St. Vincent/Trivia

* Naomi Watts learned her Russian accent for her role as Daka by watching YouTube videos and by going to a Russian spa in order to observe mannerisms and dialect.
* Naomi Watts said in an interview that she was terrified during the sex scene with Bill Murray at the beginning of the movie. According to director Theodore Melfi, Watts was bright red and very tense. Murray could tell she was nervous, so after the director yelled "cut", he broke the ice by saying "are you seeing anyone?" Naomi cracked up and from then she was more comfortable around him.
* Naomi Watts originally thought she was reading the script for the role as Maggie (Oliver's mom) as it was more similar to her actual personality.
* Naomi Watts stayed in character even when she wasn't shooting in order to protect herself from feeling insecure around co-star Bill Murray.
* Jack Nicholson was originally offered the role of Vincent; he turned it down but recommended Bill Murray.
* Daka's outfits were mostly bought from eBay and TJ Maxx, as stated by Naomi Watts and Theodore Melfi during a press conference.
* The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2011 Blacklist; a list of the "most liked" unmade scripts of the year.
* In the beginning of the movie Vincent is seen at home with the television on with an episode of The Golden Girls (1985) showing. That episode playing just so happens to be the one where the 3 main characters (Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche) get mistaken for prostitutes.
* Vincent's car is a 1983 Chrysler LeBaron convertible with simulated wood paneling. It has been on an episode of Seinfeld, The Mom and Pop Store (1994), the Jon Voight car episode and on the Meet Kevin Hermann (2023).
* Jaeden Martell's theatrical film debut.
* Alternate titles for the film include: "St. Vin", "St. Vincent de Van Nuys", and "St. Vincent of Van Wyck Street".
* Naomi Watts (Daka) & Jaeden Martell (Oliver) would later star respectively as mother and son in the movie, "The Book of Henry".
* At the beginning of the movie, Bill Murray's character is seen dancing to Jefferson Airplane. In Where the Buffalo Roam (1980), Bill Murray plays Hunter S Thompson, the man who brought Jefferson Airplane to the public's attention in Rolling Stone Magazine.
* Melissa McCarthy appears in Ghostbusters (2016), the reboot of Bill Murray's iconic franchise. And Bill Murray has a cameo in it.
* Executive producer Don Cheadle and actor Terrence Howard (Zucko) have both played Colonel James Rhodes in the Iron Man films.
* Melissa McCarthy and Chris O'Dowd also starred together in "Bridesmaids" (2011) and "The Starling" (2021).
* Naomi Watts also played a Russian in Eastern Promises (2007).
* If you look very carefully on a book shelf in Bill Murray's living room, the original VHS set of the Western television miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989) is visible. That series starred Robert Duvall who had previously co-starred with Murray in Get Low (2009).
* Chris O'Dowd and Melissa McCarthy play husband and wife together in The Starling.
* Melissa McCarthy and Nate Corddry were also in "The Heat." He played her brother.
* Jaeden Martell (Oliver) said that he and co-star Bill Murray meditated together before filming his big speech at the end of the movie.
* When Maggie is served her Family Court papers, the state is New York, but the county has been left blank.
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