Article: Faris always up for another 'Scary' experience

You could say Anna Faris keeps coming back to the "Scary Movie" franchise because she wants to develop her craft. You could -- but you'd be lying.

"I wish I could tell you that it takes everything I have in me, but it really doesn't," says Faris, the actress whose deadpan innocence as clueless Cindy Campbell has been a bulwark in the spoof- crazy "Scary Movie" series.

"She's still the same old simple Cindy," says Faris. "She's just as innocent and naive as ever, just trying to save the world again."

In "Scary Movie 4" Cindy launches a health-care career by aiding a creepy old lady (Cloris Leachman) in scenes parodying "The Grudge." Cindy falls for dumb-hunk-next-door Tom Ryan (Craig ...

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