Wilson on Working Opposite Rachel McAdams: “I loved working with Rachel. I wasn't really aware of who she was. Before the movie started, I hadn't seen ‘Mean Girls’ and it was during filming that we had a screening of ‘The Notebook.’ I was kind of blown away because I had already seen in ‘Wedding Crashers’ how she could be funny and very charming, but that was like a very powerful emotional role that she played. And to me she has like such a great face. It could be like be from a 1950’s movie star. It's very open. She's very polite. She's Canadian and that's always nice.”
Owen Wilson’s Dancing Skills: “[I’m a] very poor dancer. Vince actually is a good dancer and enjoys it. I had to be coaxed out there onto the dance floor. And I would always try to slow the music down, because slow dancing I can handle. We had two dance instructors on the movie and they earned their money.”
Owen Wilson on Working with Jane Seymour: “Well, it's funny because I grew up, you know — she was like a beautiful, she was like a Bond girl. But I kind of knew her also as Dr. Quinn [laughing]. So it was a little bit of a hiccup for me to be all of a sudden doing a scene where I'm supposed to be putting my hands on her in a slightly inappropriate way, but I got used to it! And by the end I was calling for more takes because we really needed to get the scene right.”
On Picking Up Girls: Wilson says he doesn’t have any really good pick-up stories but admits meeting women has definitely gotten easier. “I mean it's probably gotten easier for me to meet girls as I've gotten older, and girls are like better able to see what a becoming person I am. It may have something to do with the fact that I'm in movies. I would like to think that it's because I'm a kind person. Girls just as I get older are better able to see into my heart and recognize that. Who knows?”
Outtakes, Bloopers, and the “Wedding Crashers” DVD: Wilson says quite a few scenes didn’t make it in the film but he thinks they’ll end up on the DVD. “We did a scene where we're singing ‘99 Red Balloons’ that at one point they were going to have for the end of the movie, but maybe now you'll have to wait and see it on DVD,” said Wilson.
Changes to the “Wedding Crashers” Script:” “Well, from the script that I first got when I signed onto the movie, to what's actually in the movie, I would say a lot of it changed. We did a lot of work on it - on the structure, too. And I think we made it better. We elevated the material.”
Owen Wilson’s Experiences with Weddings: Wilson’s never actually crashed a wedding but he has been to a wild one – his oldest brother’s. “I was the best man at my brother's wedding. My older brother got married [and had] a beautiful ceremony in Washington, D.C. The marriage lasted about seven months. Hey! At least, they tried,” said Wilson, adding, “My older brother's wedding was pretty wild. One night we all went out in Georgetown. There was a fight, so that was kind of crazy…”
On the Possibility “Wedding Crashers” will Inspire Real Wedding Crashers: “I am terrified because I know what a litigious society we live in and I'm really worried about opening myself up to some lawsuits. Yeah, take away my house . . .”
Rating His Buddy Movie Partners – Jackie Chan, Ben Stiller, and Vince Vaughn: “I'd like to do a movie with all those guys in it. All of us like on some mission together. I feel like I could pitch that to Disney tomorrow for a high seven figures. Well I guess because Jackie Chan was maybe the first person I worked with on a buddy movie, and I worked with him twice and had such a good time… But jeez, I had a great time with Ben too. I worked with him like seven or eight times. And then I think Vince would probably bring out the best energy in me, because he has such a kind of you know [high energy level]. You gotta keep up because he talks a mile a minute.”
Wilson on His Desire to Take on More Dramatic Roles: “The Life Aquatic” offered Wilson an opportunity to do a more straightforward, even serious, type of role. Wilson says the idea of doing more dramatic roles appeals to him. “I definitely would like to do some more dramatic roles. I think that sometimes with comedies, I try to keep stuff real, but especially with these big comedies, you have a burden to sort of try and deliver big laughs, and sometimes that can get into a sort of like craziness. It would be nice not to have that pressure on a movie [where] you could just kind of tell the story and be funny within that, where you don't have to go for the big moments or worry about that pressure.”
