FILM · 1997 · USA
Fools Rush In
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- #001
Alex's father (Matthew Perry) is played by Matthew Perry's real-life father, John Bennett Perry.
- #002
Before the film was shot, there was no official Arizona/Nevada border on the highway that crosses Hoover Dam. When one was added for the film, local officials decided to keep it in place after filming. As of September 2005, the border painted on the road is no longer there.
- #003
This is Matthew Perry's favorite among all the films in which he has starred.
- #004
Matthew Perry says that a jet ski accident on the set of this film fueled his addiction to prescription medication.
- #005
When Isabel recounts the first time she learned she was pregnant, she is standing in front of St. Viviana's. It is a joke aimed at Catholics: Saint Viviana is the patron saint of hangovers, headaches and mental illness.
- #006
The film was not very successful at the box office. Its estimated budget was 20 million dollars and it grossed only 29 million dollars. It was beaten by both the opening of Clint Eastwood's "Absolute Power" and the re-release of the original "Star Wars" film.
- #007
Matthew Perry's father, John Bennett Perry, also played the father of Rachel's boyfriend Joshua on "Friends"; and John and Matthew were to play father and son again in an episode of "Scrubs."
- #008
The first panning shot of the area meant to be central Mexico is actually Crown Vista Point in Oregon. On the left side of the river, a small hill appears in the distance; this is Beacon Rock on the Washington side.
- #009
Eddie Powers, the Elvis impersonator in the early wedding scene, works as an Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas and performs at chapels such as The Silver Bell Wedding Chapel.
- #010
Gray's Papaya is a hot dog restaurant located at 2090 Broadway (72nd Street) in Uptown New York City.
- #011
The house used for filming, Alex's temporary home while he is in Las Vegas, is at 6679 Merced Lake Dr, Las Vegas, Nevada, in North Las Vegas. It has since been repainted white.
- #012
This film was shot during the production break of "Friends" between its second and third seasons. The film opened in theaters the week the 15th episode of "Friends"' third season aired ("The One Where Ross and Rachel Take a Break").
- #013
The actress who plays Isabel's mother also appears in the season 4 "Friends" episode in which Monica buys Emily's wedding dress; she is a sales clerk in a clothing store.
- #014
For Alex's birthday, Isabel helps his mother pick up a gift from "Gray's Papaya," his favorite hot dog place in New York and a real restaurant in New York.
- #015
Carlos Gomez (Chuy) and Salma Hayek (Isabel) were both in "Desperado" (1995).
- #016
In the film, Aguascalientes is portrayed as a very rural place, but it is actually a bustling city of about 1 million people; so "near Aguascalientes" might have been more accurate.
- #017
Alex drives a 1994 Ford Mustang GT convertible.
- #018
This is the last film to feature on-screen action by Shelley Morrison.
- #019
Tomas Milian and Jill Clayburgh had previously worked together in Bernardo Bertolucci's "Luna" (1979).
- #020
In the end, Isabel (Salma Hayek) serves Alex (Matthew Perry) with divorce papers through a process server who approaches him in Manhattan. Matthew Perry would later play a process server in Serving Sara (2002).
- #021
The film's central premise was that Alex used a condom on the night they spent together, but it failed. They did an episode of Friends with the same premise, but that one involved Ross and Rachel.
- #022
In his boss Stanley's office, Alex has a large Quinquina Maurin Green Devil Absinthe poster — fitting for a conglomerate that builds mega nightclubs. Interestingly, Alex stands in front of the poster so that the devil appears to be goading him from behind, while his boss acts quite intimidating as Alex is torn between loyalty to the company and loyalty to his new, pregnant wife.
- #023
Isabel hits her brother Juan on the head twice.
- #024
The name "Fuentes" means "fountain" or "spring," reflecting Isabel's personality, while the name "Whitman" means "White Man."
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