'Going the Distance' premiere: Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Christina Applegate [videos]
At the Hollywood premiere of "Going the Distance," there seemed to be one somewhat awkward question everyone had for the movie's stars Drew Barrymore and Justin Long: What's it like to work with someone you've had an on-again, off-again romantic relationship with?
"Awful, just awful," Barrymore deadpanned on the red carpet Monday night.
"I wouldn't say awful," Long chimed in. "I'd say 'meh.' M-e-h, if you need to quote me. No, it was great."
The movie, in which the pair play a couple who become entangled in a long-distance relationship, is rated R -- giving the film an edginess that was intentional, Barrymore said.
It's a "romantic comedy that's more real and more adult and not sort of based in necessarily a fairy-tale setting, even though I love those movies," she said.
Long described it more succinctly: "It's not schmaltzy."
Christina Applegate, who plays the sister of Drew's character in the movie, said the two were ...
