NEW YORK, March 23 (UPI) -- Elena Kampouris, who in reality comes from a tight-knit Greek family, insists she had no trouble relating to the character she plays in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2.
"Absolutely, I could relate, because I am half-Greek," Kampouris told UPI at a recent Manhattan press conference. "My father's side is Greek, my mom's side is French-American, so, growing up in a Greek family, I call it BTGFD -- Born To Greek Family Disorder. You know what it's like having family members who are very loud and only have one volume, talk with our hands, with our feet. If we had extra limbs, we'd be talking with those, too. Even I do it. I was so used to that lifestyle, so, in playing Paris, it felt very natural. I felt like I was at home."