In the years before it finally went into production, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson were gonna do it, and then, another pairing was gonna do it, before eventually landing on Kevin Hart and Josh Gad.He then pitched the idea to friend/co-writer Jay Lavender, who loved it, and they wrote it together over a decade ago. The film came from a true story that co-writer/director Jeremy Garelick experienced when someone he went to high school with called him out of nowhere, years later, and asked him to be in his wedding party. Hit the jump to find out more about what we learned on set. And while the film is clearly a comedy, everyone involved stressed the fact that it is also about friendship and the bromance between Doug and Jimmy. As the two of them try to pull off the perfect wedding, a real friendship forms between Doug and his fake best man.īack on October 17, 2013, Collider was invited, along with a handful of other press, to visit the set of The Wedding Ringer while they were shooting the big wedding scene at the Hollywood Methodist Church, and we were able to chat with some of the cast and filmmakers.
With less than two weeks until he marries the girl of his dreams ( Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting), Doug is referred to Jimmy Callahan ( Kevin Hart), owner and CEO of Best Man, Inc., a company that provides flattering best men for socially challenged guys in need. The Wedding Ringer (due out in theaters on January 16, 2015) is a comedy about lovable but socially awkward groom-to-be Doug Harris ( Josh Gad), who needs to impress his in-laws and pull off the perfect wedding.