FILM · 2017
Father Figures
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16 Interesting Facts About Father Figures
- #001
The hotel front desk clerk is played by Andrew Wilson, Owen Wilson's older brother.
- #002
The script sold two days after its pitch, in an impressive thirty-six hours.
- #003
It was initially titled "Bastards," but in September 2017, only three months before its release, it was changed to "Father Figures."
- #005
Despite playing twins, Owen Wilson is six years older than Ed Helms in real life.
- #006
The epilogue reveals that Kyle has twin baby girls. Although there is no evidence of identical twins running in the family, identical twins can do so.
- #007
Glenn Close and Christopher Walken played a married couple in the Hallmark film Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991) and its two sequels.
- #009
Near the end of the film, Helen (Glenn Close) explains to the boys that their mother was an unmarried girl; she did not reveal the father's name, and her name was Jenny. Close played Jenny Fields, a single mother who knows her child's father only as "Technical Sergeant Garp," in The World According to Garp (1982).
- #010
Some scenes were shot at author Emily Giffin's home in Atlanta, Georgia.
- #011
Glenn Close and Christopher Walken played a married couple in The Stepford Wives (2004).
- #012
It is Lawrence Sher's directorial debut.
- #013
Worcester, Massachusetts was one of the filming locations.
- #014
Ving Rhames and Christopher Walken appeared in Pulp Fiction (1994).
- #015
Owen Wilson and Christopher Walken appeared in Wedding Crashers (2005).
- #016
J. K. Simmons is almost 14 years older than Owen Wilson.
- #017
It is Marcelle LeBlanc's first film.
- #018
Both Christopher Walken and Harry Shearer were born in 1943 and were child actors.
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