Trivia / Ricki and the Flash

• California Doubling: New York doubles for Indiana in some places.
• Cast the Expert: Rick Springfield as a lead guitarist. The guitar he plays in the film is his own too.
• Creator Cameo: Diablo Cody the screenwriter is dancing on the floor while Ricki and the Flash perform "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For."
• Development Hell: A shorter example than most. Shooting was delayed because Meryl Streep wished to learn how to play guitar for the role.
• Enforced Method Acting: The director ordered Meryl Streep and Mamie Gummer to stay apart from each other throughout filming to better translate their characters' estranged relationship.
• Hey, It's That Place!: The apartment complex where Ricki lives is the same one from The Karate Kid.
• Irony as She Is Cast: A movie about a musician stars Broadway powerhouse Audra McDonald and she does not sing at all. Likewise, Kevin Kline has had a singing career, and he doesn't sing either.
• Playing Against Type:
  • Meryl Streep as an ageing rock musician, who's also a Cool Old Lady deconstruction.
  • Sebastian Stan plays a straight-up Nice Guy as opposed to his darker characters.
  • Kevin Kline as the Only Sane Man.
• Production Posse: The third film that Meryl Streep has done with Kevin Kline and Mamie Gummer.
• Real-Life Relative: Meryl Streep (Ricki) and Mamie Gummer (Julie) are mother and daughter in real life.
• Reality Subtext: Mamie Gummer's character Julie has just gotten divorced from her husband. Gummer and her husband married and divorced quickly while they were both young.

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