FILM · 2015 · USA
The Wedding Ringer
18 archived facts 4 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
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- #001
At the 2015 Golden Globe Awards, Kevin Hart went on record saying that The Wedding Ringer was the best work of his career to date and that it best represented his work on stage as a stand-up comedian.
- #002
On January 21, 2015, Kevin Hart bought out two showings of The Wedding Ringer at a theater near Toledo, Ohio. He then invited his fans with "tell them Kevin Hart sent me." An additional 500 customers were later treated to a free showing of The Wedding Ringer.
- #003
The film was initially set up as a vehicle that would star Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn.
- #004
As Grandma Palmer, Cloris Leachman has a total of two dialogue lines: "red hot pussy seltzer" and "408" (the answer to a math problem).
- #005
In the football scene of the old men against the groomsmen, three of the elders are real football legends playing the positions they played during their professional careers: Joe Namath, quarterback for the New York Jets from 1965 to 1976, wearing his signature #12; John Riggins, a running back for the New York Jets from 1971 to 1975, for the Washington Redskins from 1975 to 1979 and then from 1981 to 1985; and Ed 'Too Tall' Jones, a defensive player for the Dallas Cowboys from 1974 to 1978 and then from 1980 to 1989.
- #006
Early in the film, when Doug (Josh Gad) falls onto the table, he yells: "I can't feel my **** legs!" In Frozen (2013), Olaf (also voiced by Gad) yells "My legs! I can't feel my legs!"
- #007
When Josh Gad and Kevin Hart crash the wedding, the best man (Josh Peck) shouts "Wolverines." Peck starred in Red Dawn (2012) as the leader of a group of young rebels who take their name from the football team the Wolverines.
- #008
Kevin Hart's character points out to Josh Gad that Father McNulty, who is scheduled to perform the ceremony, would recognize Jimmy Callahan as a fraud because the Father is the principal of Benjamin Rush school. There is a real Benjamin Rush school in Northeast Philadelphia, where Hart attended George Washington High School. Benjamin Rush, one of the founding fathers, was also born in Kevin Hart's hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- #009
There is an extra scene after the credits in which Jimmy (Kevin Hart) and Doug (Josh Gad) play tennis.
- #010
Josh Gad says his favorite superhero is Pac Man. Josh appeared in Pixels (2015), in which Pac Man is a villain.
- #011
When Alan Ritchson first meets Doug, he references his Blue Mountain State character Thad Castle by saying "Oil Change!"
- #012
The seven names made up by the groomsmen are the surnames of well-known American professional athletes: football players Dickerson (Eric Dickerson), Plunkett (Jim Plunkett) and Alzado (Lyle Alzado); baseball players Drysdale (Don Drysdale), Garvey (Steve Garvey) and Carew (Rod Carew); and basketball player Rambis (Kurt Rambis). Gretchen's family name, Palmer, may also be one; the writers derived it from baseball player Jim Palmer to fit the professional sports theme.
- #013
The logos of Sony Corporation, Screen Gems, Miramax and Will Packer Productions do not appear until the end of the film's cold open.
- #014
In early December 2014, preview screenings were held for select crowds at theaters in Jacksonville, Florida.
- #015
Doug asked Jimmy whether PacMan was a hero. Josh Gad would later appear in Pixels alongside Adam Sandler and Kevin James, who team up to face PacMan.
- #016
Affion Crockett and Josh Gad both appear in Pixels (2015).
- #017
Almost the entire cast appeared in the music video for Aloe Blacc: Can You Do This (2014).
- #018
This is Shayla Chanadet's debut.
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