White Chicks (2004)
Trivia
The special makeup effects were created by legendary make up artist Greg Cannom who also did Mrs Doubtfire and The Mask.
"The Miltons" was originally intended to be a comical remake of Gone with the Wind (1939) in modern day Beverly Hills. After many script revisions, the story settled and became White Chicks (2004).
Terry Crews's character, Lattrell Spencer, mentions he loves the song "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton, as he picks up Marcus Copeland (played by Marlon Wayans) disguised as one of the Wilson sisters, when Lattrell picks him up on the date and Marcus plays his car radio. In real life, Terry Crews actually does love that song.
Terry Crews's line, "Oh no, my brother, you gotta get your own" (spoken to Shawn Wayans when Shawn is pretending to be a parking valet), is taken from a record commercial that used to air frequently on BET (Black Entertainment Television) during the 1980s.
The joke about the breast milk into powder came straight from something Rickey Smiley said on BET's ComicView in 1999.
Brittany Daniels is actually a twin herself. Her sister Cynthia Daniels does not appear in this film however, Jaime King instead plays her twin sister.
When the Wilson sisters get out of the airplane, the song playing is a spoof of "Miss Hilton," a song recorded by The Penfifteen Club for The Simple Life (2003-2007), Paris Hilton's hit reality show.
The Van Der Geld Family auction charity is titled S.N.O.B., standing for "Southampton Nuclear Opposition Benefit."
Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans and Lochlyn Munro last appeared together in Scary Movie (2000). They would also appear together again in the movie Little Man (2006). As well in Dance Flick (2009)
When the brothers go to pick up the Wilson sisters at the airport, the outside shot of the airport is actually Palm Beach International Airport (PBI), in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The scene when a mugger steals one of the sister's bag, when she's running after him she's seen barefoot except for one shot mid-chase where she's clearly wearing white sneakers. At the end of the scene she's barefoot again.
While reviewing the case file at the airport the potential kidnapper is identified as "Ted Burton" both by Kevin stating it and the dossier showing it in print but the photograph attached to the dossier has "Edward Burton" printed on it.
Actor John Heard plays a father to two girls named Megan and Heather Vandergeld in this movie by coincidence he portrayed a father and uncle figure 14 years earlier in Home Alone to his eldest daughter and niece with the same first names Megan and Heather.
At the charity ball at The Royal Hamptons Hotel, a sign is displayed above the stage for the Southampton Nuclear Opposition Benefit. The first letters of the words spell the word "SNOB," probably referring to the many wealthy people who live or holiday in the Hamptons.
Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans previously co-wrote and starred in Scary Movie 2 (2001), which parodied The Exorcist (1973). Jennifer Carpenter, who played Lisa in this movie, also starred in The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005).
Despite playing sisters of the same age in this movie Megan and Heather this isn't true in reality in fact in real life Brittany Daniel who plays Megan is 3 years 1 month and 6 days older then Jaime King who plays Heather.
13 Going on 30 and White Chicks were both distributed by Columbia Pictures/Revolution Studios and released the same year 2004 and also both films take place in New York.
