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Zellweger not first choice for Irene?


I wonder who the Farelly brothers originally wanted for Irene, they certainly didnt write the role for her. There's one line that makes me think this and has always bothered me.

Hank: "That's when you got a boob job, started hanging around the upper east side looking for a rich old man with a bum ticker."

Irene: "And these, believe it or not, are mine"

She's flat as hell so the line made absolutely NO sense

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I always wondered that too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA5O_0Ufjwc

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That was obviously the joke.

On the other hand, you could say that the line from Charlie about how she always looks like she just ate a lemon fits Zellweger perfectly.

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Yeah, the hank story is a joke, its the typical failed actress story. But she definitely is a lemon face.

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Later in the movie she tells Charlie what really happened to her and it was pretty much Hank's story.

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Yes, and hence the joke. Duh....

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Just watched the film just now. I thought this too.

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When Charlie says, "Look at your hair, it's like you don't give a damn", I die every time.

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You are correct - but then again, pretty much nothing about this GARBAGE TRAVESTY (yes, this would be travesty EVEN as garbage - that's how bad this movie is) makes any God damn sense.

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