Melissa McCarthy covers the new issue of More Magazine to promote her new film, Spy. Can I just say? I’m really looking forward to Spy. It looks very, very funny and I’m intrigued by the ensemble surrounding Melissa’s CIA analyst character: Allison Janney, Jason Statham, Jude Law, Rose Byrne, Miranda Hart and Bobby Cannavale all star alongside Melissa. HBO has been running a “first look” and it’s funny as hell. So… I’m hoping Melissa has another big hit with this one. Her More Mag cover profile is interesting enough as well – some highlights:

Plus-sized clothing: ‘People don’t stop at size 12. I feel like there’s a big thing missing where you can’t dress to your mood above a certain number. [Malls] segregate plus-size. It’s an odd thing that you can’t go shopping with your friends because your store is upstairs hidden by the tire section. We’ll put you gals over there because we don’t want to see you and you probably don’t want to be seen.’

Her new clothing label, Seven7, will be for women sizes 4 to 28: ‘It’s pretty consuming…my problem is, I don’t hand things off very well. I just figure if it has my name on it and I want to make people feel good about wearing it, I can’t pass it off.’

Body-shaming: ‘There is just this weird thing about how we perceive women in this country. I would love to be a part of breaking that down. I have caught my reflection and thought, ‘Oof. That girl is struggling. That girl is tired.’ I’ve had mornings where I’m like, ”Oh God, I have weird hair. I look like Fraggle Rock. Why am I so puffy? What did I eat?” [But] who cares if my eyes are puffy because I ate 44 almonds last night? Or my legs are short? To my core, I don’t care.’

Feminism: ‘When I told my daughters there had never been a female president, they were like, ”What! How is that possible?” I have an overactive sense of justice. I want women to realise you don’t have to work for the company. You can run the company. I want the scope for them to be endless.’

[From More Magazine via The Daily Mail]

I think it’s interesting that she’s still committed to launching her clothing line. I wonder where it will be sold? That’s one of the problems I have with this whole idea that “mall stores hide the plus-sized clothing” thing – I’m sure there are a lot of women out there still shopping at the mall, but aren’t most women buying a combination of stuff online and in stores?

Here are some pics from yesterday’s Spy photocall in Berlin. I swear, I never would have put Jason Statham with Melissa, but it seems like they genuinely had a ball together. He must have loved the chance to do a comedic role, that’s the only way I can really explain this.

Photos courtesy of WENN.