Trivia / Swingers

• Acting for Two: Nicole La Loggia, the film's Line Producer plays two roles. She plays Michelle's voice on the phone, and she appears as one of the bar patrons at the Derby (the brunette sitting to the right of Trent when Mike leaves the table).
• Actor-Inspired Element: One scene, in which Trent yells at Sue for insulting Mike, was written at Vince Vaughn's request to make it clear that beneath Trent's swagger, he truly cared for Mike as a friend.
• Breakthrough Hit/Star-Making Role: The film helped launch the careers of Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau and Doug Liman.
• Completely Different Title: In Sweden, the film was called "Du, var är brudarna?", meaning roughly "Hey, Where Are the Chicks?".
• Real-Life Relative: In addition to casting their friends in key roles, Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn gave cameo roles to their family members. Vaughn's father, Vernon Vaughn, plays the lucky gambler at the $100-minimum blackjack table, while Favreau's grandmother, Joan Favreau, is the lucky gambler at the $5-minimum blackjack table.
• Serendipity Writes the Plot: According to Jon Favreau, the reason Mike opens his empty fridge is because Doug Liman said that the scene was too dark and they needed the light.
• Technology Marches On: The importance of answering machines in the plot sets the film solidly before cell phones and texting took over communication.
• What Could Have Been: During the time Jon Favreau was trying to raise production money, some of the producers wanted to change the character of Trent to a girl, to not go to Vegas, and to make it darker and more violent. Others wanted to cast more notable actors like Johnny Depp or Chris O'Donnell, but Favreau declined those ideas despite trying hard to embrace them.
• Write What You Know:
  • The movie is loosely based on the experiences writer Jon Favreau had when he first moved to LA. He had just broken up with a long term girlfriend and counted on his friends Vince Vaughn and Ron Livingston to cheer him up. The characters they play in the film are based on themselves.
  • The "Bear" monologue that Trent delivers to Mike is almost verbatim something Vince told Jon one night at a bar. Favreau liked it a lot and incorporated it into the script.

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