Jerry Maguire/Trivia


 * Billing Displacement: Zellweger was almost a complete unknown when she got the part of Dorothy (her first major role), and at the time the movie was released it was marketed almost exclusively as a Tom Cruise vehicle. As she's since become a major star in her own right, DVD cases and the like now bill the two leads equally.
 * Star-Making Role: For both Renee Zellweger and Cuba Gooding Jr.
 * What Could Have Been: Janeane Garofalo was told she would be cast as Dorothy if she lost weight. By the time she did, Renee Zellweger got the part. (Of course, Janeane Garofalo winding up married to Tom Cruise is about as believable as Quasimodo winding up married to Angelina Jolie.)
 * Crowe wanted Billy Wilder to play the part of Dicky Fox, Jerry's mentor (seen in flashbacks), but despite both his and Tom Cruise's efforts, Wilder turned them down. Crowe wrote about the experience for Rolling Stone, which led to him writing a book about Wilder, so it didn't turn out too badly.