Melissa McCarthy Shines In First Indie Project, "Tammy"

Melissa McCarthy’s star has risen rather rapidly over 2013 and 2014, with the world finally catching on to the comedienne’s brilliance. Now, despite a whole load of stupid that she has to deal with on the regular – a quick look at the message boards on her IMDB page proves it’s quite a lot – McCarthy now has both the time and the influence to work on her own pet projects.

The movie sees McCarthy acting opposite a cast full of baddass ladies, including Susan Sarandon, Kathy Bates, Allison Janney and Sarah Baker in a minor part. You may know Baker from her recent appearance on Louis, when her speech about fat girls and body shaming had folks across the land giving her a standing ovation (we’re guessing).

Fans of McCarthy, equal representation or just general awesomeness will surely get a kick out of this film.