Shake-a-doo! It’s been almost 20 years since Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! hit theaters in 2004.
From the director of Legally Blonde, the rom-com follows Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhamel), a film star on a mission to wash up his bad-boy picture with a purpose to save his profession. Enter: small-town sweetheart Rosalee Futch (Kate Bosworth), a checkout clerk who wins a contest to go on a date along with her favourite actor. Caught in a love triangle with main man Tad and grocery retailer supervisor Pete (Topher Grace), Rosalee should finally select between her superstar crush and her co-worker.
Rounding out the star-studded solid are Ginnifer Goodwin (Rosalee and Pete’s pal Cathy); Nathan Lane (Tad’s agent Richard Levy); Sean Hayes (Tad’s supervisor, additionally named Richard Levy); Kathryn Hahn (bartender Angelica, Pete’s not-so-secret admirer); and Octavia Spencer (cashier Janine).
Throughout a press junket for Win a Date With Tad Hamilton!, Goodwin revealed that she and Grace had been shut associates each on and off-screen (each actors appeared within the 2003 movie Mona Lisa Smile). However the solid connections don’t cease there! “I knew Kate from childhood,” Grace informed E! in 2004. “We really are from the identical hometown [Darien, Connecticut]. And Josh is a good pal.”
As for Duhamel’s origin story, the Las Vegas star stated {that a} well-known filmmaker was partially liable for serving to him land the lead. “The story goes that Steven Spielberg regarded on the display assessments and [said], ‘If I used to be making this film, I’d rent him,’” the North Dakota native informed Leisure Weekly.
The All My Kids alum additionally had a leg-up from his real-life recognition as a cleaning soap star. “A part of the explanation I obtained this job was as a result of [my publicist] was actually good in utilizing some footage we had from what we name Tremendous Cleaning soap weekend in Florida, the place the most important followers mainly from ABC daytime would go to this large occasion at Disney World,” Duhamel stated in an interview with IGN in January 2004. “As a result of all people is aware of you, you are feeling such as you’re Tad Hamilton strolling down the boulevard in Disney World. And we had footage of strolling down the streets there, at a question-answer factor with all these individuals watching. It was a microcosm of what it’s really like for any individual like that, Tom Cruise or no matter, [so] I did have a way of what it might really feel like.”
Grace in contrast Tad Hamilton to a different Hollywood heartthrob. “It’s like, Brad Pitt,” the That ‘70s Present actor stated on the time. “What are you gonna do? If the woman you want begins relationship Brad Pitt, you understand irrespective of how nice a man you’re, you’re going to have an issue.”
Artwork imitated life for Bosworth, who was relationship Pirates of the Caribbean star Orlando Bloom on the time the film got here out. “Being on this enterprise and understanding how you actually can’t choose a e book by its cowl, and simply understanding how various things most likely are than how they’re portrayed, I attempt to not have a sure picture of any individual,” the Blue Crush actress informed IGN. “And if I do, I hold that in thoughts as a result of I do know that there are such a lot of various things stated about me. I’m considering, nicely, take it with a grain of salt. You possibly can’t precisely put anyone in a field.”
Since then, the solid has not simply been successful hearts but additionally incomes Oscars, Emmys and Tonys! Preserve scrolling to see what the solid of Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! is thus far:
