History Trivia / MrsDoubtfire

** Chris Columbus tried to get a sequel off the ground for a long time (despite the source novel not having any), but Robin Williams was unsatisfied with every script. In a tragic twist, it finally did get some forward momentum in 2014, but Williams' suicide that year naturally ended any chance of it, as Columbus felt it'll be impossible to find [[TheOtherDarrin anyone else]] who can match Williams' talent.

** Creator/RobinWilliams also ad-libbed his dialogue during the scene where he's serving tea to Mrs. Sellner with the cake icing on his face. The icing mixture applied to his face for the scene was rapidly melting under the hot set lights, causing it to liberally drip off his face. Being a master of improvisation, William instead turned this messy occurrence into a moment of comedy gold for the film.

* CareerResurrection: Before this movie, Creator/PierceBrosnan's career was pretty stagnant, with his only real high profile role being the lead in ''Series/RemingtonSteele''. He was considered for his [[Film/JamesBond most famous role]] as early as the mid 1980s but his TV contract put a stop to that. Thankfully, this was the shot in the arm after Timothy Dalton retired as James Bond before finally landing the [[Film/GoldenEye role of 007]].

* CareerResurrection: Before this movie, Creator/PierceBrosnan's career was pretty stagnant, with his only real high profile role being the lead in ''Series/RemingtonSteele''. He was considered for his [[Film/JamesBond most famous role]] as early as the mid 1980s but his Remington Steele contract put a stop to that. Thankfully, this was the shot in the arm before finally landing the role of 007 in 1995.
* TheCastShowoff: Creator/RobinWilliams has always been famous for his impersonations - and this is a movie revolving around it where he impersonates a Scottish, female Mr Rogers.

* TheDanza: Todd the Bartender, played by [[Series/InPlainSight Todd Williams]].

* FakeBrit: Technically Creator/PierceBrosnan, who is Irish but moved to London when he was ten. Daniel is an in-universe example in his Mrs Doubtfire disguise.

* MoneyDearBoy: Creator/PierceBrosnan's career had entered a slump and he was in need of paying work when he landed the role of Stu. The fact that he got to work with Creator/RobinWilliams and Creator/SallyField was an amazing bonus.

** Robin William's character walks off the set after he's forced to play a cartoon character who smokes. Around this time, Williams was in a very heated feud with Disney over the fact that they used him for marketing to promote ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', which he explicitly tried to stop them from doing. They even went so far as to sabotage the production of ''WesternAnimation/FernGully'', which Williams also worked on, just so he could devote his energies to ''Aladdin''.

** Creator/TimAllen was offered the role of Stu Dunmeyer before the casting of Creator/PierceBrosnan. However, Allen turned it down due to filming commitments with ''Series/HomeImprovement''.
** Creator/BlakeLively was the runner-up for the part of Natalie Hillard before Creator/MaraWilson was cast.

** Chris Columbus tried to get a sequel off the ground for a long time (despite the source novel not having any), but Robin Williams was unsatisfied with every script. In a tragic twist, it finally did get some forward momentum in 2014, but Williams' suicide naturally ended any chance of it, as Columbus felt it'll be impossible to find [[TheOtherDarrin anyone else]] who can match Williams' talent.

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: One biography claims that Robin Williams tested out how believable the disguise was by going into a bookstore wearing it - and wasn't recognised at all.

** Chris Columbus tried to get a sequel off the ground for a long time (despite the source novel not having any), but Robin Williams was unsatisfied with every script. In a tragic twist, it finally did get some forward momentum in 2014, but Williams' suicide naturally ended any chance of it, as Columbus felt it'll be impossible to find [[TheOtherDarrin anyone else]] who can match Williams's talent.

* RealitySubtext: Creator/SallyField was going through a divorce during filming.

** As stated above, Chris Columbus tried to get a sequel off the ground for a long time (despite the source novel not having any), but Robin Williams was unsatisfied with every script. In a tragic twist, it finally did get some forward momentum in 2014, but Williams' suicide naturally ended any chance of it.

* ActorInspiredElement: One draft of the screenplay had Daniel and Miranda getting back together. Both Robin Williams and Sally Field had gone through divorces, and raised concern that this would give false hope to children that their parents would simply get back together in time.

* DevelopmentHell: Harvey Fierstein wrote a stage musical adaptation in 2015, with music by Alan Menken, which he's been trying to get off the ground ever since.

* FakeBrit: Technically Pierce Brosnan, who is Irish but moved to London when he was ten. Daniel is an in-universe example in his Mrs Doubtfire disguise.

* ThrowItIn: Creator/MaraWilson ad-libbed the princess line.
** Robin Williams also ad-libbed his dialogue during the scene where he's serving tea to Mrs. Sellner with the cake icing on his face. The icing mixture applied to his face for the scene was rapidly melting under the hot set lights, causing it to liberally drip off his face. Being a master of improvisation, William instead turned this messy occurrence into a moment of comedy gold for the film.

** The movie's ending changed several times. The first script had [[spoiler: Daniel and Miranda becoming AmicableExes]] as they do in the finished film. The original scriptwriter was fired, and a different ending was rewritten [[spoiler: where they remarry]]. This was changed after executives realised that they didn't want to give the UnfortunateImplications that [[spoiler: all divorced parents eventually get back together]].

* DeletedRole: Polly Holliday's part as the antagonistic next door neighbor, Gloria Chaney, was originally a prominent supporting character and had a much larger role in the film. Due to time constraints, most of her scenes were cut. As a result, Gloria is only seen at the film's beginning and briefly in the background during the Mercedes Benz scene. All of her deleted scenes were included as special features on DVD.

* AFIS100Years100Laughs: #67

* StudioHop: When Creator/{{Disney}} acquired Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios in 2019, they also acquired this film.

* DevelopmentHell: Harvey Fierstein wrote a stage musical adaptation in 2015, with music by Creator/AlanMenken, which he's been trying to get off the ground ever since.

* DevelopmentHell: Creator/HarveyFierstein wrote a stage musical adaptation in 2015, with music by Creator/AlanMenkin, which he's been trying to get off the ground ever since.

* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Creator/HarveyFierstein and Scott Capurro as Daniel's brother Frank and his boyfriend Jack respectively.

* FakeBrit: Technically Pierce Brosnan, who is Irish but moved to London when he was ten. Daniel is an in-universe example in his Mrs. Doubtfire disguise.
* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Creator/RobinWilliams riffed so much that Creator/ChrisColumbus said that there is enough footage to make separate G, PG, PG-13, and R cuts of the film. Columbus said that the released version is the definitive cut of the film, but that he'd be willing to make a documentary of its production that includes some R-rated version of scenes.

** The movie's ending changed several times. The first script had [[spoiler: Daniel and Miranda becoming AmicableExes]] as they do in the finished film. The original scriptwriter was fired, and a different ending was rewritten [[spoiler: where they remarry]]. This was changed after executives realised that they did not want to give the UnfortunateImplications that [[spoiler: all divorced parents eventually get back together]].

* StudioHop: When Creator/{{Disney}} acquired Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios, they also acquired this film.

* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Creator/RobinWilliams riffed so much that Creator/ChrisColumbus said that there's enough footage to make separate G, PG, PG-13, and R cuts of the film. Columbus said that the released version is the definitive cut of the film, but that he'd be willing to make a documentary of its production that includes some R-rated version of scenes.

** The movie's ending changed several times. The first script had [[spoiler: Daniel and Miranda becoming AmicableExes]] as they do in the finished film. The original scriptwriter was fired, and a different ending was rewritten [[spoiler: where they remarry]]. This was changed after executives realised that they didn't want to give the UnfortunateImplications that [[spoiler: all divorced parents eventually get back together]].

* FakeBrit: Technically Pierce Brosnan, who is Irish but moved to London when he was ten. Daniel is an in-universe example in his Mrs Doubtfire disguise.

** The original author suggested Creator/WarrenBeatty for the role of Daniel because she thought it would be funny to see him (a known womanizer) having to disguise himself as an old lady in a film. Other candidates included Creator/JasonAlexander, Creator/RowanAtkinson, Creator/KevinBacon, Creator/AlecBaldwin, Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/MatthewBroderick, Creator/JohnCandy, Creator/JimCarrey, Creator/ChevyChase, Creator/BryanCranston, Creator/BillyCrystal, Creator/JeffDaniels, Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/ChrisFarley, Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/MichaelJFox, Creator/RichardGere, Creator/MelGibson, Creator/JohnGoodman, Creator/TomHanks, Creator/DavidHasselhoff, Creator/DustinHoffman, Creator/MichaelKeaton, Creator/KevinKline, Creator/WayneKnight, Creator/NathanLane, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/DudleyMoore, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/MikeMyers, Creator/BillPaxton, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/KurtRussell, Creator/AdamSandler, Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Creator/MartinShort and Creator/JohnTravolta.
** The role of Stu was written with Creator/TimAllen in mind, but he turned it down due to scheduling conflicts with ''Series/HomeImprovement''.

** Creator/BlakeLively was considered for Natalie Hillard, and made it to the final round of auditions between her and Creator/MaraWilson.
** Chris Columbus tried to get a sequel off the ground for a long time (despite the source novel not having any), but Robin Williams was unsatisfied with every script. In a tragic twist, it finally did get some forward momentum in 2014, but Williams' suicide naturally ended any chance of it.