Anne Hathaway Says She ‘Inexplicably Decided to’ Give Her Valentine’s Day Character ‘a Southern Drawl’

Hathaway shared the movie moment in a post commemorating late director Garry Marshall

Anne Hathaway says that the Southern drawl used by her character in the 2010 film Valentine’s Day was something she came up with all on her own

In a post shared to Instagram on Wednesday, Feb. 12, Hathaway, 42, wrote, “Three movies with Garry Marshall? Color me grateful. Valentine’s Day came out FIFTEEN years ago.”

In the caption to the post, which included a clip of one of her scenes from the film, Hathaway added: “enjoy this clip (where I inexplicably decided to give the character ‘Katya’ a southern drawl ) Happy Valentine’s Sugar”

Hathaway’s character in the film, Liz, is a receptionist who moonlights as a phone sex operator (at times named Katya) and begins dating the office mailroom clerk Jason (played by Topher Grace).

In the clip shared by Hathaway, Liz can be seen driving a scooter while she gets a call on her cell phone from one of her clients.

“Hi,” she answers, as she clumsily knocks her helmet to the ground. “Oh, I was thinking about you all night long. Oh I’m sorry I didn’t answer on the first ring. It’s not my fault. I was thinking about what you were gonna do to me and I just couldn’t wait. I didn’t have a free hand.”

“Oh baby, you know just how Katya likes it,” she continues, adding, “Well it’s Valentine’s Day, sugar. How about something special? My roommate just got home — do you want to have a threesome?”
At that, a woman walking her dog comes up alongside Liz, saying, “If he says, ‘Yes,’ it’ll take me a minute to change.”