Four Jennifer Aniston movies not starring ‘Rachel from Friends’

With  getting her sexy on for Horrible Bosses, we take a look back on some slightly different roles for the star...

With the release of Horrible Bosses this week, it’s tempting to think of this as the first time  has played against type. As the sex-obsessed boss of one frustrated worker, the film sees the usually demure leading lady in a supporting role that’s less than sanitary. It’s refreshing to see her play something other than a version of Rachel, a role she’s been stuck with since Friends ended in 2004, but there haven’t been many efforts to shirk the kooky love interest label over the years. Here are five examples of Aniston out of her comfort zone:

Rock Star (2001)
In a film about a tribute singer’s rise to stardom in the very band he admired, Aniston plays the supporting love interest, a situation she knows all too well from later work. In this early movie role however, she shines within an all-star cast that threaten to envelope her, and sets the groundwork for later success. The important thing to remember is, it isn’t a rom-com.

Derailed (2005)
Do we really buy Aniston as a con-woman? Critics certainly didn’t, as Derailedwas mauled upon release, but her role opposite Clive Owen earned her some kudos for at least trying new things. She plays a married woman who begins an affair with a man she meets on the train, only for the secrecy of their liaisons to be threatened, placing them both in danger.

The Good Girl (2002)
Jennifer playing a sad, lonely woman in her thirties? Some could say she does that just fine in the celebrity magazines every week. The difference here, in her breakout role, was the menial job and loveless marriage her character endured, before meeting an interesting co-worker (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) and beginning an illicit affair. Her performance here might be her best ever, as she puts Rachel away for a while and exhibits some real acting chops.

Along Came Polly (2004)
This Ben Stiller comedy saw Aniston return to a genre we know and love her in, but there was something about the quirky extrovert that draws your attention. Unlike in Bruce Almighty, where she played the straight man to Jim Carrey’s rubber-faced goon, here it’s Stiller who’s overshadow

Zoolander Part Two??

We've been waiting nine years for a sequel to Zoolander, and it looks like a new movie could

now in the making!

Actor, director and writer Justin Theroux has claimed that he is currently writing a screenplay for the sequel! All the original characters will be back, Zoolander played by Ben Stiller, Hansel played by Owen Wilson and of course Mugatu played by the awesome Will Ferrell! (excited much!)

He explained his ideas:

"[W]e start off with them in a pretty bad place. They're about to ring 40's bell. They have to claw their way back into the fashion industry in some way or another. It's too funny — it'll blow your mind. The script is in good shape right now. I'm feeling very optimistic about it. We're doing a few little tweaks before we submit it, but I'm very hopeful that I'm going to be working on that soon. Fingers crossed, anything is possible in Hollywood, but I think you're going to see Mugatu. We are planning on seeing Mugatu. There are a couple new villains that step onto the stage, which we are all very happy about. And yes, Jonah Hill is the inspiration for one of them."

That sounds hilarious, would you go see it?