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21 Years Ago, Will Ferrell’s Wildest 2000s Comedy Cameo Almost Went to Nicolas Cage Instead

The role came together at the last minute, and test audiences loved it so much that the filmmakers brought him back for the ending.

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Wedding Crashers, released in 2005, follows divorce mediators John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey (as played by Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn), who crash weddings for the purpose of seducing women. However, after attending the wedding of one of the U.S. Treasury Secretary’s daughters, the pair’s perspectives on things begin to change. John becomes interested in one of the bride’s sisters and quickly falls in love with her, despite the fact that she has a boyfriend. Jeremy takes a little bit longer, but eventually starts to fall for another of the Secretary’s daughters himself.

As has been the case with many film productions, a number of people were considered for roles in Wedding Crashers who didn’t end up getting hired. For example, names like Harrison........

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