Jake Szymanski with Zac Efron and Adam DeVine on the set of Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates. According to Stangle, the portrayal is pretty spot-on—although the real-life difference between him and his sibling might not be as starkly pronounced as it is in the film, which positions Efron’s Dave as the somewhat straight man to Adam Devine’s far more unhinged Mike.
The real wedding took place in Saratoga, New York back in 2013. You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. Also, Dave notes, “Mike and I are not in as good of shape as [Efron and Levine], but we’re about as close as you can find for two regular guys.”, The other major difference is, as Dave explains, “In the movie, the dates we end up taking to the wedding, [Plaza and Anna Kendrick], end up getting completely out of control. In the film, the pair end up going with two women who respond to the ad (Plaza and Kendrick) who end up being more raucous than the men are, but the reality is much more tame. “These are them; these are the guys.”.
Mike adds, “This girl ran after Dave and lifted up his shirt, latched on to him like a spider monkey, and bit him right between the nipples.”. In the movie, Alice (Anna Kendrick) and Tatiana (Aubrey Plaza) are strangers who see the ad and decide to manipulate the guys into taking them on a free vacation.
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Although the Stangles did go on dates with several of the women who responded to their ad, they ended up taking a couple of childhood friends to the wedding so as not to distract from their cousin's big day.
That part of the story was not inspired by the dates we ended up taking to the wedding, but more on the dating experience as a whole.”.
Well, the film is inspired by a true story, anyway. However, the pair's book describes a lot of their debauchery from other times in their lives unrelated to the wedding, so it's hard to say how much of what ended up in the film really happened to these two guys at some point in their lives (they estimate 80 percent, according to Devine on Jimmy Kimmel).
The two had dashed it off as a joke—a “creative writing thing.”.
. In the movie, the guys have a pretty hot ticket on their hands to attract some dates: the wedding is in Hawaii, and the tickets are already paid for. On another date, they drunkenly hoisted a former cheerleader up the fire escape of a friend’s building, in hopes that she would be able to sneak into his apartment through a window. At the behest of their parents, the two agree to bring wedding dates to their sister's upcoming nuptials to help keep themselves in check, and they find their dates via a ridiculous Craigslist ad. Both brothers admit they did not have much formal dating experience beforehand, so they ended up making strategy adjustments as they went along. “Then it went viral, and we had thousands and thousands of respondees,” Stangle said in a phone interview, adding later, “these news outlets wanted to come to the wedding and cover who we took, which is, (a) the silliest thing I’ve ever heard in my life, and (b) we’re from a small town, and we didn’t want to take attention away from the bride.”. The ad went crazy viral, and the two started getting a lot of attention. “I fully support Dave’s first statement. The movie interpretation of the whole whirlwind, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, hit theaters on Friday, topping its projected box-office take for the weekend by over $1 million. According to director Jake Szymanski, the main objective was getting the brothers’ personalities right—and letting the movie’s two fictional heroines take it from there. Unfortunately, their friend happened to be out of town, and the girl ended up stranded on the landing. The film stars Levine and Zac Efron as Mike and Dave Stangle, two real-life brothers whose party habits were so notorious that they were instructed to bring dates to their sister’s wedding. “Especially when you have a bunch of people who are as into the ‘true story’ aspect as our producers.”, As for how closely the onscreen shenanigans lineup with their real-life escapades, Dave says, “What you see is what you get.
At the end of the day, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates has one of the most bizarre and unbelievable origins of any movie ever based on a true story, which just makes the film that much crazier.
© 2020 Condé Nast. “After a few weeks when it really started going viral, we had so many emails in our inbox that we were like, ‘Why are we being such bro’s about this and only picking the hottest chicks, let’s go through and find women who seem genuinely unique and interesting,’ ” Dave says. But what’s even harder to believe is that the real events might be even crazier than the movie. Hundreds of single ladies responded and the ensuing series of insane dates formed the basis of their memoir, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates: and a Thousand Cocktails, which was later spun into a movie deal. “I actually think we’re both probably a little more similar to Adam; I think they just had to build in some kind of character to have a base model of being normal,” Stangle said, adding, “It wasn’t really the story that we cared that they got right; it was more the characters. “We had a lot of fun with the amount of ridiculous dates we went on with these crazy people from Craigslist who would respond to our ads,” Mike explains. “If you ever get a chance to have a movie made about your life, I highly recommend you do it,” Dave tells PEOPLE of working on his first film. Like most based-on-a-true-story fare, a good bit of the movie is actually very different from how things happened in real life. As far as the real-life Stangle bros are concerned, he nailed it. In real life, the Stangles ended up bringing a couple of women they already knew. Nothing says a family vacation like an RV, Princess Diana died when Harry was just 12 years old, It's looked — and felt — like a whole different world as we've been social distancing and attempting to keep each other safe, See All the Celebs Taking RV Trips This Summer, The Sweetest Photos of Princes Harry with Diana, From Empty Streets to Virtual Weddings: What Life Has Looked Like During the Coronavirus Pandemic. Mike and Dave might be the ones whose names are in the title, but Alice and Tatiana “are the driving force of the movie,” Szymanski said in a phone interview. The post then went viral, landing them a mountain of respondents and instant fame, TV appearances and all. I know that Zac and Adam had a lot of fun with both of them.”. Sounds pretty far-fetched, but Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates is a true story. In real life, the Stangle brothers were preparing for their cousin's wedding in 2013 when they were told by the bride to bring dates to keep them from running rampant. Sounds pretty far-fetched, but Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates is a true story. Well, the film is inspired by a true story, anyway. For example, the two listed a FAQ section in their ad where they listed the following "benefits" for whatever ladies ended up being chosen as their dates: Also, in a stunning example of foresight, the two also included this last benefit: It didn't take long for the would-be Romeos to have their self-assuredness pay off. “That quickly morphed into, ‘Let’s find women who are f—— crazy and go have these crazy experiences double dating’ – and that just spiraled totally out of control.”, Mike and Dave went on dates night after night for weeks, sometimes going on multiple double dates in one evening.
Both guys are currently single, so if any ladies are interested in double dating with two hilarious brothers (who happen to know Zac Efron), feel free to check Craigslist.
Mike was having a hard time telling the difference between his drinks and the prop drinks.”.
Not a bad haul for what began as a joke, but how much of the film is actually true? When TV networks started calling, Dave Stangle said, that’s when he and Mike started to realize that their Craigslist post might become something more than a quick gag. Another friend ended up in surgery after the cheerleader “leapfrogged” off the balcony and crashed into his unsuspecting arms. “One time we had to ditch these two girls we went out with mid-date because they were acting like such lunatics, stealing stuff from the bar and throwing full drinks at other tables,” Dave remembers.
They needed dates for their cousin’s wedding; as a joke, they made a Craigslist personal ad. In real life, the wedding was local. Introducing ... PEOPLE's Products Worth the Hype. “I don t even know how to go on a normal date anymore, it ruined it for me,” Dave jokes. . The pair really did put out a Craigslist ad looking for wedding dates, which is how the whole film came about.
Mike and I were the only ones drinking real drinks. Mike and Dave Stangle are two real guys, and by all accounts they're just as brotastic as the film would have you believe. . The ad doesn't come off as being all that serious, as the two bros use borderline sexist and arrogant language throughout while trying to keep a humorous tone. Fresh from finishing. If you’ve seen the commercials for Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates – specifically the one where Audrey Plaza throws herself in front of a moving car to get Adam Levine‘s attention – then you might be surprised to learn that the film is based on a true story.
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“That two seconds took about 12 hours for us to film,” Stangle said. They appeared on TV shows like Today and Good Morning America, and within a few months of first posting the ad, had inked a book deal with Simon & Schuster and a movie deal with Fox.