40 Fun Facts About Daddy's Home

Which skateboarding legend was Will Ferrell's stunt double for a skating scene in Daddy's Home?

Tony Hawk doubled for Will Ferrell in the skateboarding scene and got hurt on the set doing it.

In Daddy's Home, what unusual name does Dusty give the dog he brings home for the kids?

Tumor is the dog Dusty gets the kids as part of his campaign to outshine Brad and win his old family back.

Daddy's Home reunited Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, who first teamed up in which buddy cop comedy?

The Other Guys, a 2010 buddy cop film directed by Adam McKay, was the first of three films pairing the two actors.

Which five-time NBA champion makes a cameo as himself at a basketball game in Daddy's Home?

Kobe Bryant plays himself in a cameo that reached cinemas during his farewell season, the last of his 20 years in the NBA.

Daddy's Home opened second at the North American box office, well behind which 2015 blockbuster?

Star Wars: The Force Awakens took $149.2 million that weekend against $38.7 million for Daddy's Home, which had been forecast to open at $20–25 million.

In Daddy's Home 2, which action star voices himself in Missile Tow, the fake film the families watch?

Liam Neeson is the voice of Missile Tow, and Mark Wahlberg later said he would like to get him for a third film.

At the end of Daddy's Home 2, which famous real-life figure turns up as Brad's new stepfather?

Sully Sullenberger, the pilot who put a stricken airliner down on the Hudson River in 2009, plays himself, and Brad runs off yelling that he will never replace his dad.

Which wrestler turned actor plays Roger, the muscular father who intimidates Dusty as Daddy's Home ends?

John Cena returned as Roger in a far bigger role in Daddy's Home 2, where the character is the father of Dusty's stepdaughter.

Which Oscar-winning director plays Kurt, Dusty's tough and long-absent father, in Daddy's Home 2?

Mel Gibson's turn as Kurt won him the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor in 2018.

In Daddy's Home, a drunk Brad's half-court shot at an NBA game smacks which bystander in the face?

A cheerleader takes the ball in the face, and she was played by professional wrestler and stuntwoman Taryn Terrell.

In Daddy's Home, mild-mannered stepfather Brad Whitaker works as an executive at what kind of business?

A radio station employs Brad, and after he moves out of the family house he ends up living in his office there.

At the NBA game in Daddy's Home, Brad is picked to attempt a half-court shot for what prize?

A trip to Disney World is on offer, but a drunk Brad rants about Dusty instead and leaves the court in disgrace.

Desperate to win the kids over in Daddy's Home, Brad splashes out on which extravagant gift for Megan?

A pony is among tens of thousands of dollars of gifts Brad buys once Dusty admits he plans to drive him out of the family.

In Daddy's Home, Megan hurts Brad by picking Dusty to take her to which school event?

The father-daughter dance is where Brad and Dusty finally arrive together, and where Dusty defuses a brawl by starting a dance-off.

In Daddy's Home, what do Brad and Dusty discover about the bullies Dylan has been trained to fight?

They are girls, which Brad and Dusty learn only after Dylan hits back the way they taught him, nearly starting a fight with one bully's father.

In Daddy's Home, Dusty upstages Brad by finishing which backyard project Brad had started with Dylan?

A treehouse that Brad and Dylan had been building gets completed by the handier Dusty, one more way he shows his rival up.

In Daddy's Home, a fiasco with which of Dusty's vehicles ends with Brad firing the family handyman?

A motorcycle fiasco pushes Brad into firing the handyman, and Dusty exploits it by inviting the sacked man to move in with them.

Hoping to split up Brad and Sara in Daddy's Home, Dusty takes the couple to see which specialist?

A fertility doctor is Dusty's idea because he hopes Brad's inability to father a child will push Sara back to him, but the tests bring good news.

Where does Brad track Dusty down in Daddy's Home after Dusty decides to walk out on his children again?

An airport bar is where Dusty admits he cannot handle the hard parts of fatherhood, and where Brad talks him into coming back.

At the end of Daddy's Home, Brad and Sara name their new baby boy after which character?

Griff is the handyman Brad fired, who ends up living with the family and later persuades Brad to fight for them.

Which stand-up comedian plays the sarcastic handyman who moves in with the Whitakers in Daddy's Home?

Hannibal Buress took the handyman role while he was also a regular on Broad City and The Eric Andre Show.

Which Oscar-nominated actor plays Leo Holt, Brad's boss at work, in the comedy Daddy's Home?

Thomas Haden Church earned his Academy Award nomination for the 2004 comedy Sideways, then played the villain Sandman in Spider-Man 3.

Which Boardwalk Empire actor plays Dr. Emilio Francisco, a friend of Dusty's, in the comedy Daddy's Home?

Bobby Cannavale won an Emmy for playing the gangster Gyp Rosetti in Boardwalk Empire two years before Daddy's Home came out.

Which actress, Velma in the live-action Scooby-Doo films, plays Sara Whitaker in Daddy's Home?

Linda Cardellini, who also starred in Freaks and Geeks and ER, plays the wife caught between Brad and her ex-husband Dusty.

Which Victoria's Secret model plays Karen, the woman Dusty has married by the end of Daddy's Home?

Alessandra Ambrosio, a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2004 to 2017, came back as Karen in Daddy's Home 2.

Which filmmaker, who also made Horrible Bosses 2 and Instant Family, directed both Daddy's Home films?

Sean Anders took over from the original director, Etan Cohen, and rewrote the script with John Morris.

Before Mark Wahlberg signed on to Daddy's Home, which comedy star had been cast opposite Will Ferrell?

Vince Vaughn was announced for the film in May 2013, but a year later the studio approached Mark Wahlberg to replace him.

Principal photography on Daddy's Home began in November 2014 in which Southern US city?

New Orleans hosted the shoot, which used a local charter school and ran three days past its planned finish in February 2015.

Will Ferrell's role in Daddy's Home won him Favorite Movie Actor at which 2016 ceremony?

Kids' Choice Awards voters also nominated Daddy's Home for Favorite Movie at the Nickelodeon ceremony, hosted that year by Blake Shelton.

Which Emmy-winning sitcom star plays Don, Brad's cheerful and overbearing father, in Daddy's Home 2?

John Lithgow, a three-time Emmy winner for 3rd Rock from the Sun, plays the doting grandfather whose bond with the kids makes Kurt envious.

In Daddy's Home 2, Dusty's father Kurt is a former fighter pilot who went on to which other career?

An astronaut who flew the Space Shuttle, Kurt was often absent when Dusty was a child, the root of the resentment between them.

In Daddy's Home 2, what does Brad mistake for a tree and try to cut down, getting electrocuted?

A cell phone tower is Brad's pick after Kurt, unimpressed by the small trees at the farm, suggests illegally cutting one down instead.

During the live nativity in Daddy's Home 2, Brad and Dusty fight over who gets to play which role?

Joseph is the part Brad wants, and the squabble helps wreck a nativity that ends with the crowd breaking up.

In Daddy's Home 2, Brad learns of his parents' divorce when Don is pushed on stage at what venue?

An improv club is where Dusty picks a scene about a cheating wife for Don to act out, exposing the secret Don had kept from his son.

Near the end of Daddy's Home 2, which holiday hit does everyone sing together as the power returns?

Do They Know It's Christmas, the 1984 Band Aid charity single, gets the whole stranded crowd singing and persuades Roger to stay.

At the end of Daddy's Home 2, Kurt swaps the plane tickets so he and Don spend New Year's where?

Las Vegas is Kurt's surprise for Don: the two were heading to separate homes until Kurt quietly switched the tickets.

Filming for Daddy's Home 2 took place in towns such as Concord and Great Barrington in which state?

Massachusetts hosted the shoot from March 2017, with scenes also filmed in Clinton, Framingham and Lawrence.

Which acclaimed arthouse director has named the broad comedy Daddy's Home as one of her favorite films?

Sofia Coppola, the director of Lost in Translation, is a huge fan of the Ferrell and Wahlberg comedy.

Which production company, co-founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, produced the comedy Daddy's Home?

Gary Sanchez Productions was founded by Ferrell and Adam McKay in 2006 and named after an invented Paraguayan entrepreneur.

Daddy's Home 2 debuted second at the North American box office behind which superhero film?

Thor: Ragnarok, already in its second weekend, took $57 million while the sequel opened to $29.7 million.