The Hangover Trilogy 10 BehindTheScenes Facts About The Hit Comedy

The Hangover Trilogy: 10 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The Hit Comedy

Like it or not, The Hangover trilogy is probably the most definitive R-rated comedy of its time. Fittingly, its filming and making was pretty wild.

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When Todd Phillips’ The Hangover topped $400 million at the worldwide box office, an unprecedented amount for any original movie but especially for an R-rated comedy. With a breakout hit like this, it was only a matter of time before the sequels started rolling in. However, things didn’t pan out exactly as hoped for.

The trilogy’s critical reception got worse and worse as it went on, but the fan base remained strong and Phillips managed to tell a more or less complete story before ending The Hangover for good. To be fair to Phillips, through thick and thin, he — and the rest of the cast — stuck with The Hangover to the very end. Some interesting things happened during the making of the trilogy and if things were slightly different, The Hangover would’ve been a very different trilogy.

10 Jack Black Turned Down The Role Of Alan

When The Hangover was first in development, the role of Alan was offered to Jack Black, but he turned it down. The character underwent significant rewrites throughout pre-production, with Jake Gyllenhaal, Jonah Hill, and Thomas Haden Church all being considered before Zach Galifianakis was finally cast.

Paul Rudd turned down the role of Phil before Bradley Cooper was cast and Seth Rogen was considered to play Stu before Ed Helms was chosen.

9 Development Of A Sequel Began Months Before The Hangover Was Released

Warner Bros. was so confident in The Hangover that the producers began to develop a sequel just two months before the movie even hit theaters. The test screenings went so well for the studio to justify premature work on a follow-up.

For their continued involvement, Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis were all promised a percentage of the sequel’s box office returns in addition to their substantial paychecks.

8 The Cast Agreed To Part III If There Would Be No Part IV

The only condition that the cast of The Hangover series had for returning for a third movie was that it had to be the end of the franchise. The reasoning for this was that as popular as the Hangover movies were, the cast didn’t want to get roped into endless Hangover sequels for the rest of their careers.

Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis all felt that the story had run out of steam, and getting Cooper — who has since moved on to bigger projects than a raunchy comedy — to even do the third one took some convincing from Galifianakis.

7 Ed Helms’ Missing Tooth Was Real

When Stu wakes up with a tooth missing in the first Hangover, there’s no makeup or moviemaking trickery involved. As it turns out, Ed Helms really does have a missing tooth.

An adult incisor never grew in Helms’ mouth, so he had a fake one put in. All he had to do was take out the fake incisor for Stu to have a missing tooth. This is similar to the cap that Jim Carrey had removed from his chipped tooth to play Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumber.

6 Zach Galifianakis Refused To Shave His Beard For Part II

One of the shocking revelations on the fateful morning after in The Hangover Part II was supposed to be that Alan had shaved his beard, but Zach Galifianakis refused to do it.

As a solution, the script was rewritten so that Alan would shave his head instead, and Galifianakis had no problem with going bald as opposed to going clean-shaven.

5 Ed Helms’ Commitment To Part III Put The Office In A Tough Spot

Since he was playing Andy Bernard on The Office the whole time, Ed Helms was the only cast member of The Hangover trilogy who had to take time off from a regular role on a TV series to shoot each movie. By the time the third movie rolled around, Andy had become the manager of the titular workplace, so Helms was required a lot more time away from The Office to finish his Hangover commitments.

The shooting schedule for The Hangover Part III forced the writers of The Office to force a storyline in which Andy randomly decides to take off on his family’s boat for a couple of months.

4 Carlos The Baby Was Played By 3 Sets Of Twins

In the first Hangover, the guys wake up in the company of a screaming baby, who Alan calls Carlos. It’s not uncommon for babies in movies and TV shows to be played by twins due to their unpredictable behavior, but Carlos was played by three sets of twins.

The role of the baby’s mother, Jade, was offered to Lindsay Lohan, but she turned it down because she didn’t like the script and expected the movie to bomb. She still doesn’t regret turning down the part, even though it’s been said that The Hangover could’ve revived her career.

3 Liam Neeson’s Cameo In Part II Was Cut

The part of the tattoo artist in The Hangover Part II was originally set to be played by Mel Gibson, but the cast and crew reportedly objected to his involvement following a string of controversies. Gibson was dropped and replaced by Liam Neeson, who shot the cameo. However, during post-production, Todd Phillips felt the need to redo the cameo.

By then, Neeson was busy shooting Wrath of the Titans in London, so he couldn’t make it to the reshoot. As a solution, Phillips reshot the entire scene with The Notebook director Nick Cassavetes instead as the tattoo artist.

2 Robert Downey, Jr. Was Considered For John Goodman’s Role In Part III

In the first Hangover, Doug the Drug Dealer arbitrarily mentions that his boss’ name is Marshall and in The Hangover Part III, Marshall finally makes his franchise debut. He’s not just in the finale but he was also its main antagonist, played by John Goodman.

Before Goodman was cast, the producers considered Robert Downey, Jr. (who’d worked with Todd Phillips and Zach Galifianakis on Due Date) and Sean Penn for the role.

1 Mike Tyson Was High On Cocaine In The Hangover

Mike Tyson has admitted that he accepted his role in The Hangover in order to pay for his drug habit, and that he was high on cocaine when he was filming his scenes.

He said that working on The Hangover made him rethink his lifestyle and he went on to appear in the first sequel. Additionally, Tyson does own a tiger in real life but there’s one major difference: he owns seven of them, not just one as shown in the movie.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/the-hangover-trilogy-movies-facts-trivia/

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