10 Sure Facts That Most People Don't Know About Mrs. Doubtfire
I wasn't aware!
- STORY BY Piyali Majumdar
- last year
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Most of us who grew up watching Aladdin and Jumanji will very well know about the loss of the great comedian Robin Williams, who has left a deep impression in our hearts. He was one of those rare performers whose sense of humor, warmth and stage presence made audiences connect with him on a much better level. We all loved his every single movie, out of which one of the most memorable films was released in the 1990s- Mrs. Doubtfire.
It became so famous that it remained the most aired movies on basic cable, over twenty years after its release. Maybe you have watched it thousands of times but still, most of us don't know these facts about Mrs. Doubtfire.
1. Robin Williams stepped into a sex shop.
There he dressed as Mrs. Doubtfire to test the believability of his role. No one in the shop noticed him until he went to buy a sex toy.
2. Every day Robert spent 4 ½ hours in makeup chair to get the complete look of Mrs. Doubtfire.
3. Lisa Jakub, who played Robins' eldest daughter's role was rusticated out of her school.
She was rusticated out of her Toronto school for taking a five-month break for the movie. Willams personally sent a letter to the school asking them to reconsider their decision. Sadly, they didn't do that.
4. Miranda told her Hillard's home address to Mrs. Doubtfire over the phone...
...she calls the actual address where the movie was shot.
5. The icing melting off of Mrs. Doubtfire's face was accidental.
Without removing the scene, Robin went along with it and improvised the majority of this scene.
6. Mrs. Doubtfire role was first offered to Tim Allen.
7. According to the Director Christopher Columbus, Williams was famous for spontaneously improvising.
So he set two to three cameras around and said that he shouldn't miss any moves of Robin.
8. Blake Lively, auditioned for the role of Natalie Hillard's youngest child.
She lost the role to Mara Wilson.
9. Mrs. Doubtfire was Mara Wilson's film debut.
10. Williams says the word 'dear' 101 times throughout the film.
But all of those 'dear' was not clear as sometimes he mumbles it more. So to hear it 101 times you have to listen to him very carefully.
11. The movie Mrs. Doubtfire is based on a British novel by Anne Fine.
12. When Sally Field was sipping a cappuccino on set, she by mistake got a cappuccino mustache on her upper lip.
It was loved by the other cast and then decided to put it in the movie.
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