Movie Summary:

Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine’s Day.

Information on Taylor’s Role:

Willie is a high school athlete. In the movie, it shows how Valentines Day goes through different couples, in his case, a lovesick high school couple.

Trivia:

Katherine Heigl was considered for a role in the movie but was dropped because of salary demands.

Rachel McAdams and Elizabeth Banks auditioned for the role of Morley Clarkson.

Sam Worthington, Jake Gyllenhaal and Orlando Bloom all turned down the role of Holden. Worthington also turned down the role of Sean Jackson.

Gemma Arterton auditioned for the role of Grace Smart.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan auditioned for a role.

Katie Cassidy was considered for the role of Felicia.

When Taylor Lautner was cast, it was rumored that he would play a young love interest for Anne Hathaway. Instead, Topher Grace got that part, and Lautner ended up being cast opposite singer Taylor Swift.

When we see Julia Roberts and Bradley Cooper for the first time, the captain says “…three days of rain”. The two starred together on Broadway in a play called “Three Days of Rain” in 2006. It received terrible reviews and ran for just 70 performances.

Cameo: [Joe Mantegna] The angry driver who nearly gets hit by Reed’s florist van early in the movie.

At the time this movie was released the star-studded cast had collectively been nominated for 16 acting Oscars during their careers, including four wins. The nominations are shared by actors Kathy Bates (3), Jamie Foxx (2), Anne Hathaway (1), Queen Latifah (1), Shirley MacLaine (6) and Julia Roberts (3).

Director Cameo: [Garry Marshall] A musician in a scene with Topher Grace and Anne Hathaway.

Actor Trademark: [Taylor Swift] Felicia has the number 13, Swift’s lucky number, drawn on her hand.

Fernanda Romero was considered for the role of Morley Clarkson, but it went to Jessica Alba.

The name on Julia Roberts uniform says “Hazeltine”, a combination of her daughter’s name Hazel Moder and Valentine.

Jennifer Aniston, Sandra Bullock and Jodie Foster all turned down the role of Captain Kate Hazeltine.

Julia Roberts was paid nearly $12,000 for each word she says in this film: 251 words in return for, reportedly, a $3 million paycheck.

Cameo: [Betty Garrett, Edna Babish of "Laverne & Shirley" (1976)] woman in yellow outfit, in the Bistro Garden restaurant scene.

Director Trademark: [Garry Marshall] [baseball] During the kiss in the news station, the shot is on a couple of production screens. One of the below screens shows an aerial shot of Dodgers Stadium.

Alex’s cell phone reads “Monday, February 14,” implying that the movie takes place in 2011.

One of the songs heard in the movie is Frankie Valli’s Moody’s Mood for Love. Joseph Leo Bwarie (Mailroom Danny) has played Valli ans sang this song in the stage play of Jersey Boys.

Julia Stiles auditioned for the role of Kara, but lost to Jessica Biel.

The insignia patches that appear on Captain Kate Hazeltine’s (Julia Roberts) uniform indicate that she is a captain in the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army.

As he often does in his movies, Garry Marshall cast many of his family members in small roles in this movie: Reed’s coworker Nikki is played by Marshall’s daughter Kathleen Marshall; Mr. Schwabbe is played by his son Scott Marshall; grandchildren Sam Marshall and Lily Marshall-Fricker play “Soccer son” and “Lily,” respectively; wife Barbara Marshall plays the nurse who tells Julia where Harrison is eating dinner; and niece Tracy Reiner plays a French photographer. Marshall also shot a scene with his sister, director ‘Penny Marshall’ (I), in it, but it didn’t make the final cut.

When Edgar is at the cemetery before the movie starts, on the movie screen is the title of the movie, Hot Spell (1958), and pictures the two main characters. He mentions that the woman on the screen is his trifecta. When asked if he means literally the actress on the screen. He says “yes, literally.” The actress on the screen is Shirley MacLaine, who plays his wife in the movie.

Kathy Bates originally played Frankie in the play “Frankie and Johnny at the Clair de Lune,” which was turned into the film Frankie and Johnny (1991), directed by Garry Marshall. This was filmed before Misery (1990) became a hit and turned Bates into a well-known actress, so she was not cast in the film version. In this film, she finally works with Marshall.

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