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- Casting Ben Stiller Wasn’t a Sure Thing. There were three actors who were considered for the role of Ted Stroehmann: Owen Wilson, Jon Stewart and Stiller.
- Brett Favre Was 3rd Choice to Play Mary’s Ex. Bob Farrelly, a big-time New England Patriots fan, revealed on the Rich Eisen Show that quarterback Drew Bledsoe was his first choice to play Mary's ex.
- Diaz & Stiller Were Worried About the ‘Hair Gel’ Scene. Stiller told The New York Times that he didn’t believe that any guy wouldn’t feel the semen dripping off his ear unless he somehow had lost sensitivity in his ear.
- It Took 6 Months for Fox to Green Light the Film. Fox wanted to take out the hair gel scene, but the Farrelly brothers insisted on keeping it in the script.
- The Narrator Is A Punk Rock Pioneer
- Magda Is Also A Horror Movie Icon
- Chris Farley Came Close to Playing Warren
- One Location Asked Not Be Named in The End Credits
- Actor Chris Elliot Made Dom/Woogie Even Weirder
- Brett Favre Was The Third NFL Star Asked to Play Mary’s Boyfriend
- 20th Century Fox Wanted A Sequel
- The Farrellys Took Extreme Measures to Get One Reaction Shot
- 12 The ‘Hair Gel’ Scene Almost Got Cut
- One Painful Scene Was Based on A Real-Life Incident
One of the quirkiest elements of There’s Something About Mary is its singing narrator, appearing unseen alongside the characters throughout the movie. You might not have known that this is Jonathan Richman, a major musical figure in his own right. After forming his band The Modern Lovers in the early 70s, Boston-born Richman’s back-to-basics rock’n...
One of the most memorable characters in the movie is Magda, Mary’s heavily tanned next-door neighbour. The part was played by actress Lin Shaye, who had made appearances in all the Farrelly Brothers movies up to that point. However, prior to her association with the Farrellys, Shaye was best known for her supporting roles in such horror movies as A...
One of the most controversial aspects of There’s Something About Mary was its representation of Mary’s disabled brother Warren. Things might have been different if Chris Farley had been cast in the role, which was considered early on. As Farley was one of the biggest names in comedy at the time, his casting would have made sense from a business per...
Much of There’s Something About Mary was shot on location in Florida, including the early scenes featuring Ted, Mary and Warren in high school. However, rather than shooting at an actual school, the city hall of Plantation, Florida was used and redressed accordingly. Plantation City Council were paid a reported $2,500 by the production for this. Ho...
One of the biggest surprises in There’s Something About Mary is the revelation that Ted’s good friend Dom is in fact Woogie, Mary’s dangerously obsessive ex-boyfriend. It’s a great bad guy role, and contributions from actor Chris Elliot made the character even creepier and weirder. Elliot suggested that Woogie have a progressively worse skin condit...
American Football player Brett Favre has a funny cameo in the film’s climax, playing himself as the man who might be Mary’s true love. In fact, he was the third person asked to take the role. Initially, the Farrellys wanted Drew Bledsoe, then quarterback of the New England Patriots, who decided to pass owing to a recent scandal where he was accused...
No one expected There’s Something About Mary to be a hit – but once it was, there was unsurprisingly demand for more. Studio 20th Century Fox asked Bobby and Peter Farrelly to make a sequel – but the writer-director duo declined. Bobby Farrelly says that, while they gave the matter some thought, they ultimately decided There’s Something About Mary ...
One among many wonderfully staged comedy set pieces in the film is the battle between Ben Stiller’s Ted and Magda’s dog Puffy. However, the directors weren’t quite getting what they wanted out of their cast whilst shooting the scene. After Puffy goes flying out of the window, the Farrelly brothers didn’t feel they were getting a strong enough react...
It’s the most iconic image in There’s Something About Mary, but it came very close to being left on the cutting room floor. The studio were concerned about it, as was Cameron Diaz – and the Farrellys have admitted they too were unsure if this particular joke was going just a little too far. Bobby Farrelly explains, “We were like, ‘This could defini...
However, there was a particular potency to this scene in There’s Something About Mary as it was inspired by real events. The Farrelly Brothers recounted that their parents once had to help a young man in just such a predicament!
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Jul 11, 2019 · Photo: There's Something About Mary / 20th Century Fox Brett Favre Was Only Cast As Mary’s Boyfriend Because Both Drew Bledsoe And Steve Young Turned The Role Down The Farrelly brothers told Rich Eisen in 2014 that Brett Favre was not the first or second choice to play Mary's old flame in the comedy.
20th Century Fox Both Siskel and Ebert were fans of the film. In fact, Siskel called There’s Something About Mary his ninth-best film of 1998 in what would be his last yearend...
There's Something About Mary was released theatrically on July 15, 1998, by 20th Century Fox. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its humor and Diaz's performance.
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Jul 15, 2023 · 20th Century Fox “I added the facial blemishes after I met with Peter and Bobby Farrelly, as kind of a running thing,” Elliott told A.V. Club . “So I guess I feel like I contributed something to it, but with or without the boil on the eyelid, it still was a character just funny on the page.
Aug 16, 2018 · But the Farrellys had a fan at 20th Century Fox in film marketing and distribution executive Tom Sherak. Advertisement “He said to bring him the next project we were passionate about,” Bobby...
