| 1 | * TheCastShowoff: Creator/WillFerrell did his own singing and Creator/JohnCReilly did his own drumming. An interesting aversion is that Reilly, who is known to be a very talented singer as well, doesn't. |
| 2 | * CreatorsOddball: Compared to Creator/AdamMcKay's [[Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy other]] [[Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby work]] with Creator/WillFerrell, in spite of its silly premise, ''Step Brothers'' is more of a grounded comedy-drama that explores the [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome more realistic consequences]] of Dale and Brennan's {{Manchild}} antics. |
| 3 | * {{Defictionalization}}: Inspired by the film, the [[https://www.visitcatalinaisland.com/event/catalina-wine-mixer-2017 Catalina Wine Mixer]] was first held in 2015 and had its third annual event in late 2017. |
| 4 | * EnforcedMethodActing: According to Creator/JohnCReilly, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jBIlXyWSK4 his farting was geniune.]] He says he was influenced by a legend about Creator/JohnMalkovich doing a play that called for him to pee on stage, which he reportedly did ''every night''. |
| 5 | * MidDevelopmentGenreShift: At one point, Creator/AdamMcKay considered making the film an actual drama. |
| 6 | * StillbornFranchise: Creator/WillFerrell and Creator/JohnCReilly have talked about a sequel. Reilly had the idea. According to Creator/AdamMcKay, the characters would be mature and have jobs. "One of them's married and has a kid. They're still kind of goofballs but they've taken three or four steps. Then we have an idea for something happens that knocks him back to square one, and one of the brothers, John C. Reilly sort of instigates it, like 'we can't take this anymore.' And things go really bad, their lives kind of fall apart. They have to pull it back together is sort of the basic structure." [=McKay=] has also said that ideas that were not used in the first film may be used in the sequel. |
| 7 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
| 8 | ** Creator/JonHamm auditioned for the role of Derek. |
| 9 | ** Creator/LesleyAnnWarren was offered the role of Nancy, but had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts with ''Series/InPlainSight''. |
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