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Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker in Failure to Launch (2006)

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The roles of Tripp and Paula were written for Zach Braff and Amanda Peet.
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Brooke Shields, Tori Spelling, and Reese Witherspoon were all offered the role of Paula, but turned it down.
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Robert Duvall was originally cast to play Al.
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Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew McConaughey appeared in Sex And the City episode, Escape from New York (2000), where McConaughey played himself.
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(at around 51 mins) The minor league baseball game Tripp and Paula attend is a New Orleans Zephyrs home game.
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