Author: Matt Gilligan / Source: did you know?
It seems like only yesterday I saw Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure on opening weekend at Oak Park Mall in Overland Park, Kansas. It was glorious…and I still quote the movie to this day.
The film celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2019, and in honor of this most excellent piece of cinema, we’d like to present you with 10 facts about the movie.
But first, check out the original trailer.
1. The duo were born in an improv class
Classmates Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson formed an improv workshop at UCLA.
Solomon recalled, “One day, we decided to do a couple of guys who knew nothing about history, talking about history. The initial improv was them studying history, while Ted’s father kept coming up to ask them to turn their music down.”2. There was originally another character, Bob
Bill, Bob, & Ted? When the skit originated, the guy who played “Bob” wasn’t crazy about it, so Solomon and Matheson got rid of him and stuck with Bill and Ted.
3. Opposite auditions
We all know Keanu Reeves plays Ted and Alex Winter plays Bill, but both actors originally auditioned for the opposite roles. Keanu Reeves remembered, “I got a call saying that I got the part. So I went to the wardrobe fitting… assuming I was playing Bill, and I get there and Alex Winter, who eventually played Bill, went to the wardrobe fitting thinking he was playing Ted. Then we were informed that that wasn’t the case.”
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