"Spy" stars on the "religious experience" of meeting

Actress Melissa McCarthy and director Paul Feig are two of the funniest people in Hollywood, and together they are even funnier. This summer they are releasing their third film collaboration, "Spy." Clever, action-packed and laugh-out-loud funny, the spy comedy is both McCarthy and Feig at their best.

"It was important to both of us that we try to make a real spy movie," Feig said on "CBS This Morning" Wednesday. "The comedy comes from the interactions with the characters and the extreme characters and the extreme situations."

McCarthy plays a skilled but insecure spy that is unexpectedly thrown into the field alongside Jude Law, Jason Statham and Rose Byrne. Her character's sweet demeanor and incredible talent leave you rooting for her the entire film.

"That's what kind of made me love the character so much," McCarthy said. "I thought, I love the spy genre, I love that kind of ticking-clock, nervous-audience feeling. I loved that she was undervalued, underestimated, and I don't think it's very often you get to see a spy character kind of have that arc within a movie."

The comedic duo have worked together previously on hits such as "Bridesmaids" and "The Heat" and have formed quite the bond. Feig describes his first interactions with McCarthy at her "Bridesmaids" audition as a "religious experience."

"It took me a few seconds to figure out that what she was doing was even funny because it was so different from what we had seen before," Feig said. "And then you're like, this is the craziest, funniest thing I've ever seen."

"That was a pretty dandy group," McCarthy added.

The duo explained their secret to creating the funniest movie possible is not being precious with anything and capturing it all.

"Paul comes in like some kind of creature with Post-its all over his fingers, and each one is a different joke, and he just goes, 'Any of these? Any of these?'" McCarthy said. "And I like read them all and grab a couple. He does a really fun thing. He doesn't want the person you're acting with to know the line. We don't want the other people to know. It's nice to surprise them."

Next, Feig is working on bringing back one of the most famous movies of all time -- "Ghostbusters." Only this time around, it will be a female-centric take on the classic. McCarthy will be joining him for that project as well, alongside Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones.

For now, you can catch "Spy" in theaters Friday.