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2. While Wiig would star in the film as maid of honor Annie, the production delays meant that Mumolo had to RSVP no to her planned role as one of the titular bridesmaids. "Because of the process of the movie, we were on-again, off-again so many times for so many years," Mumolo explained to The New York Times in a joint February interview with Wiig. "I was like, I'm living my life and I was having a family. So I got pregnant. We had gotten sort of shelved and then they called like two weeks later and said, 'We're back on!' And it was like, I'm pregnant. So that's going to be great."
By the time they began shooting, Mumolo was seven months along "and I had my son a week and a half after we wrapped," she continued. "I couldn't play that role, so we redeveloped it and we recast it." Though they did find a place for Mumolo as Wiig's seatmate back in coach on that turbulent flight to Las Vegas.
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