Miss Congeniality [2000]

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• After the morning briefing, Gracie and the captain walk past a picture of Gracie's mom on the wall.
• William Shatner's character "Stan Fields" is a reference to the actor's Canadian heritage. "Stanfields" is a very famous brand of underwear (known for its long johns) sold in Canada. Also "Stan Fields" sounds remarkably similar to former "Miss America" host ^[?] Bert Parks.
• The scene with Gracie coming home after the mission in the restaurant was only scripted as "Gracie comes home and starts boxing". The rest (tripping, kicking the bed, microwave oven) was ad-libbed by Sandra Bullock.
• Sandra Bullock and Benjamin Bratt did all their own fighting throughout the movie. Stunt doubles were brought in but only to make sure they were using proper form. At one point Bullock accidentally injured Bratt when she had to kick him in the calves after he says, "Yes, you have to wear the bathing suit."
• Sandra Bullock owns the house in Austin, Texas where some scenes were filmed.
• There is a scene from the trailer, which is missing in the final version of the film: Her father asks her if she's a lesbian. She laughs and answers "I wish".
• Heather Burns aka Miss Rhode Island had to learn how to twirl a baton for her role, but drew the line at twirling a fire baton. The crew brought in a professional for the pageant scenes.
• ^[?] Matt Dillon was originally cast as Eric Matthews.
• Edward Herrmann had a cameo role playing Gracie's father, but his scene was cut.
• The movie's theme song for the Miss United States Pageant was written by screenwriter Marc Lawrence [I] and his 7-year-old son, ^[?] Clyde Lawrence. Marc wrote the lyrics and Clyde wrote the music.
• Cheryl "Rhode Island's" answer to the question "What is your idea of a perfect date?" was actually used as an answer in a real beauty pageant.
• Screenwriter Marc Lawrence [I] named the main character, Gracie, after his daughter Grace.