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1* ActorAllusion:
2** The lady at the bank has Gamelguard as a last name. This references Tom Hanks's last directorial effort ''Film/ThatThingYouDo'' - where Faye mentions a boy with that name.
3** Another ''That Thing You Do'' reference - the line "we're being invaded" was said in both movies.
4* DirectedByCastMember: Creator/TomHanks. In addition to directing and starring, he produced and co-wrote the screenplay.
5* DyeingForYourArt: Bryan Cranston apparently went on an intense diet and workout routine, while also bleaching his teeth white. This was to make it more believable that he could be married to Julia Roberts.
6* FakeAmerican: English actress Creator/GuguMbathaRaw plays American Talia.
7* PlayingAgainstType: Julia Roberts - normally TheIngenue or GirlNextDoor in romantic comedies - playing a bitter alcoholic DeadpanSnarker.
8* ProductionPosse: Creator/NiaVardalos co-wrote the screenplay. She and Tom Hanks had worked together on ''Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding'' (and the sequel), ''Film/ConnieAndCarla'' and ''Driving Aphrodite''.
9* RealLifeRelative:
10** Creator/RitaWilson (wife of Tom Hanks) has a supporting role as Wilma Q. Gammelgaard.
11** Their son Chet Hanks appears as a pizza delivery boy.

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