IH: Girls love chick-flicks. This film kind of has a crossover appeal for guys as well. Usually guys just endure films that are chick-flicks. Can you speak to that? And what makes this a good non-chick-flick?

KH: I think what’s sort of interesting about the books, is that they all have like a murder mystery tie-in with the bounty-hunting aspect of it. So it’s not all just about romance. It’s not all just about comedy. Especially, actually, in this movie, the murder mystery storyline is kind of dark and a little edgy, and gives it a vibe that is not purely chick-flick-ish. I’m really excited about it because I think it does appeal to everyone. It isn’t just a girls’ movie, and I think we’re working hard to advertise it so everyone knows that. It’s a good time for everyone, men included. And I forgot where I was going.

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As anybody ever involved in the making of a comic book movie can attest, there’s an added pressure when you are working on a project that’s based on beloved source material. Such is the case for One For The Money, the new film from director Julie Anne Robinson. Due out this Friday, the film is an adaptation of the first Stephanie Plum book Janet Evanovich, of which there are now 18. But while it’s everyone on the set that has the responsibility to make the best movie they can, there is an added pressure on Katherine Heigl, who not only stars as Plum, but served as an executive producer.

“I really loved the producer role on this because it was so important to me to keep the film really close to the book because that’s what I fell in love with and that’s what millions of people have fallen in love with in terms of the One for the Money, Stephanie Plum series,” Heigl said recently at a press conference in Los Angeles. “So it was great to get to kind of be in

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It’s been a week since Katherine Heigl publicly expressed a desire to return to Grey’s Anatomy for a brief stint, but is Izzie really any closer to checking back into Seattle Grace?

In a word, no.

At Tuesday’s New York premiere of her action-comedy One For the Money (opening Friday), the actress told TVLine that the olive branch she extended to her old stomping ground via E! Online has not yet been accepted.

“I haven’t been approached about it [yet],” Heigl said. “But who knows? You never know.

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