David Dobkin directed two Tupac videos; Owen Wilson found the script corny and he, Vaughn and the writers rewrote most of it; John McCain and James Carville cameo in the first Cleary wedding and McCain gave his $700 to charity; the...
Dermot Mulroney presented Julia Roberts with a woman of the decade award at the Guys Choice Awards; in 2001 producer Jerry Zucker discussed a sequel called My Best Friend's Divorce; test audiences found Julia too evil, prompting reshoots...
The ventilation-shaft fall reportedly used footage of a stunt error, and Bruce Willis shot Moonlighting by day and Die Hard at night while marrying Demi Moore during production.
Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz's original script killed the original IMF team including Peter Graves; a near-bankrupt Apple tied in with PowerBooks and a web adventure game; the Langley heist homages Dassin's Topkapi and Rififi; Ethan...
Grodin has permanent scars from the real handcuffs he wore; the boxcar scene was entirely improvised on set; De Niro actually punched John Ashton during the train fight; the script originally had Marvin die when Serrano's thugs knocked...
John C. Reilly cried real tears in the divorce scene; Boats and Hoes was written by Dr. Luke, who had been the SNL guitarist; Ferrell did his own singing and Reilly his own drumming at the Catalina Wine Mixer; Adam Scott lip-synced Sweet...
Hanks took percentage points instead of a salary and made over $40 million; Jim Hanks doubled in the running scenes; Eric Roth's 2001 sequel script from Gump and Company was dropped after 9/11; what Forrest says when the rally microphone...
Soderbergh considered shooting in black and white; the code names (Boski, Jim Brown, Miss Daisy, two Jethros, Leon Spinks, Ella Fitzgerald) all appear in the movie; Clooney sent Julia Roberts the script with a $20 bill; Don Cheadle is...
Fuqua gave the poker-scene actors instructions without telling Hawke, who did not understand the card game; 'fuck' is used 211 times; the opening diner was also the Seven diner where Morgan Freeman and Gwyneth Paltrow meet; the studio...
