49 Fun Facts About White Chicks

Which two brothers play FBI agents Kevin and Marcus Copeland in White Chicks?

Shawn and Marlon Wayans also co-wrote and produced the film, and Shawn says they were still rewriting scenes on set with their dresses on.

Who directed White Chicks?

Keenen Ivory Wayans created the Fox sketch show In Living Color, which launched the careers of then-unknowns Jim Carrey and Jamie Foxx.

Which real-life socialite sisters inspired the heiresses that the brothers impersonate in White Chicks?

Paris and Nicky Hilton featured in a magazine article that one of the film's stars read during a sleepless night, giving him the idea of playing two rowdy heiresses.

In White Chicks, what business does the Wilson sisters' father run?

A cruise line: the FBI briefing names him as the CEO of Wilson Cruise Lines, although many published plot summaries get the family business wrong.

In White Chicks, why do the real Wilson sisters refuse to appear in public?

Facial cuts from a car mishap, a scratched nose and a split lip, are so minor that the sisters' horror at their 'hideous scars' is the joke.

What is the name of the Wilson sisters' pampered pet dog in White Chicks?

Baby rides in his own car seat, and the sisters hand him to the nearest man with orders to clean out his carrying bag.

Which food intolerance sends Marcus, disguised as Tiffany, rushing to a bathroom in White Chicks?

Lactose is his weakness: he warns his brother about dairy early on, then wolfs down cheese-filled quiche at a Hamptons reception and pays for it at once.

In White Chicks, who creates the prosthetic disguises that turn the Copelands into white women?

A makeup-artist friend named Josh is drafted in when the sisters refuse to leave their hotel, and he later runs the fingerprint check that unmasks the real kidnapper.

In White Chicks, what is the surname of the Wilson sisters' rivals, Heather and Megan?

Vandergeld sisters Heather and Megan have been the Wilsons' sworn enemies since childhood, and they greet the impostors with a volley of 'your mother' insults.

White Chicks unfolds over which holiday weekend in the Hamptons?

Labor Day is 'the last weekend of the social season', the sisters explain, which is why missing it is unthinkable for them.

Which actor plays Latrell Spencer, who falls hard for 'Tiffany' in White Chicks?

Terry Crews came to acting after an NFL career with the Rams, Chargers and Redskins, and says he modelled Latrell on athletes he had known.

In White Chicks, what is Latrell Spencer's profession?

Pro basketball player Latrell boasts of being his league's top-scoring forward; 'Tiffany' mocks his free-throw record to put him off, and he is only more smitten.

Which pop hit does Latrell belt out behind the wheel of his car in White Chicks?

A Thousand Miles is put on to cool Latrell's ardour, but the plan backfires: 'I love this song!', he cries, and performs every word.

In White Chicks, what job does Kevin's love interest, Denise, hold?

TV news reporter Denise Porter lost an earlier job over a story about the film's villain, and ends up catching his confession on camera.

At the charity auction in White Chicks, what does Latrell win?

A dinner date with 'Tiffany' goes to Latrell's cash bid, and Kevin uses the evening to borrow the star's car and mansion to impress Denise.

Which TV heroine's name does Marcus twist into a nickname for the lovestruck Latrell in White Chicks?

Buffy the Vampire Slayer becomes 'Buffy the White Girl Slayer' when Marcus protests to his brother at being made to go out with Latrell.

Where do the disguised brothers win a dance-off against the rival sisters in White Chicks?

A nightclub is the venue: after the rivals' slick routine, the 'Wilsons' decide to 'kick it old school' and win the floor with breakdancing.

Critics kept comparing White Chicks to which classic comedy about two men hiding from the mob in dresses?

Some Like It Hot 'crystallized' the idea, one of the film's stars has said; Variety called White Chicks the year's second 'brazen rip-off' of it.

In White Chicks, what is the name of Marcus's suspicious wife, who follows him to the Hamptons?

Gina overhears what sounds like a tryst down the phone, then finds a Hamptons dress charged to the couple's card, and sets off to catch him.

In White Chicks, what do agents Gomez and Harper accidentally do in front of their chief?

Strip the real sisters is what they do, sure they are unmasking two men in disguise; the chief suspends the pair and fires the Copelands on the spot.

In White Chicks, how has Warren, the rivals' father, been raising money illegally?

Embezzling from his charity kept him afloat: 'I've been funneling money out of the charity into a private account', he admits, unaware that a camera is rolling.

In White Chicks, who are Warren's accomplices, revealed during the fight at the fashion show?

Heath and Russ are the hired muscle: Heath, who has been stringing Karen along, was promised a 'big deal' by the father of his other girlfriend.

In White Chicks' opening sting, what are the men the brothers wrongly arrest really delivering?

Ice cream, in strawberry, vanilla and Neapolitan, is all the men have; while the brothers celebrate, the real dealers arrive and get away.

In White Chicks, what upsets Latrell when 'Tiffany' is finally unmasked as Marcus?

That Marcus is not white is his only complaint: told 'I'm not a woman', Latrell gasps 'White?' and rages at the deception, unbothered by the rest.

What do Tori, Lisa and Karen admit about the brothers' act at the end of White Chicks?

They preferred the impostors: 'We liked Brittany and Tiffany so much more when you were them', the friends say, and all five plan a shopping trip.

Which Canadian province stood in for the Hamptons during the White Chicks shoot?

British Columbia doubled for a Long Island summer, though the stars recall filming through a freezing Vancouver winter in skimpy outfits.

Which sequel went ahead without the Wayans brothers while they made White Chicks instead?

Scary Movie 3 was handed to Airplane! director David Zucker in 2003, the first film in the series made without the family that had created it.

What prize do the real Wilson sisters hope their Hamptons weekend will win them in White Chicks?

A magazine cover is the dream: only 'the hottest of the hottest' make the front of Hamptons Magazine, and a slot in the closing fashion show is the way there.

Roughly how much did White Chicks gross worldwide, despite scathing reviews?

$113M came in despite the pans, and the film has since become a cult classic; one of its stars says the people who love it most are white chicks.

Which designer's handbag does a disguised brother sprint down the street to rescue from a thief in White Chicks?

Prada is the label: 'It's not just a bag', the winded 'heiress' explains, after a chase so fast that onlookers wonder if she is bionic.

The Wayans brothers' Razzie nomination for their drag performances in White Chicks came in which category?

Worst Actress was the Razzies' joke at their expense: the ballot billed the pair as 'The Wayans Sisters', up against Angelina Jolie and the Olsen twins.

What was White Chicks' only win at the 2004 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards?

Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy went its way with 41% of the vote; the Razzies, by contrast, nominated the film five times and gave it nothing.

Which critic ranked White Chicks the single worst film of 2004?

Richard Roeper put it at number one on his televised worst-of-the-year list, yet more than a decade later fans were still pressing its makers for a sequel.

Which star of The Wire plays the Copelands' boss, Chief Elliott Gordon, in White Chicks?

Frankie Faison's Chief Gordon sacks the brothers mid-case for the chaos they cause, then has to welcome them back once they catch the real culprit.

Which actress plays Heather, one of the Wilsons' two rival sisters, in White Chicks?

Jaime King's Heather tries to sabotage the closing fashion show and ends up humiliated on the catwalk herself, thanks to the Wilsons' three friends.

Which future Dexter star plays Lisa Anderson in White Chicks?

Jennifer Carpenter followed this comedy with The Exorcism of Emily Rose in 2005, the horror role that got her noticed a year before Dexter began.

Anne Dudek, the real Tiffany Wilson in White Chicks, later played Dr. Amber Volakis on which medical drama?

House killed her character off in its fourth-season finale: Amber, girlfriend of the title doctor's best friend, is fatally hurt in a bus crash after coming to fetch the doctor, too drunk to drive, from a bar.

Maitland Ward, the real Brittany Wilson in White Chicks, was earlier Rachel McGuire on which sitcom?

Boy Meets World made her a main character for its final two seasons, but when the sequel Girl Meets World brought the old gang back, Rachel never appeared.

Which actor, remembered as Kevin's dad in Home Alone, plays the villainous Warren in White Chicks?

John Heard later tired of that fame: he took a part in Sharknado hoping, he said, to 'put to rest the Home Alone dad image' and be 'the Sharknado drunk instead'.

Which Freaks and Geeks and Cougar Town actress plays Karen Googlestein in White Chicks?

Busy Philipps's Karen finally tells her two-timing crush that she is 'tired of being your doormat', then helps sabotage the rivals on the catwalk.

After White Chicks, Adam Sandler cast the actor who played Latrell in which 2005 film?

The Longest Yard, Sandler's remake of the 1970s prison-football film, was a natural fit for a man who had spent years as an NFL defensive end.

Which 2006 comedy was the next film from the three brothers behind White Chicks?

Little Man reunited the trio two years later, with one brother playing a jewel thief who hides out by posing as an infant.

Which Sweet Valley High star plays Megan, one of the Wilsons' rival sisters, in White Chicks?

Brittany Daniel's Megan has just been caught shoplifting at Saks, gossip the disguised brothers gleefully throw back at her when they first meet.

Which documentary beat White Chicks to number one on its US opening weekend?

Fahrenheit 9/11 won the weekend with $23.9 million despite playing in fewer than a third as many cinemas as White Chicks.

At the slumber party in White Chicks, whom do the disguised brothers flatten after mistaking them for kidnappers?

Two male strippers, booked as the party's entertainment, grab 'Brittany' and blindfold her as part of their act, and take a beating for it.

Which critic wrote that sitting through White Chicks took 'an act of will'?

Roger Ebert granted that the Wayans family had made 'a lot of cutting-edge comedy', then said this film 'uses the broad side of the knife'.

Which film beat White Chicks in four of its five Razzie categories, including Worst Picture?

Catwoman swept the night's top prizes; the fifth went to a sitting US president, named Worst Screen Couple with, as the ballot put it, 'his pet goat'.

Which studio announced a White Chicks sequel in August 2009, only to cancel it later?

Another sequel was reported in 2018, and in 2022 Marlon Wayans said he would only return if the makeup could be done digitally.

Who plays Tori, one of the Wilson sisters' three socialite friends, in White Chicks?

Jessica Cauffiel, Margot in the Legally Blonde films, plays Tori as the sisters' publicist as well as their friend, forever angling to get them press.