Patrick Swayze’s mom played a vital role in the creation of this film.
The film follows Birdee Pruitt (Sandra Bullock) who very publicly discovers her marriage is over.
If you’ve seen any romantic comedies, it’s possible for you to probably guess what happens next.
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Read on for 11 fun facts you may not have known about the film.
“She was excited about him from the idea through the first audition.
His career started withHope Floats,though.
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From there, he went on to write the script for the Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon filmStepmom.
Afew years later, he was turning the Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan saga into an Oscar-nominated film.
Not only wasHope Floatsfilmed there, but so was the 2008 filmTree of Lifewith Brad Pitt.
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Instead, she moves back into the historic McCollum-Chapman-Trousdale House.
Patrick Swayze’s dance skills weren’t the Houston native’s only success story, though.
She also taught John Travolta how to two-step for the 1980 filmUrban Cowboy.
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“She’s a very special person,” Connick saidin an interview withPeople.
That’s not the only error in the film, either.
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