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Nia Vardalos on Planning A Bigger, Fatter, Greeker Wedding
When My Big Fat Greek Wedding burst on the scene 13 years ago it became one of the biggest grossing comedies of all time, garnering Golden Globe nominations as Best Comedy or Musical as well as for the young woman who penned and starred in it as Toula Potokalos, an endearingly awkward Chicagoan of Greek descent who fell for and, yes, married “gentile” John Corbett while having to overcome the skepticism of her loud and lovable Greek family. Given the film’s success, there was immediate buzz about a sequel but somehow it never came … until now. Listen to Nia tell us why it took this long to finally continue the Portokalos saga and how it was playing Tuls now that she’s the proud mom of teen daughter Paris. She’s played by true Greek Elene Kampouris (and we spoke to her too!)