McCarthy is not interested in playing pleasant characters. Flawless women with perfect clothes and relationships? Nope, not for her. “Who wants to watch that?” she says. “There’s nothing to sink your teeth into. … The people I love and like are filled with quirks and eccentricities.” McCarthy spoke with Terry Gross about ‘Bridesmaids,’ playing Sean Spicer on ‘SNL,’ and her role as literary forger Lee Israel in ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’

Also, John Powers reviews the BBC drama ‘Bodyguard,’ dropping on Netflix Oct. 24.