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10 Fun Facts About CAN’T HARDLY WAIT
One of my favorite teen movies to come out of the 1990s was a little film called Can’t Hardly Wait. This was just such a fun story, and I absolutely loved the characters. Since the movie’s release, it has kind of become a cult classic. It was one of those films that kind of connected with me because I had a lot in common with the main character of the film played by Ethan Embry. I was flipping through channels the other day and came across the movie, and after watching it again I was inspired to do a Fun Facts list for it! I have a list of ten things here that you may or may not have known before.
The following information was found on Imdb and I also try to add some additional commentary and videos when I can in these posts.
- This was Jason Segel’s big screen debut, and he went on to become an A-list star.
- Directors Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont had the cast and crew completely trash the house during the final scenes of the party, which saw lots of chaotic destruction. “This involved the cast and crew pulling out drawers, dropping food all over the floor, messing up the carpets, and someone spray painting ‘This Party Sucked’ on the front door. This all happened in one hour.”
- The movie was Charlie Korsmo's last on-screen role. He was attending MIT when he was offered the part. He ended up getting a law degree at Yale and is now an Assistant Professor of Law and the U.S. director of the Canada-U.S. Law Institute at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where he teaches courses in corporate law, corporate finance, and torts.
- Melissa Joan Hart's name doesn't appear in the end credits.
- The fraternity on Trip McNealy's polo shirt is Delta Iota Kappa ("DIK").
- There were characters in the movie who were cut out of it to secure a PG-13 rating. The first was called the Crying Drunk Girl played by Jennifer Elise Cox. She had subtitles for everything she says because she was supposed to be so drunk that no one could understand her. The other character was Stoned Girl played by Amber Benson. She was so spaced out on dope that she just wanders in and out of a number of scenes. Here’s a scene of her below looking a banana.
- The film takes place on Wednesday, June 17th, 1998, which was Barry Manilow's 55th birthday.
- William Lichter was suppose to take a shot of tequila, but to get a PG-13 rating they had to replace the tequila glass with a lemon digitally in post-production.
- There are four cast members in the film that went on to appear in the HBO series Six Feet Under. Those actors include Lauren Ambrose, Peter Facinelli, Freddy Rodriguez, and Eric Balfour.
- Here are some alternate “where are the now” character updates from the end of the movie that were changed:
“The final parts of 'where the characters are now' were changed. The original Kenny and Denise part originally read: Denise dumped Kenny later that day. Denise went to NYU, where she found a whole bunch of people just like her. Bored at it all, she dropped out and started shooting photo covers for Rolling Stone Magazine. She currently directed the latest music video for Wu-Tang Clan.”
“The original Kenny bit read: Kenny went to UCLA and found a bunch of people just like him. Unable to compete, he reinvented himself as an eco-conscious vegan nudist. He currently lives with a cult in Northern California.”
“Other character bios read: William's friends, Geoff Piccirilli and Murphy Pelan, did not go to college. They created a comic book called Citizen X about a man with no identity, no Social Security number, nothing, who uses his anonymity to infiltrate numerous conspiracies involving the government, aliens, and the abduction and subsequent probing of them and other innocent people by extraterrestrials. They are currently dating no one.”
“Another character quote reads: Amanda's cousin, Ron, is currently in prison.”
“The Girl Whose Party It Is was also featured and it reads: The Girl Whose Party It Was, Molly Stinson, dropped out of college her freshman year to work as an intern for her role model, Martha Stewart. Three months later, she was hospitalized for a nervous breakdown. She is currently working as a librarian.”
“The Crying Drunk Girl's character read: The Crying Drunk Girl, Mary Hampson, attended college for nearly two years, then dropped out to become a tour guide at the White House, a job she still holds. Her favorite times at work is leading groups of school children in an enthusiastic rendition of the Pledge of Allegiance.”
Here's the original trailer for the film: