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The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)

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• The scene where Andy has his chest hair removed, required five cameras set up for the shot. Star Steve Carell's chest hair was actually ripped out in the scene. The actor had told director Judd Apatow just before shooting the scene: "It has to be real. It won't be as funny if it's mocked up or if it's special effect. You have to see that this is really happening." The scene had to be done in one shot.
  
  
• When Cal and Andy walk through the bookstore, the first book that's prominently visible in the upper left corner is Jon Stewart's "America (the Book)". Steve Carell was a former "reporter" for Stewart's "The Daily Show" (1996).
  
  
• More than 15 minutes of material had to be cut from the film in order to avoid an NC-17 rating from the MPAA.
  
  

• A lot of the movie was improvised while shooting.
  
  
• In a deleted scene on the Unrated DVD, when Andy is on the phone trying to get help to get rid of his erection, the person on the other end is director Judd Apatow impersonating an Indian accent.
  
  
• The "We Sell Your Stuff on eBay" store was a real store; it was written into the script after the location was chosen.
  
  
• Several times in the movie, Cal wears t-shirts with music LP covers on them. They are: - Nirvana: Nevermind - Sonic Youth: Dirty - Public Enemy: Fear of a Black Planet - 'Genius/GZA' : Liquid Swords
  
  
• The "beautiful old Guatemalan love song" sung by Javier to Paula translates to: When you clean my room / I can't find anything / Where are you going in such a hurry? / To the soccer game.
  
  
• The "Pedestal" joke is carried on from Apatow's TV show "Undeclared" (2001).
  
  
• The restaurant that Andy and Trish eat at on their first date is a Benihana
  
  
• The Yellow Post-It note attached to Andy's calendar says "Don't Forget! Power Off Wed. Midnight to 2 AM"
  
  
• Trish's last name is Piedmont. It is seen on her card that she gives to Andy
  
  
• The films that are watched by the characters in the Smar-Tech store are all produced by Universal.
  
  
• The song that Andy is playing on his baritone horn while marching around his apartment is "Anchors Aweigh".
  
  
• Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006.
  
  
• Mindy Kaling's (Amy) film debut.
  
  
• The counselor at the health clinic where Andy takes Marla is played by Steve Carell's real life wife, Nancy Walls.
  
  
• The entire "You Know How I Know You're Gay" scene was improvised by Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen
  
  
• Actress Elizabeth Banks, who plays Beth, was commuting back and forth between L.A. and Vancouver, since at the time she was shooting this movie, she was also in Canada working on Slither (2006).
  
  
• When Trish is helping Andy package up his toys for sale she mentions that "the only other person that has as many toys as you, is my friend Eric Gilliland". Eric, who is a real friend of Keener, was the head writer on the "Roseanne" (1988) show and has written and produced many others.
  
  
• During the "Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine in" song-and-dance scene, Jay is seen performing the "sideways shuffle" made popular by M.C. Hammer. Romany Malco (Jay) starred as M.C. Hammer in the VH1 TV movie Too Legit: The MC Hammer Story (2001) (TV).
  
  
• Steve Carell's wife Nancy Walls suggested Jane Lynch for the role of Paula, who also worked with Carell during their Second City days.
  
  
• Steve Carell, the actor who played the "40 Year Old Virgin", was actually 43 years old when the movie was released in 2005.
  
  
• In a magazine interview, director Judd Apatow revealed a trick behind the film's success: during the first preview of the movie, he had actually recorded the preview audiences vocal reaction with a tape recorder. When it comes to re-cutting the film for the general release, he trimmed the film in sync to the recorded reaction. The scenes that did not have audience reaction were either cut or trimmed (but reinserted in the Unrated edition).
  
  

• SPOILER: It was Judd Apatow's daughter who came up with the idea of having the drunken Nicky (played by Apatow's wife Leslie Mann) fall asleep while driving Andy to her place and bouncing off of parked cars.
  
  

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