicated when Carly and Kate find out that the charming cheat
has been engaging in yet another affair, with the beautiful Amber (Kate Upton)
who is half his age. Kate Upton plays
the naïve Amber, a classic blonde bombshell who innocently believes she has
found true love with her handsome and highly successful boyfriend, Mark, until
she discovers that he has been deceiving her.
For the role of
Amber, the third woman deceived by Mark, producer Julie Yorn considered a
number of actresses, but in securing Kate Upton, the producer ended up where
she started. Yorn explains: “Initially,
we used Kate as the loose prototype of the character, never thinking we were
actually going to get her. But she came
in and she was just so disarming. The
key to that role was that you have to hate her when you first see her, at least
a little bit, and then love her when you get to know her. She fits the bill so well for both of those
situations.” Likewise,
screenwriter Melissa Stack marveled at the similarities between the character
Amber and Kate Upton the person. “Kate
is such a bombshell but she’s very sweet,” says the screenwriter.“Kate has this
lightness and a kind way about her that is perfect for Amber. That was always
who we all hoped Amber would be.”
Upton enjoyed her
first major acting role under the tutelage of Diaz and Mann. “I am so lucky to have one of my first movies
to be with Leslie and Cameron,” she says.
“They’re so inspiring.” As the
youngest of the trio, fashion designer icon Patricia Field along with her longtime
collaborator and protégé Paolo Nieddu says of Kate’s Amber, “She’s the cool girl,” says Nieddu. “Amber’s style is a young style. Her most
memorable wardrobe moment is when Carly and Kate spot Amber on a sunny Hamptons
beach, jogging in a perfect white bikini made by Malia Mills.Amber is your
jeans-and-t-shirt, all-American girl-next-door.
She’s kind of a tomboy at times.
Amber shouldn’t be over-styled or overdone. She’s not out on the prowl.”
Upton, an American
actress and supermodel also did cameos in the films “The Three Stooges” and “Tower
Heist.” As
one of the most in-demand supermodels, Upton has broken boundaries in the
fashion world, gracing the covers of the industry’s leading international
publications including VOGUE US, VOGUE UK, VOGUE Italy, VOGUE Brazil, ELLE US,
GQ US, as well as being featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit
Edition two years in a row. Kate was most recently the cover subject of the 100th
Anniversary issue of Vanity Fair. An avid horseback rider, she showed for the
American Paint Horse Association and competed on a national level.
“The Other Woman”
opens May 7 in theaters nationwide from 20th Century Fox to be
distributed by Warner Bros.
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