FILM · 2014 · USA
Tammy
24 archived facts 4 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
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- #001
The $6,700 that Susan Sarandon said she owned is the same amount she had in Thelma & Louise.
- #002
Susan Sarandon put black pepper inside her shoes to make her walk look more painful.
- #003
The plot was based on a dream in which Ben Falcone saw his wife, Melissa McCarthy, as a fast food worker whose life falls apart. The pair then wrote the plot on napkins before developing the screenplay.
- #004
There is only a 24-year age difference between Melissa McCarthy (Tammy) and Susan Sarandon (Tammy's grandmother Pearl). Moreover, there is only an 11-year age difference between McCarthy and Allison Janney, who plays her mother.
- #005
Melissa McCarthy and Mark Duplass first met in February 2013 while they were guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live. They expressed interest in working together, and while writing Tammy, Melissa reached out to Duplass for the role of Bobby.
- #006
Susan Sarandon wore prosthetics on her ankles to imitate the appearance of someone with diabetes.
- #007
The whiskey Susan Sarandon's Pearl pulls from her purse as she leaves the house is Wild Turkey, the same brand featured in Thelma & Louise.
- #008
Shirley MacLaine was originally cast as the grandmother, but scheduling conflicts with the fourth season of Downton Abbey (2010) led to Susan Sarandon replacing her. Before Sarandon was ultimately cast, Debbie Reynolds, who starred in the 1957 film Tammy, was also considered. Reynolds's recording of the title song "Tammy" spent 23 weeks on the Billboard Top 40 starting July 27, 1957, including five weeks at number one, and was nominated for the 1957 Academy Award for Best Song.
- #009
The film features four Oscar winners: Susan Sarandon, who won for Dead Man Walking; Kathy Bates, who won for Misery; Nat Faxon, who won for The Descendants; and Allison Janney, who won for I, Tonya. It also includes three Oscar nominees: Melissa McCarthy was nominated for Bridesmaids, Toni Collette for The Sixth Sense and Dan Aykroyd for Driving Miss Daisy.
- #010
At 5:55, Topper Jack's has 11 plaques for employee of the month, and 8 of them bear the name and photo of manager Keith Morgan.
- #011
The bar scene was filmed at The Bluepost, a real bar in downtown Wilmington, NC.
- #012
Melissa McCarthy wrote the film with her husband, Ben Falcone.
- #013
Dan Aykroyd plays Tammy's father. Both he and Melissa McCarthy starred in their own Ghostbusters films.
- #014
Susan Sarandon plays Allison Janney's mother in the film even though only 13 years separate them. Janney is only 11 years older than Melissa McCarthy, who plays her daughter.
- #015
Both Susan Sarandon and Melissa McCarthy wore wigs throughout the film.
- #016
The beer Grandma Pearl takes from the refrigerator is Dale's Pale Ale, a popular Colorado beer, with 6.5% ABV.
- #017
This marks the third time Sandra Oh has played a lesbian character. Her other projects are Killing Eve (2018) and Under the Tuscan Sun (2003).
- #018
Regarding comments about the close ages of Tammy and her immediate elders, this was not a casting mistake but appears quite deliberate: the closeness in age between Tammy, her mother and her grandmother is meant to heighten the comedy of the dysfunctional family situation, suggesting the grandmother was careless, got pregnant very young, and Tammy's mother also got pregnant quite young.
- #019
At 1:07:19, Mark Duplass (Bobby) briefly looks directly at the camera.
- #020
Tammy (Melissa McCarthy) suddenly wakes up three separate times in the film, causing her to stand up quickly as if startled.
- #021
Rob Reiner and Tate Taylor had previously been attached to direct.
- #022
Melissa McCarthy and Susan Sarandon both appeared in an episode of Mike & Molly (2010).
- #023
Beth McCarthy-Miller was set to direct but left the film due to scheduling conflicts.
- #024
This is Kaitlyn Ervin's debut.
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