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“I only eat the brown ones,” he responds.
“Because I figure they have less artificial coloring, because chocolate’s already brown.”
DEFAZIO:“The brown M&M’s still have food dye.
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So it’s B.S.
[But] it makes sense, actually!
GOODMAN:“M&M’s have a candy coating.
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ELLIS:“We originally pitched the script to studios in 1995, and nobody bought it.
We thought it was such a strong concept that we wrote the script anyhow.
The M&M’s scene was absolutely there from the beginning.
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It was in the first draft of the script.
At the time, we were eating alotof M&M’s.
Almost everything in the movie is [from our lives].
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[But the] moment is absurdly innocent.
She sees him as [endearingly] flawed as opposed to the knight in shining armor.”
So many of these romantic comedies are about chemistry.
It’s a timeless, sweet love story.
That was sort of what we were aspiring to do.”
ELLIS: “We singlehandedly closed four different studios.
At the eleventh hour, Sony stepped in.
Was that the most amusing way we could have [presented] that scene?
They’re toxic and they kill you.'
That’s funny, too, but that’s a different character.
The bottom line is, it’s said in a joking way.
Mary knows it’s not true.
She’s not a stupid character.
She’s a self-possessed, smart woman [and she knows Steve’s] making a joke.
In the end, she’s doing it, too, because she’s thinking about him.
It’s not like she’s making that choice for nutritional reasons.
She’s still thinking about Steve.”
The line we always thought would stick is the line where Jennifer says Matthew smells like grilled cheese sandwiches.
When a movie is behind you, it really is just a job you did 15 years ago.
It seemed like a natural extension of him being decisive.
What was more important about it is the way it endeared him to her.
So should we be getting our dietary information from hunky men in Hollywood movies!?
DEFAZIO:“Well, you know, heisMatthew McConaughey.
But it was a good try.”
GIBGOT:“I’m really disappointed to know that brown M&M’s are the least healthy.
I feel very disillusioned now.”
ELLIS:“I stand by the line, because it’s a comedy.
We’re not putting out a nutritional value documentary for kids.
Don’t get nutritional information from a romantic comedy.
That should not be your source of information [laughs].
I think you should call a nutritionist, or call your doctor.
That’s how you should find out.”
[“But he’s a doctor in the movie,” EW responds.]
“Well, he’s a pediatrician; he’s not a nutritionist.
And he doesnotrecommend it!”
The moral of the story
Don’t let those grilled cheese fumes cloud yo' brains.
You shouldn’t listen to a pretty man just because he’s pretty!
