12 Times People Miss Some Amazing Details From Romantic Movies

Jimmy Henton
Jun 14, 2022
Jun 14, 2022

Romantic Movies certainly enable people to immerse themselves in love stories. So, if you love this movie's genre, you might enjoy watching the love story of Jack Black and Kate Winslet in The Holiday, or Kristen Stewart and Billy Burke in Twilight.
The purpose of romantic movies is to lead us into lifelike love stories. And all the details in every scene are put in order by the writers and directors. However, these scenes seem to look nothing special and people tend to ignore them. People sometimes don’t recognize the reference in some movies' scenes. There are truly a bunch of interesting explanations.
Today, we have compiled a list of hidden details in romantic movies that you didn’t realize on the first watch. Let’s check them out!

#1 An interesting cameo in Titanic

Source: © Titanic / Paramount

In a scene of the movie, we can see a man walking on the deck with his wife. He is Edward Kamuda, a historian, who has devoted his whole life to preserving the Titanic’s legacy. He was invited to be the movie's historical consultant.

#2 The T-shirt with Paul Rudd’s face in 40-Year-Old Virgin

Source: © The 40-Year-Old Virgin / Universal Pictures and co-producers

Cal (Seth Rogen) and David (Paul Rudd) are playing video games at Paul Rudd’s place. But the thing is Paul Rudd is wearing a T-shirt with a picture of his face. The only difference is that the actor has a beard in the printed picture. No one could tell who came up with this idea, but it’s just brilliant.

#3 Cake toppers in The Wedding Singer

Source: © The Wedding Singer / Juno Pix and co-producers

The bride doll on Robbie and Linda’s wedding cake turns out to be a reflection of Julia. She is the woman Robbie decides to marry at the end of the film. So it works like a sort of premonition of what’s going to happen later in the movie. Of course, you would never know this the first time you watch it!

#4 The use of blue in (500) Days of Summer was inspired by Zooey Deschanel’s eyes.

Source: © (500) Days of Summer / Fox Searchlight Pictures and co-producers

In some scenes of (500) Day of Summer, we can see the movie’s namesake wearing blue dresses, shirts, and skirts. Throughout the whole movie, the color blue appears many times as a sort of secret code. It isn’t a coincidence because the director and producers see it as an effective technique to highlight Zooey Deschanel’s blue eyes.

#5 Costumes are adapted to the development of the characters in 13 Going on 30

Source: © 13 Going on 30 / Revolution Studios and co-producers

When the first scene of the movie was opened, the protagonist, Jennifer Garner, showed her mom a magazine of things that 30-year-old women own, and, in one of the shots, we can see the picture of a huge walk-in closet that’s illustrating a fashion article in the magazine as well. A few scenes later, when Jennifer finally turns 30 years old, the same closet appears in her apartment, which makes us think that Jennifer has followed the dreams she had since she was a teenager.

#6 The name of the hospital in 50 First Dates is a reference to Tommy Boy (1995)

Source: © 50 First Dates / Columbia Pictures and co-producers, © Tommy Boy / Broadway Pictures and co-producer

The psychiatric hospital Lucy goes to when she wants to investigate what happened to her has the same name as the auto parts owner, Tommy Boy Callahan. Chris Faley played this character in Tommy Boy. And the director, Peter Segal, who worked in both films decided to reference the 1995 film.

#7 The cake at the end of the film refers to a painting by Chagall that the main characters like in Notting Hill.

Source: © Notting Hill / Polygram Filmed Entertainment and co-producers

Spoiler alert. If you haven’t watched Notting Hill, you might want to stop reading at this point. If you have watched it, you might remember that at the end of the movie, during the wedding, the cake has a goat with a violin on it. This strange design comes from a painting named The Bride by Marc Chagall. The actress said that “happiness isn’t happiness without a violin-playing goat” and at the end of the film, they decided to have a cake with that goat as a reflection of that line.

#8 The server from Pretty Woman also appears in The Princess Diaries 2.

Source: © Pretty Woman / Touchstone pictures and co-producers, © The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement / Walt Disney Pictures and co-producer

In Pretty Woman, there is an iconic scene where Julia Roberts (Vivian) goes to lunch at a very nice restaurant together with Richard Gere (Edward). Vivian, as you might recall, is served snails, which is a sort of delicacy that she’s never had before. As she tries to grab one of them, the snail flies through the air and a server manages to catch it, and to lessen the embarrassment of the accident, he says, “It happens all the time.”
In The Princess Diaries 2, when Mia is greeting guests, a bracelet flies off her wrist, and it turns out that the one who catches it is the same actor who played the server from Pretty Woman. However, this time he’s a royal server. What didn’t change was his line, as again, he says, “It happens all the time.” This amazing Easter egg was included because Garry Marshall was the director of both films.

#9 The film that refers to the plot in Love Actually

If you see Mark having a DVD of Hitchcock's classic thriller, Rear Windon, you can see it sitting right there on the shelf while he’s looking for something. This reference was taken because the character in Love did the same.

#10 The reference to Saturday Night Live in the movie, Hitch

In one scene of the movie, Hitch meets Albert and opens his document. In this file, one of his favorite books is "I’m Good Enough, "I’m Smart Enough" written by Stuart Smalley, who is a character created by a comedian from the famous show Saturday Night Live. The book was selling and the main spirit is self-help in personal relationships, and friendship, which comes in handy for the character in the movie.

#11 A reference to another film by the same director in Friends with Benefits

In Friends with Benefits, there’s a scene where Mila Kunis uses a holding sign to welcome Justin Timberlake. Still, we can see that the sign has the name: “O. Penderghast.”. The name refers to Olive Penderghast, a character played by Emma Stone in Easy A. This reference was first included because both movies were made by the same director, Will Gluck.

#12 Nigel entering Bogey’s house in 10 Things I Hate About You

While Bogey is having a weird meeting at his house, he hears a knock on his door. He says: “That must be Nigel with the brie,” and when he opens the door, a lot of young men come in, but sure enough, the first one to enter the house is Nigel with a plate of brie cheese.

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