By the time Anna Faris left the TV series Mom after seven seasons, she felt like her career was heading toward its end. “I was, in hindsight, I think pretty depressed,” Faris said on the Dear Chelsea podcast. She felt like she was being “put out to pasture” in a “slow aging actress retirement.”
She hit a low point when her house burned down in the 2025 Palisades fires. But a call from Marlon Wayans and a starring role in the return of Scary Movie finally gave her the perspective she needed.
“It was a very wonderful and heady year for me,” said Faris. “I feel more confident in what I have to offer, which might not be, I don’t know, for a wide audience. But I feel more solid in my own ability. I wish I had realized that earlier.”
source: Dear Chelsea via Entertainment Weekly – August 20, 2026
