The Wedding Singer - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of The Wedding Singer or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to The Wedding Singer

[kylie]

Christopher McDonald was considered for the role of Glenn. McDonald previously played Adam Sandler's character's enemy Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore (1996).

[fred]

Carrie Fisher, Judd Apatow, and Adam Sandler worked uncredited on the script.

[charlie]

The line "Mr. and Mrs. Harold Veltri" pays tribute to Gino Veltri, the lead singer of the band that played at the third grade graduation in Billy Madison (1995).

[melinda]

In this film, Robbie mentions someone with the name Eric Lamonsoff. The name Eric Lamonsoff was later given to a character played by Kevin James alongside Adam Sandler in Grown Ups (2010) and Grown Ups 2 (2013).

[sandra]

The car Glenn (Matthew Glave) drives is a DeLorean, the same model car Doc Brown used as his time machine in Back to the Future (1985).

[kristina]

Betty White was considered for the role of Rosie.

[sylvia]

Faye, the photographer, says that Robbie and Julia will last like "Donald and Ivana, Burt and Loni, and Woody and Mia." She's referring to Donald and Ivana Trump, Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson, and Woody Allen and Mia Farrow. The first two couples had bitter divorces. Allen and Farrow, who never married, endured a bitter break-up.

[jessica]

The song playing at Robbie's aborted wedding to Linda is a string quartet arrangement of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'".

[sandra]

Jon Cryer and Matthew Broderick were considered for the role of Glenn.

[darrell]

The front license plate on Sammy's limo reads "IMKINKE".

[ava]

Julia carries a bouquet of daisies in her wedding to Robbie. Drew Barrymore's favorite flowers in real-life are daisies.

[melinda]

Natalie Portman, Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Garner, Molly Ringwald, Julia Roberts, Diane Lane, Christina Ricci, Christina Moore, Justine Bateman, Christina Applegate, Cameron Diaz, Elizabeth Hurley, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lori Loughlin, Heather Graham, Brooke Shields, Katie Holmes, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jennifer Biel, Lauren Graham and Pamela Anderson were all considered for the role of Julia.

[frederick]

George (Alexis Arquette) makes a special appearance at the end of Blended (2014), the third movie with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore.

[liam]

The role of Glenn Guglia was originally written with Jim Carrey in mind.

[christina]

Charlie Sheen was considered for the role of Glenn.

[violet]

The song played during Robbie and Julia's first kiss (the "church tongue" kiss) is the song he sings to her at the end, "I Wanna Grow Old with You".

[steve]

Robbie tells Linda at one point to "Get out of my Van Halen t-shirt before you jinx the band and they break up". David Lee Roth left Van Halen in 1985 (the year in which the movie is set).

[elmer]

Julia and Glenn's wedding date is set for August 5, 1985.

[addison]

The character of George was based on Boy George, lead singer of Culture Club. He sings "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" in the film.