Arka Evren

FILM · 2011 · USA

Something Borrowed

14 archived facts 3 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026

12 Interesting Facts About Something Borrowed

  1. #001

    Kate Hudson (Darcy) and Steve Howey (Marcus) also played a (married) couple in Bride Wars (2009).

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  2. #002

    On a bench next to Rachel and Marcus sits someone reading Something Blue, the sequel to the novel on which this film is based.

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  3. #003

    Hilary Swank was cast but dropped out. Ginnifer Goodwin later replaced her.

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  4. #004

    Darcy and Dex's wedding invitation states that the wedding will take place at The Plaza, the same venue where Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway's characters competed to get married in Bride Wars (2009).

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  5. #005

    Adam Duritz of Counting Crows said he never approved the cover version of his song used in this film.

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  6. #006

    In the book, Rachel tells Ethan over the phone about her relationship with Dex. Ethan is in London and could not possibly have witnessed what happened in the Hamptons.

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  7. #007

    The film version cut characters such as Annalise and Hillary. Ethan is also in London the entire time in the book.

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  8. #008

    When Dex appears at Rachel's doorstep and a delivery truck blocks his view, the truck is FedEx and the only visible part of the logo is "dEx."

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  9. #011

    Before this film was released, The Wedding Date (2005) was originally titled Something Borrowed, but the title was changed.

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  10. #012

    The book includes a character named Hillary who does not appear in the film. Hillary, another lawyer working at the same law firm as Rachel, is important to the plot because she is the one who suspects Rachel's relationship with Dex when red roses are sent to him.

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  11. #013

    In the book, Rachel believes that she and Dex have had sex "more than 20 times."

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  12. #014

    Colin Farrell was said to be playing Marcus.

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