Christina Applegate nurtures a teen rock star

MANILA, Philippines - Christina Applegate stars opposite Rainn Wilson in The Rocker, a hilarious movie where she plays young mother of a teenage musician.

In the comedy, there is great music, fascinating characters and a highly entertaining story, but there is also romance. At first Christina’s Kim cannot stand the aging rocker who appears to be leading her son and his pals astray. Her 17- year-old son Curtis (Teddy Geiger) has a high school band, A.D.D. They lost their drummer and have hired a new one, Fish Fishman (Wilson). Fish was once nearly famous. He was a member of the ’80s band Vesuvius who became massive global superstars — just after Fish was thrown out.

Below are excerpts from the interview with Christina:

What kind of woman do you play?

I play a single mother, a young mother who has a lot of strength and had to raise her son on her own. At the same time I think there’s a sadness to a woman like this who has had her youth taken away from her. She’s charming; she’s witty.

Did you relate to the character? Your own mother was a young single mom, wasn’t she?

Yes, I definitely related lot in terms of what my mom went through. I understood what a young single mother experiences. My upbringing was great. It was very creative and I am still close to my mom.

What music are you into? Do you like the ’80s head banging rock music in the movie?

No, that was never anything that I was into at all — contrary to popular belief — because of course as viewers will remember, I played a girl who was into rock music on the TV show Married with Children. Growing up, I was into classic rock. I loved Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Free and The Beatles.

What was it like working with Rainn Wilson?

Working with him was such a joy; I am really lucky.

The Rocker opens soon in theaters nationwide.