Trivia / The Heat

• Actor Allusion:
  • The way that Melissa McCarthy's character references the heat coming off the... nether regions of Ashburn is similar to the way her other famous character attempts to entice an air marshal. With the heat from her "undercarriage".
  • Sandra Bullock's character Ashburn is a member of law enforcement who is raised with Gosh Darn It to Heck! decorum yet when she finally swears, it's in a Malaproper, where was that heard before?
  • Sandra Bullock's character Ashburn at the climax attempts to wheel herself to the Big Bad on a wheelchair.
• Fake Nationality: American Kaitlin Olson cameos as Tatiana, a Bulgarian prostitute.
• Missing Trailer Scene: The trailer uses an alternate version of the scene where Ashburn cuts her hand after her beer glass breaks. In the trailer, after Mullins sees the blood she faints and falls backwards on the pool table. In the film, Mullins merely laughs it off and tells Ashburn to keep her hand up.
• Production Posse: This is not the first time Paul Feig has directed Thomas F. Wilson.
• Real-Life Relative: Mullen's former flame in the bar who she gives a long kiss to is Melissa McCarthy's real-life husband, Ben Falcone.