Template:Did you know nominations/The 40-Year-Old Virgin
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The result was: promoted by Kingsif (talk) 05:24, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
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The 40-Year-Old Virgin
... that Romany Malco once begged for Judd Apatow to cut his scenes from The 40-Year-Old Virgin prior to its release? Source: "I was like, 'My mom is an ordained minister, bro, cut me out of the movie, please. I'm serious.' I was like, 'Just cut my behavior.' He goes, 'We can't. You're funny.' I was literally afraid what would happen when it came out.")ALT1:... that Kelly Clarkson said she became predominately known for Steve Carell blurting out her name in The 40-Year-Old Virgin after he did so during a chest waxing scene in the film? Source: "I could literally do anything in the world, doesn't matter how many hits [or] what I do in life, I could save a family from drowning, fires... and literally the one thing people know me from is 'ahh, Kelly Clarkson!'"ALT2:... that Rotten Tomatoes ranked The 40-Year-Old Virgin as 2005's "Best Reviewed Comedy"? Source: "This year's winner of the Golden Tomato Award for the best-reviewed comedy, however, arrives with an adjusted score of 76.82, a strong Tomatometer of 84%, and 7th-place ranking among 2005's wide releases. With a title that says it all, 'The 40 Year-Old Virgin' proves that Steve Carell has the comedic chops to carry a movie and provide a good share of laughs."- ALT3:... that the scene from The 40-Year-Old Virgin where Steve Carell gets his chest waxed was done for real, which he insisted on, and recorded in a single take? Source: "We had five cameras because obviously you could only do one take of it. And I told Judd, '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.' And I think it's pretty clear that it is because my skin gets incredibly red, like immediately."
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- Comment: If it's possible to have this featured on the main page for the movie's 16th anniversary on August 19th, then that would be ideal since I doubt I'll be able to get it up to FA in time to qualify for TFA on that day.
Improved to Good Article status by SNUGGUMS (talk). Self-nominated at 22:03, 16 June 2021 (UTC).
The article was promoted to GA in time, long enough referenced, neutral. Earwig picked up this but it's probably them copying from the article. The hooks are referenced. Personally I like ALT3 the most. QPQ done. The images used in the article are either free or fair use. Nice work. Corachow (talk) 12:25, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
