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Sep 24, 2015 · After Pat develops a stalker-style fixation on the lovely, unattached Mary, he lies to Ted, telling him that she's now an overweight mother confined to a wheelchair.
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Nov 5, 2013 · Ben Stiller's character in 1998's "There's Something About Mary" ends up with a rather personal substance hanging from his ear, and Cameron Diaz mistakes it for hair gel.
Jul 14, 2018 · The Farrelly Brothers and Cameron Diaz reveal the origin and challenges of the raunchy comedy's most memorable scene, where Ted gets his penis stuck in his fly. They also share how they cast the characters, including the stepdad, the disabled guy and the homeless friend.
- The Farrellys Made The Film Like It Would Be Their Last
- The Zipper Gag Was Based on A Real-Life Incident
- Jim Carrey and Courteney Cox Were Considered For The Lead Roles
- The Farrellys Recycled Some Dialogue from An Unproduced Seinfeld Script
- Keith David Improvised A Lot of His Dialogue
- Cameron Diaz Had A Better Golf Swing Than Her Professional Stand-In
- Dropping Ted’s Stretcher Was A Genuine Accident
- Bill Murray Was Deemed Too Old to Play Pat Healy
- The Script’S Original Ending Was Extremely Dark
After making a movie that bombed, Kingpin, the Farrelly brothers figured they’d only get to make one more movie. So, they set out to write an over-the-top, balls-to-the-wall, absurdist take on a cliché-ridden romantic comedy, which Bobby Farrelly has described as When Harry Met Sally meets Blazing Saddles. Oddly enough, this is the same technique t...
One of the most famous gags in There’s Something About Mary– second only to the notorious “hair gel” mix-up – is Ted getting his “frank and beans” stuck in his zipper. This scene was based on a real-life incident in which the Farrelly brothers’ parents had to help out a kid who’d gotten his genitals caught in his zipper at one of their sisters’ par...
Playing the lead roles in There’s Something About Maryshot Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz to the top of the A-list. Stiller was always the Ferrellys’ first choice to play Ted, but the studio was reluctant to cast him. Their second choice was Owen Wilson, and the studio was even more reluctant to cast him, so they let the Farrellys cast Stiller after ...
The dialogue between Ted and Mary when they talk about how there aren’t enough meats on sticks was recycled from a Seinfeldscript that the Farrellys wrote that was never produced. They still liked the dialogue, so they included it in this movie. RELATED: Seinfeld: 5 Episodes About Nothing (& 5 Episodes That Actually Addressed Something Real) The du...
Keith David ad-libbed a lot of his dialogue in There’s Something About Mary, included his iconic line about a “can of whoop-ass.” Brett Favre also came up with his own line – “I’m in town to play the Dolphins, you dumbass” – because he didn’t like the lines that were written for him.
For the scene in which Mary practices her golf swing down at the driving range (the Aqua Golf Range in Pembroke Park), Cameron Diaz had a professional golfer as a stand-in for when she actually swung the club. However, according to Peter Farrelly, Diaz turned out to have a better swing than the professional golf player who was hired to stand in for...
As Ted is taken away on a stretcher, the paramedics drop the stretcher as they load it into the back of an ambulance. This might seem like a visual punchline, adding insult to Ted’s injury, but it was actually a genuine mistake. The crew cut as soon as it happened to make sure Ben Stiller was okay, but when they resumed filming, they played off the...
The Farrellys’ original casting choice for the role of Pat Healy was Bill Murray, who they’d just directed in Kingpin. However, they later decided that he was too old for the part, and started searching for a younger actor. They considered Vince Vaughn, Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Hank Azaria for the role before casting Matt Dillon and giving him a care...
The original script for There’s Something About Marycalled for an ending that was a lot darker than the more conventional conclusion to the story that appears in the final cut. Instead of going with the traditional happily-ever-after ending, there was originally a moment right after Mary chooses Ted out of her gaggle of romantic suitors in which Te...
Jul 15, 2018 · There's Something About Mary Turns 20: Inside the Debate Over Cameron Diaz's Infamous Hair Gel Scene As fans well know two decades later, it wasn't a hair product dangling...
Jun 5, 2021 · It stars Cameron Diaz as the title character with Ben Stiller, Matt Dillon, Lee Evans and Chris Elliott all playing men who are in love with Mary and vying for her affections. There's...
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In a recent interview with Variety , Peter and Bobby Farrelly, directors of 'There's Something About Mary', revealed that Cameron Diaz nearly changed her mind about the scene which saw her...
