50 Fun Facts About We're the Millers

The We're the Millers outtakes show the cast serenading Rose's actress with which sitcom's theme song?

Friends was the hit that made her name, so in the credits outtake the radio plays the sitcom's theme instead of the planned TLC track. Her three co-stars sing along.

Which creature sneaks aboard the RV in Mexico and bites Kenny in We're the Millers, landing him in hospital?

A tarantula crawls up Kenny's leg after the RV crashes, and his hospital stay delays the delivery David is racing to make.

Which holiday's fireworks distract cartel kingpin Pablo Chacon at the climax of We're the Millers?

Fourth of July fireworks pull Chacon's eyes away for a moment, which is all David and Kenny need to overpower him before Don makes the arrest.

The actor who plays awkward American teen Kenny in We're the Millers actually comes from which country?

England is where he was born, in Hammersmith, London, and playing Kenny is the role that brought him worldwide recognition.

Don Fitzgerald, the helpful RV dad who tows the family in We're the Millers, turns out to do which job?

A DEA agent is the last person a smuggling crew wants help from, yet Don tows their broken-down RV to a repair shop and later lets them drive away.

Kenny shows off by performing the rap from which TLC hit in We're the Millers?

Waterfalls includes a rap by Lisa Lopes that Kenny performs in the film, and the song returns over the end credits.

Who plays Rose, the neighbor hired to pose as David's wife in We're the Millers?

Jennifer Aniston joined the cast in April 2012 and went on to earn three People's Choice nominations for the part.

Which program lets the fake family stay together in a suburban house at the end of We're the Millers?

Witness protection covers all four of them until the trials of Gurdlinger and Chacon, and the last shot shows a familiar crop growing in the backyard.

Who plays David, the small-time dealer who recruits a fake family in We're the Millers?

Jason Sudeikis landed the lead in April 2012, a decade after the script first entered development.

What is Rose's job before David pays her to play his wife in We're the Millers?

A stripper by trade, Rose walks out of her club when the manager makes new demands of the dancers, leaving her in need of David's money.

The two leads of We're the Millers, a fake husband and wife, had already co-starred in which 2011 comedy?

Horrible Bosses put both of them in its ensemble two years before they played a pretend married couple on a smuggling run.

Who plays Kenny Rossmore, the naive teenager cast as the son in We're the Millers?

Will Poulter won the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance as Kenny, having joined the cast in mid-2012.

Who plays Casey, the surly teenager hired to pose as the daughter in We're the Millers?

Emma Roberts won the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress: Comedy for playing Casey.

Who plays Brad Gurdlinger, the smug supplier who sends David to Mexico in We're the Millers?

Ed Helms joined in mid-2012 to play Gurdlinger, who never intends to pay David and ends the film under arrest.

Who plays Don Fitzgerald, husband of Edie and father of Melissa, in We're the Millers?

Nick Offerman's character saves the day late on, stepping out of his camper to overpower Chacon's armed henchman.

In which US city is David dealing pot when We're the Millers begins?

Denver is David's home turf, where a robbery costs him his cash and stash and leaves him in debt to his supplier, Brad Gurdlinger.

Rose passes off a wrapped brick of pot as a baby in We're the Millers; what does she name it?

LeBron is the name Rose gives the bundle after it tumbles out of an overhead compartment and gets mistaken for an infant.

Which unlikely animal does wealthy supplier Brad Gurdlinger keep as a pet in We're the Millers?

A killer whale is Brad's pet, kept in an enormous tank, and he even carves an ice sculpture of a man embracing one.

Casey and Rose's lesson for Kenny in We're the Millers won which MTV Movie Award in 2014?

Best Kiss went to all three performers in the scene, one of two MTV wins for the film from six nominations.

David and Rose accidentally convince Don and Edie Fitzgerald in We're the Millers that they are what?

Swingers is the impression they give by mistake, which leads to an awkward encounter between the two couples.

Who plays Edie Fitzgerald, wife of Don and mother of Melissa, in We're the Millers?

Kathryn Hahn played Edie in the same year as her first leading film role, in the comedy-drama Afternoon Delight.

Who plays the Mexican cop who stops the RV and demands a bribe in We're the Millers?

Luis Guzmán, the Puerto Rican character actor of Boogie Nights and Traffic, appears as the officer who wants paying off.

David Miller is only a cover name in We're the Millers; what is the dealer's real surname?

Clark is the name he drops for the trip; Kenny is really a Rossmore, Casey a Mathis and Rose an O'Reilly.

Where does David ditch Rose, Casey and Kenny after a row over his fee in We're the Millers?

A carnival is where he drives off without them, only to regret it, come back and apologize for hiding how much he stood to make.

Mid-dance in the repair shop in We're the Millers, what does Rose turn on Pablo Chacon to escape?

A steam vent gives Rose her opening: she dances close to Chacon, blasts him with it, and the four flee in the RV with Kenny at the wheel.

Which part of the overloaded RV breaks in We're the Millers, forcing the family to accept a tow?

A radiator hose gives way under the extra weight of the cargo, which is how the smugglers end up towed by a vacationing family.

Where does Casey post her clip of Kenny's swollen bite in We're the Millers, sending it viral?

YouTube is where Casey uploads the footage, shot when Kenny drops his trousers to show his fake family the damage.

Matthew Willig, who plays Pablo Chacon's henchman in We're the Millers, spent 14 years in which league?

The NFL employed him as an offensive tackle for six teams, including a Carolina Panthers side that reached the Super Bowl, before he played One-Eye.

What does Rose find on her door that pushes her to join David's scheme in We're the Millers?

An eviction notice turns up just after she walks out of her job, so a weekend of pretending to be David's wife suddenly looks worthwhile.

Where did David first get to know his supplier, Brad Gurdlinger, long before We're the Millers begins?

At college the two were acquaintances, and the film also features another former classmate of David's, Rick Nathanson.

David's actor in We're the Millers later won Emmys for playing which TV character?

Ted Lasso began as a character he played in NBC Sports promos in 2013, the year of his smuggling comedy, before the series brought him Emmys and Golden Globes.

Brad Gurdlinger's actor in We're the Millers is best known as dentist Stu in which comedy trilogy?

The Hangover made him a film star as Stu Price, while TV viewers knew him as paper salesman Andy Bernard in The Office.

Rawson Marshall Thurber, director of We're the Millers, is best known for making which 2004 sports comedy?

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story was written and directed by him nine years earlier, and in 2014 he was rumored for Marvel's Ant-Man but turned the job down.

Which actor signed on as the lead of We're the Millers in 2011, before the part of David was recast?

Jason Bateman became attached two months after the director signed on, but the role had changed hands by April 2012.

Molly Quinn, who plays Melissa Fitzgerald in We're the Millers, was then a regular on which crime series?

Castle cast her as Alexis, the lead character's daughter, from 2009 to 2016, so the ABC show was in mid-run when she played Kenny's love interest.

Tomer Sisley, the Mexican cartel kingpin Pablo Chacon in We're the Millers, made his name in which country?

France is where he moved at nine and became a stand-up comic and the star of the Largo Winch action films, after being born in Berlin to Israeli parents.

We're the Millers premiered at the Traverse City Film Festival, an event co-founded by which documentary maker?

Michael Moore helped launch the Michigan festival in 2005, and it gave the comedy an early showing ahead of its American release.

Which studio label bought the script for We're the Millers in 2004, nine years before the film came out?

New Line Cinema held on through years of development hell, and Warner Bros. eventually released the finished film.

Which Matt Damon sci-fi film kept We're the Millers off the top of the US box office on its opening weekend?

Elysium opened at No. 1 with $29.8 million, while the comedy, released two days earlier on a Wednesday, took $26.4 million.

Heyday Films, one of the companies behind We're the Millers, is best known for producing which film series?

Harry Potter producer David Heyman founded the British company in the 1990s, long before it backed an R-rated American road comedy.

Peter Cattaneo, hired to direct We're the Millers back in 2005, is best known for which British comedy?

The Full Monty earned him a Best Director Oscar nomination, but his version of the smuggling comedy stalled in development hell.

Which future Oscar winner for Black Panther and Oppenheimer co-composed the score of We're the Millers?

Ludwig Göransson shared the music credit with Theodore Shapiro, years before his Academy Awards for scoring Ryan Coogler and Christopher Nolan films.

What became of We're Still the Millers, the sequel that Warner Bros. announced in February 2014?

It was scrapped, as Rose's actress confirmed in March 2023 while promoting another comedy, nine years after a screenwriter was first attached.

Rose's actress earned a 2014 MTV Movie Award nomination for We're the Millers in which unusual category?

Best Shirtless Performance pitted her against four men, among them Zac Efron, Chris Hemsworth and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Kenny's actor in We're the Millers later joined Marvel as which character in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3?

Adam Warlock arrived on screen in 2023, a decade after the comedy that first made its actor known around the world.

Casey's actress in We're the Millers later led which Fox horror-comedy series as Chanel Oberlin?

Scream Queens ran from 2015 to 2016, by which time she was also a regular in American Horror Story, which she joined in 2013.

How is Casey living before David offers her cash to play his daughter in We're the Millers?

As a runaway, Casey has nobody waiting for her, and by the end of the trip she starts to see the appeal of having parents.

Bob Fisher and Steve Faber, who devised the story of We're the Millers, earlier wrote which 2005 hit comedy?

Wedding Crashers, with Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn as two men who gatecrash strangers' receptions, was their earlier screenplay.

Filming of the Mexico road trip in We're the Millers began in summer 2012 in which American city?

Wilmington, North Carolina, hosted the start of the shoot, with further scenes filmed at Kewa Pueblo in New Mexico.

Before We're the Millers, David's actor spent a decade on which TV comedy show?

Saturday Night Live employed him as a writer and cast member from 2003 to 2013, so the comedy arrived in his final year there.