The combination of Leslie Mann and Judd Apatow.
In "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," she's a hot-to-trot drunken driver terrifying Steve Carell in the passenger seat; in "Knocked Up," she played Paul Rudd's wife; and in Apatow's latest, "Funny People," he's written Mann an even bigger role — the one-who-got-away from Adam Sandler's character. "He's growing up and learning more about women so he's able to write better female parts," Mann said in a recent interview, referring to her husband. But Mann quickly reconsidered that statement, amending that Apatow has always written good female roles, though he's generally improved as a writer. There's some sensitivity to the issue because the co-star of "Knocked Up," Katherine Heigl, famously criticized the movie for being "a little sexist" and claiming it painted women as "shrews." http:// "I kind of don't know what she was talking about," said Mann, who praised Heigl's perfo...