40 Fun Facts About Friends with Benefits

Which magazine hires Dylan Harper as its new art director when he moves to New York in Friends with Benefits?

GQ signs Dylan to a one-year contract after a single night exploring the city changes his mind about leaving California.

Which career first brings Jamie Rellis into contact with Dylan Harper in the film Friends with Benefits?

Executive headhunter Jamie brings Dylan over from California for an interview, then spends a night showing him the city to win him over.

Which illness affects Mr. Harper, the father Dylan visits in California, in the film Friends with Benefits?

Alzheimer's disease is in its early stages for Mr. Harper, and a moment of confusion at an airport leads to the advice that sends Dylan back to Jamie.

In which New York landmark does Dylan surprise Jamie with a dancing flash mob in Friends with Benefits?

Grand Central is where Dylan lures Jamie with help from her mother, then asks her for a first real date at a café just across the street.

Friends with Benefits star Justin Timberlake rose to fame in the late 1990s with which boy band?

NSYNC made Timberlake famous as one of its two lead singers, and the band dissolved as his own stardom grew.

Mila Kunis, who plays Jamie in Friends with Benefits, spent eight seasons as Jackie Burkhart on which sitcom?

That '70s Show ran from 1998 to 2006 and overlapped with another long job: Kunis has voiced Meg Griffin on Family Guy since 1999.

Which romantic comedy with a near-identical premise reached cinemas six months before Friends with Benefits did?

No Strings Attached beat it to cinemas in January 2011, and its script had once carried the title Friends with Benefits.

Over which holiday weekend does Jamie fly west with Dylan to meet his family in Friends with Benefits?

Fourth of July plans with her mother fall through at the last minute, so Dylan talks Jamie into joining his family trip instead.

Which former Cheers actor plays Tommy Bollinger, Dylan's gay colleague at the magazine, in Friends with Benefits?

Woody Harrelson won an Emmy as naive bartender Woody Boyd, the role that made his name years before this comic supporting turn.

Which 1998 hit by the rock band Semisonic plays during the flash mob finale of Friends with Benefits?

Closing Time returned to the charts in three countries in 2011, the year both the film and an episode of The Office featured it.

Which Pieces of April Oscar nominee plays Lorna, Jamie's free-spirited mother, in the film Friends with Benefits?

Patricia Clarkson had played another mother for the same director only a year earlier, in his high-school comedy.

Which star of the sitcom Dharma & Greg plays Annie, Dylan Harper's sister, in the film Friends with Benefits?

Jenna Elfman won a Golden Globe as Dharma in 1999; in this film her character Annie is the mother of Dylan's young nephew Sam.

Which actor, Oscar-nominated for The Visitor, plays the ailing father of Dylan Harper in Friends with Benefits?

Richard Jenkins earned that Best Actor nomination for a rare lead role, and a second nomination followed for The Shape of Water.

Which actress makes a brief appearance as Kayla, the girlfriend who dumps Dylan at the start of Friends with Benefits?

Emma Stone had just led the same director's previous film, so this brief appearance was a quick reunion for the pair.

Which Saturday Night Live star, who won an Emmy for a Justin Timberlake duet, plays Quincy in Friends with Benefits?

Andy Samberg spent seven years in the sketch show's cast, from 2005 to 2012, and helped popularise its Digital Shorts.

Which Olympic gold medallist makes a cameo appearance as himself in the romantic comedy Friends with Benefits?

Shaun White won his Olympic golds in half-pipe snowboarding, and he went on to play himself again in an episode of American Dad!

Which How I Met Your Mother star makes an uncredited cameo as Brice in the film Friends with Benefits?

Jason Segel had already shared the screen with Mila Kunis as the lead of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, a comedy he also wrote.

Which Parks and Recreation actress makes an uncredited cameo as Madison in the film Friends with Benefits?

Rashida Jones, daughter of record producer Quincy Jones, also appeared in The Big Year and Our Idiot Brother in 2011.

Nolan Gould, who plays Dylan's young nephew in Friends with Benefits, was already known as Luke Dunphy in which sitcom?

Modern Family had made Gould a familiar face by 2011, and that fame helped him land the small film part of Sammy.

What is the profession of Parker, who leaves Jamie the morning after their fifth date, in Friends with Benefits?

Oncologist Parker treats children, and Jamie holds to her five-date rule with him before he ends things the very next morning.

Which filmmaker, later behind Peter Rabbit and Anyone but You, directed and co-wrote Friends with Benefits?

Will Gluck rewrote the script around his two leads, then spent more than a month workshopping it with them before the cameras rolled.

Which high-school comedy inspired by The Scarlet Letter came from the director of Friends with Benefits a year earlier?

Easy A lent the later film two of its cast: its young lead returns for a brief cameo, and its screen mother plays another mother.

Which actor led a rival casual-romance comedy in 2011 and later married Friends with Benefits star Mila Kunis?

Ashton Kutcher starred opposite Natalie Portman in the competing film, began dating Kunis in 2012 and married her in 2015.

Which studio dropped its protest over the title Friends with Benefits after renaming its own competing film?

Paramount Pictures backed down once its own project took a new name; the makers also sped up production for fear of losing the title.

Which network aired a short-lived sitcom also called Friends with Benefits in the same summer as the film?

NBC held its unrelated sitcom back from mid-season, then aired it across August and September 2011, a fortnight after the film opened.

Which Marvel superhero's origin film topped the box office the weekend Friends with Benefits opened in third place?

Captain America took first place and the final Harry Potter film second, leaving the comedy third with $18.6 million.

Which classic Hollywood screen couple did the director of Friends with Benefits cite as a model for Dylan and Jamie?

Hepburn and Tracy were the comparison he reached for after rewriting the script as a more adult film about sex and relationships.

At which ceremony was Friends with Benefits nominated for Favorite Comedy Movie, with a second nod for Mila Kunis?

People's Choice Awards voters nominated both the film and Kunis in 2012, and each of the two leads also drew a Teen Choice nomination.

In which city does Dylan Harper work as an art director before a job offer takes him east in Friends with Benefits?

Los Angeles is also where filming wrapped in September 2010, after a summer shoot in Manhattan and Central Park.

Where does Dylan finally find Jamie after she flies home and ignores his calls in Friends with Benefits?

A skyscraper rooftop is the secret spot Jamie showed Dylan on the day they met, and it is where she ends their friendship.

In which 2010 drama did Friends with Benefits star Justin Timberlake play Napster co-founder Sean Parker?

The Social Network nearly had Jonah Hill in the part, but director David Fincher passed on him and cast Timberlake.

Which 2010 film, released the year before Friends with Benefits, earned Mila Kunis her first Golden Globe nomination?

Black Swan cast Kunis as a rival ballerina, and she trained in ballet for several months before filming began.

Which hip-hop duo recorded Jump, the 1992 chart-topper heard in the dance finale of Friends with Benefits?

Kris Kross kept their debut single at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks.

At which airport does Dylan meet his father shortly before the finale of Friends with Benefits?

Newark Liberty is where his father, briefly confused, mistakes a passerby for a lost love and urges Dylan not to repeat his mistake.

Which production company behind Friends with Benefits also made When Harry Met Sally and the sitcom Seinfeld?

Castle Rock was founded in 1987 by a group that included Rob Reiner, who directed When Harry Met Sally two years later.

Which director of Ghost and co-director of the spoof Airplane! served as a producer on Friends with Benefits?

Jerry Zucker made his name as one third of a spoof-comedy trio with his brother David and Jim Abrahams.

In which other 2011 comedy did Justin Timberlake appear with Cameron Diaz a month before Friends with Benefits opened?

Bad Teacher opened in June 2011, and a third Timberlake film, the science-fiction film In Time, followed later that year.

What are Dylan and Jamie watching together in the post-credits scene of Friends with Benefits?

Rom-com outtakes close the film: the bloopers come from the fictional romantic comedy the pair watch and pick apart during the story.

Which famous critic gave Friends with Benefits three stars and likened Mila Kunis's rapid delivery to Juno?

Roger Ebert singled out the quick, well-written dialogue and admitted that he simply liked watching the two leads together.

Which kind of event did both Friends with Benefits leads attend in late 2011 after strangers invited them on YouTube?

A Marine Corps ball each: Kunis went in North Carolina and Timberlake in Virginia, after two serving Marines posted video invitations that summer.