Trivia / I ♡ Huckabees

• Completely Different Title: The Spanish title of the film literally translates to "Strange Coincidences".
• Fake American: It's not exactly clear what kind of accent Jude Law is doing in this movie, but it sure isn't American.
• Hostility on the Set: David O. Russell fell out with Lily Tomlin on the set. Footage of that leaked onto YouTube, which created quite some buzz at the time.
• Playing Against Type: Naomi Watts, known for her dramatic roles, plays the ditzy spokesmodel for Huckabees.
• Real-Life Relative:
  • Talia Shire makes a cameo as Albert's mom in the film. She is Jason Schwartzman's real-life mother.
  • That's Dustin Hoffman's son Jake as the hotel valet who quibbles over taking Albert's bicycle towards the end of the film.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Gwyneth Paltrow was originally attached to star as Dawn Campbell, but dropped out, due to the death of her father. Nicole Kidman then attached herself to the project, but could not fit the movie in, due to her schedule for The Stepford Wives. At that point, Jennifer Aniston was not get the part, until finally Naomi Watts, David O. Russell's original choice, was a lock. Britney Spears also auditioned for the role twice.
  • Catherine Deneuve was originally cast as Caterine Vauban, but dropped out a month before shooting began.
  • Jude Law initially dropped out of the project in 2004 to take a part in Christopher Nolan's The Prestige. Law was going through a divorce at the time and wanted to take a higher-paying studio film to pay the settlement. This pissed Russell off so much that when he ran into Nolan at a party, he put him in a headlock and demanded that he give him Law back. Nolan and Law spoke on the phone the very next day and agreed that it would be better for him to come back to this film.

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