Grown Ups - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[duane]

Lamonsoff drives a 1996 Cadillac Eldorado Coach Builders Limited Convertible.

[bryan]

Kurt drives a 2007 Volvo XC90 Gen.1

[javier]

Adam Sandler wrote and was set to release this movie in the mid 1990s, with Chris Farley in the Kevin James role. Farley's death in 1997 halted production plans, and the film was shelved for more than a decade.

[frederick]

In the scene where all the families are drinking Kevin James can be seen wearing a Sityodtong shirt. Sityodtong USA is owned and operated by Mark DellaGrotte. Mark DellaGrotte would later appear as Kevin James's trainer in Here Comes the Boom.

[ken]

Higgins drives a 2009 Ford Mustang [S197].

[terry]

Gary Busey filmed a cameo as one of Lenny's clients, but it did not make the final cut. However, it can be found on the Blu-ray Special Features.

[beth]

Adam Sandler is seen wearing a University of New Hampshire t-shirt. Sandler was born in Brooklyn, New York, but raised in Manchester, New Hampshire.

[sophie]

Rob Schneider's character is continually seen to be eating and drinking the most organic food and drink. This is very much keeping with the actor, who is very into healthy eating.

[cassandra]

Director Dennis Dugan directed his ex-wife Joyce Van Patten in this movie. Just like depicted in her character Gloria's relationship with Rob Schneider, also Van Patten is older than Dugan. Though, their age difference (eleven years) is not quite as significant as that of the movie characters.

[christina]

Rob drives a 2008 smart Fortwo [451].

[jessica]

The ponies you see during the 4th of July Carnival scene are, in real life, Disco (brown one with white socks), T.J. (fat brown and white one), Tigger (little brown and white one), and Double-Up (white one). They live at Hunter's Haven Farm in Groveland, Massachusetts.

[harry]

The first cut of the film was three hours and twelve minutes long.

[russell]

After the movie premiered, Adam Sandler bought each of his fellow cast members (Chris Rock, Kevin James, Rob Schneider, and David Spade) a brand new Maserati. Rock appreciated the gift but said it made him feel like "Adam Sandler's bitch".

[norma]

Studio executives were not enthused with reports that Salma Hayek would be cast in the film, and in a meeting suggested to Adam Sandler that they continue looking until they could get a "less ethnic" actress in the part. Sandler then told them he'd already offered Hayek the role and she'd accepted, adding that he would not consider re-casting the part and warned them not to bring the subject up again.

[jesus]

Adam Sandler took a break from filming to be the guest speaker at the 2010 commencement of his alma mater, Manchester Central High School in Manchester, New Hampshire. His niece was a member of the graduating class.

[ken]

Eric Lamonsoff also appears in the credits during another Sandler movie, Jack and Jill (2011). That movie is about a set of fraternal twins. The movie has real twins in the beginning and end sharing their stories.

[nora]

An early scene where the five male leads all sit in chairs outside the lakehouse in sunshine was actually extremely cold. External heaters were placed out of shot so the actors, who were all dressed in t-shirts and shorts, could warm themselves in between takes.

[bryan]

Director Dennis Dugan has a cameo during the opening credits as the basketball referee. This is not his first time making a cameo as a referee; he played a football referee in Saving Silverman (2001).

[bessie]

The guys play a game called arrow roulette, rules are whoever stays in the circle the longest wins. Everyone but Rob runs from the circle right after Lenny shoots the arrow meaning Rob had already won. He could've left the circle avoiding the arrow in his foot & still would have been the winner.