What’s Your Number? > Trivia

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  • Chris Evans does his own singing in the movie.
  • While filming this movie, Anna Faris and Chris Pratt (Disgusting Donald) were married.
  • The script was a few years old by the time the film was greenlit. Anna Faris was adamant that they raise Ally’s number of sexual partners, because she felt that a girl her age in the modern world would have more life experience. On the other hand, the studio was adamant that it be 16 partners because they felt too many partners would make the character unrelatable to the audience. Anna lost the argument, and the number they settled on was 20 sexual partners for Ally.
  • Behind the scenes, Anna Faris was in a hard spat with the producers because she disagreed with her character’s outfit, especially the slender or very narrow high-heeled shoes.
  • Aziz Ansari makes a voice cameo at the end of the movie on Anna’s voicemail.
  • Martin Freeman’s character wears a St. Barts Hospital tie; St. Barts is where the character Dr. John Watson trains, in Sherlock (2010). Martin Freeman played John Watson in this version of the Sherlock Holmes story.
  • During the number of people you’ve slept with guessing game, Ally ends the game after drawing herself. The last number seen in the glass is 6, which is Eileen’s number.

  • Most of the magazine articles shown at the beginning of the film directly relate to events in the plot. For example:

    • “Change too much for your man?” reflects Ally’s tendency to change herself to please others.

    • “Stalking your ex” ties into Ally’s quest to track down her ex-boyfriends.

    • “Does he only want your bod?” hints at Colin’s initial physical attraction to Ally.

    • “Less than perfect: A daughter’s story of pleasing her mother” mirrors Ally’s willingness to settle in relationships to meet her mother’s expectations.

    • “Be a dude – not – a douche” foreshadows Colin’s character development.

    • “When your sister is just plain better than you” parallels Ally’s feelings of inadequacy compared to her sister Daisy, especially in relationships.

    • “Decorating your bedroom with him in mind”—the article given the most screen time—foreshadows Colin’s eventual presence in Ally’s apartment during his hideouts.