Character: Anna Faris' ditzy actress Kelly Reputedly based on: Cameron Diaz Soft-spoken director Sofia Coppola has denied any truth to the rumors, but legend has it she was so put off by the interaction between her then-husband Spike Jonze and actress Cameron Diaz during the filming of Jonze’s Being John Malkovich that Coppola skewered them both in her movie Lost in Translation. While a self-loathing Bill Murray was busy saving his soul in the film, Coppola had Giovanni Ribisi´s vapid hipster photographer give audiences a clinic in emotional infidelity by cavorting with Anna Faris´ painfully bimbo-esque, untalented, and annoyingly bubbly blonde movie star.
