Coyote Ugly

LeAnn Rimes performed all of Piper Perabo's singing in the film.

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The film's soundtrack album spent more than a year on the Billboard Top 40 album chart and sold over three million copies.

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Bridget Moynahan was taller than the set designers had expected, so the bar top was raised during the dance scenes to keep her from injuring herself.

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After a test screening, the producers found that audiences wanted to see more of John Goodman, so new scenes with him were shot and added to the final cut.

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Jessica Simpson auditioned many times for the lead role but dropped out of school when the producers refused to shoot a sex scene; most of the sex scenes had already been cut from the finished film anyway.

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Writer Gina Wendkos said she was genuinely surprised that action producer Jerry Bruckheimer wanted to produce the film, since she did not think it was his style at all.

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John Goodman admitted that he took part in the film only for the money.

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Piper Perabo used a stand-in for the sex scene in the film's unrated version.

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Tyra Banks tore her lateral meniscus while dancing on the bar.

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Every time Violet passes the bouncer, she is reading a book about college.

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The band The Calling performs its hit song "Wherever You Will Go" in the film a year before the song was officially released.

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Violet performs when she goes to the club where Kevin works.

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Britney Spears, Fairuza Balk and Jewel were considered for the role of Violet Sanford.

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Melanie Lynskey told The Hollywood Reporter in August 2022 that everyone constantly made her feel ashamed of her body and that she was pressured to lose weight during the shoot. She had to wear Spanx under her costumes and received criticism about her body from the costume designers and her makeup artist on set. She said: "All the girls had this regimen they had to go on. It was ridiculous. I was already starving myself and as thin as I could be for this body, and I was still a four. It was just constantly feedback of like, 'You're not pretty. You're not pretty. A lot of it in your early 20s was about beauty and how people respond to you and do people want to fuck you?"

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"Coyote Ugly" is when you wake up after a one-night stand and find the person next to you so ugly that, if they were sleeping on your arm, you would gladly gnaw that arm off to get away without waking them. The term comes from real coyotes being able to escape by gnawing off a trapped leg. In the film, the bar is ironically named Coyote Ugly because the girls who work there are so attractive.

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January Jones auditioned for the role of Violet Sanford. It was only the second audition of her career, and she said in an interview that an unexpected request completely ruined it. She had done the readings for the acting portion, and then Jerry Bruckheimer asked her to come and dance on the table. She was told she would be doing pole dancing, but there was no pole. Jones said she turned beet red. "It was so bad and he said, 'Sweetheart, you read great, but you have no rhythm.' I called my manager and said, 'I don't want to do this anymore.'".

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The NJ Toll Booth scenes were actually filmed at the Atlantic Beach Bridge toll booths in Long Island, New York.

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Izabella Miko, who plays Cammy, originally auditioned for the role of Violet.

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The bands featured in the "Songwriter showdown" commercial are The Skank Honkies, Papa Vegas, The Suicide Machines, Vertical Horizon, Eve 6, Verbena, Edwin McCain, Beth Hart, Excel, The Pietasters, Joy Drop, Bis Train and Pennywise. The commercial also mentions Violet Sanford, My Scarlet Life and Kottonmouth King for the following week.

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Mila Kunis turned down the offer to play Rachel.

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Alexandra Balahoutis, who plays the flight attendant, is producer Jerry Bruckheimer's stepdaughter.

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Tim Allen was considered for the role of William Sanford.

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Drew Barrymore, Jessica Alba, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Shannon Elizabeth, Christina Applegate, Kelly Packard, Kirsten Dunst, Rose McGowan, Melissa Joan Hart, Rachael Leigh Cook, Brittany Murphy, Tara Reid, Dominique Swain, Reese Witherspoon, Kate Winslet, Natalie Portman, Amanda Peet, Christina Ricci, Alicia Silverstone, Mena Suvari and Jaime Pressly were all considered for the role of Violet Sanford.

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Piper Perabo, born on 31 October 1976, was not even 24 years old when the film was released.

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The film marked the debuts of Alex Borstein, Diane Hudock, Melody Perkins and Kathy Nowrey.

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Malcolm Venville turned down the offer to direct.

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The film marked the debuts of Mandy Amano and Allison Ford.

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The film marked the debuts of Sarah Jane Morris and Carla Alapont.

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Dennis Quaid turned down the role of Bill.

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