Launer’s bio from 2004, claims that he had written a sequel, but some of the actors weren’t interested back then. Years later, everybody seemed to be on board but the studios said too much time had passed already.
Whitfield has said that the sequel was supposedly centered on Vinny going to Europe.
Nabbed a Top Spot on the American Bar Association’s list of Greatest Legal Movies
The film comes in third place on the American Bar Association's list of greatest legal movies. Launer was honored by the ranking and said it was “like getting the Oscar. In some ways, better.”
Vincent Gambini also came in at Number 12 on the association’s list of Greatest Fictional Lawyers (Who Aren’t Atticus Finch).
Tomei Heard About Her Oscar Nomination in an Unexpected Place
Actress Marisa Tomei was sleeping on her very pregnant friend’s couch when she discovered that she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She told David Letterman in 1993, that her friends were watching television in the other room and they woke her up. She said, “I didn’t know if she was going into labor or what.”
She went on to win the Oscar, and despite rumors to the contrary, which claimed that 74-year-old presenter Jack Palance said the wrong name, the actress really did win.
Joe Pesci Released an Album as Vincent Gambini
Joe Pesci was a lounge singer before he became an actor, and six years after ' My Cousin Vinny' hit the screens, he released an album titled ' Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just for You' .
It features the songs “ Wise Guy ,” “ Take Your Love and Shove It ,” “Yo Cousin Vinny,” and “ I Can’t Give You Anything But Love ,” a duet with Tomei as Mona Lisa. The album debuted at Number 36 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart.
Bollywood Made a Film Based on the Story
The film 'Banda yeh bindaas hai' (“This Guy is Fearless”) which was directed by Ravi Chopra and starred Govinda, Lara Dutta, and Sushmita Sen was based on 'My Cousin Vinny'. Chopra claims that they reached out to Fox in 2007 for approval to produce the remake, and were granted permission to make a film loosely based on the original idea.
However, Fox sued the film’s production company, B.R. Films, for $1.4 million, in May 2009, claiming that the remake had not been approved, and that a script review showed the film to be “a ‘substantial reproduction’ of the U.S. film” with an identical story-line, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. B.R. Films denied the claims and insisted that their version featured different characters and settings. The issue was finally settled in August 2009, with B.R. agreeing to pay the studio $200,000.