![]() I mean you write it with someone in mind, someone you hope to have, never truly dreaming you’re going to get them. They were really, really generous and game for anything. To get them in my first film is nothing short of a miracle. “I’m a big Ben Stiller fan and a big, big Vince Vaughn fan and I wrote both roles for these guys. Rawson Marshall Thurber wrote the characters White Goodman and Peter La Fleur with Stiller and Vaughn specifically in mind and described getting them for the film as a miracle. It’s another thing entirely if you’re the new guy in town and don’t have a relationship with the A-listers you’re aiming for. Writing for an actor is one thing if you’re Adam McKay and have already worked with Will Ferrell for over a decade. Director Rawson Marshall Thurber created White Goodman and Peter La Fleur for Ben and Vince. Taylor had taken a few years off from acting at the time to be a mother and Thurber suggested the idea to her, feeling that she would play well off of Ben in the villain role.Ĩ. It was actually Rawson Marshall Thurber’s idea, to bring Ben Stiller’s wife Christine on board with the cast. It was the director’s idea to bring Christine Taylor on board. Olympic Hockey Coach Herb Brooks, who compared his team’s training efforts to a bunch of monkeys trying to hump a football.Ħ. Rip Torn’s character Patches O’Houlihan had a lot of great lines and one that was particularly popular was his comparison of the team’s performance to watching “a bunch of retards hump a doorknob.” This not-so politically correct metaphor was a reference to 1980 U.S. Patches O’Houlihan took his insults from the 1980 U.S. It just sent us both back to eighth grade.”ĥ. There’s just no way not to get upset with somebody after you’ve done that. That actually affected our relationship for like a week. “I hit her in the face a couple of times, which was not good. The low-point of the shoot came when Stiller accidentally beamed his wife in the face with one of the rubber balls. Stiller told IGN that the actual dodgeball scenes were exhausting to shoot, but nobody wanted to look bad in front of the 500 extras and gave it their all. Before filming began the cast had a one month dodgeball refresher course, at which point they all remembered how much they hated dodgeball. The film cost only $23 million to make, but went on to pull $124 million at the box office.Ĥ. Dreamworks and MGM passed on the project, and Fox didn’t finally sign on until after Stiller agreed to numerous pay cuts. Ben Stiller’s Red Hour productions was going to produce the film, but getting financial backing from a studio proved difficult. Dodgeball was Rawson Marshall Thurber’s first feature-length screenplay and most of the major studios weren’t interested in the idea. Hollywood was doubtful of a movie about a misfit dodgeball team. When Ben finally does show up they all get into an argument, storm out, and the audio commentary for There’s Something About Mary begins.ģ. It’s customary for many DVDs to have commentary with the director, screenwriters and cast - in fact, it’s where most of these obscure facts originate from - Dodgeball’s commentary is one of the more entertaining ones out there and basically involves Vince Vaughn and writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber drinking beer and ragging on Ben Stiller for being late. The prop wrenches that Rip Torn hurled at Justin Long’s head were made of rubber, but that didn’t stop one from cutting open Long’s eyebrow.Ģ. Rip Torn’s wrench-throwing is not to be underestimated. In honor of Rip Torn’s greatest role - at least among roles concerning wheelchair-bound psychos - here are 10 facts behind the creation of Stiller/Vaughn comedy.ġ. ![]() Not to mention memorable scenes from Jason Bateman and cameos from William Shatner, Chuck Norris, and Norm MacDonald (he’s un-credited but if you look hard enough you can spot him in some of the Globo Gym scenes). It may not have been the strongest offering from the “Frat Pack’s” golden era, but the ragtag team of gym misfits and a spandex-clad Ben stiller delivered a decent chunk of solid laughs about a middle school P.E. It seems like just yesterday I was listening to my college roommate rattle off Vince Vaughn quotes. It’s a little jarring that it’s already been 10 years since Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story came out.
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