Always an attendant! 2008’s 27 Dresses enthralled moviegoers with its rom-com plot, strong female heroine, and assortment of unflattering bridesmaid dresses.
The romantic narrative of Jane (Katherine Heigl), who has a passionate obsession with weddings while harbouring feelings for her boss George (Edward Burns), is an ancient one. Although Jane makes a mistake while organising her sister Tess’ (Malin Akerman) wedding to George, she ultimately comes to the conclusion that being a bridesmaid isn’t all that bad.
In fact, Jane ends up with 27 ladies standing by her side as she exchanges vows with her ex-enemy turned love interest Kevin (James Marsden). A Gone With the Wind-themed dress or a swimming suit and tulle skirt with a matching swim cap for a scuba ceremony can’t stop friendship, as the touching conclusion demonstrates.
Heigl honoured her iconic look and her memorable role on the movie’s tenth anniversary.
Ten years have passed since I had the honour of taking part in one of my favourite projects, 27 dresses. In January 2018, the Grey’s Anatomy alum posted on Instagram. I was planning my own wedding at the age of 28 and wore Invisalign at the time to straighten my crooked teeth for the wedding photos. Now that I’m 39 and a mother of three, I’m celebrating my marriage of ten years and letting my crooked teeth come back since I eventually thought I liked them better that way.
Happy 27 dresses for 10 years, the actress continued. I had the pleasure of my life participating in your traditional romantic frivolity, and I’m so happy I did because it let me to make friends and keep the memories. #27dresses.”
Heigl reconnected with her on-screen co-stars for Entertainment Weekly’s reunion edition a year later. The scene where Marsden’s character sings “Bennie and the Jets” with Jane after getting drenched in a storm is the one that still gets questions at the cast hangout, according to Marsden.
The Westworld star said to the magazine in February 2019: “I don’t believe anybody ever knows when you’re filming something that’s going to stand the test of time. Fans have asked me to perform “Bennie and the Jets” at bars. “I believe the movie has legs because of its genuineness,” the author said.
Two months later, Akerman hinted at a potential 27 Dresses sequel, exclusively telling Us Weekly that Heigl had discussed making another film.
In April 2019, she recalled that the woman had suggested that “we should do a baby shower [movie] where it’s like, 27 Babies or something like that — where you’re always the one going to the baby shower, but never the one having the baby.” “Therefore, we’re making it public!”
Although there are no current plans for a sequel, fans can scroll down to discover what the 27 Dresses cast has been up to since the film’s 2008 release:
Brian Kerwin
Before playing Robert Phelan in The Help a year later, Brian Kerwin Kerwin portrayed Jane and Tess’ father, Hal. After nine years on One Life to Live as Charlie Banks, the Chicago native retired from the soap opera in 2011. He later appeared on The Client List, Hindsight, and The Knick often. 2019 saw Kerwin return to television after a four-year absence with a guest appearance on Madam Secretary. In 2021, he also made an appearance on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’s historic 500th episode.
Before Jeanne Marie Troy passed away in 2016, the Broadway veteran was married to her for 26 years. The three kids they have together are Finn, Matilda, and Brennan.
David Castro
The actor from New York was famed for performing all of Tess’ household duties as Pedro, George’s “younger brother” in the movie. The following films starring Castro were Forged, Summer Camp, Tio Papi, and Ruta Madre. From 2016 through 2019, he played Raphael Santiago on Shadowhunters, and in 2020, he appeared in a cameo role on God Friended Me. The actor and girlfriend Paige Chandler were initially mentioned in 2015.
Edward Burns
Burns’ Edward Burns Without realising that his longtime aide Jane was deeply in love with him, George fell in love with Tess and was left alone at Jane’s wedding. In the following years, the New Yorker appeared in Friends With Kids, Newlyweds, The Fitzgerald Family Christmas, Summer Days, Summer Nights, and Beneath the Blue Suburban Skies. He additionally appeared on Bridge and Tunnel, Public Morals, and Mob City.
Burns is a writer, director, and producer in addition to being an actor. He most recently worked on the 2021 film Bridge and Tunnel. In 2003, the creator of The Fighting Fitzgeralds wed model Christy Turlington. Grace, who was born in 2003, and Finn, who was born in 2006, are their two joint children.
James Marsden
In the end, Jane and the reporter Kevin that Marsden portrayed find their own happily ever after. Since then, the Oklahoma native has been in a number of films, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Sex Drive, Hop, Robot & Frank, Walk of Shame, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Accidental Love, and Shock and Awe. He played Prince Edward once more in the 2022 film Disenchanted, which is the sequel to Enchanted. 30 Rock, Westworld, Dead to Me, Mrs. America, and The Stand are just a few of Marsden’s TV appearances.
Actor from The Notebook Lisa Linde from 2000 till 2011. Jack, a son born in 2001, and Mary, a girl born in 2005, are the offspring of the former wives. 2012 saw the birth of William by Marsden and his ex-girlfriend Rose Costa.
Judy Greer
The native of Michigan portrayed Casey, Jane’s BFF and unenthusiastic coworker. After that, Greer made appearances on Miss Guided, Mad Love, Glenn Martin DDS, Two and a Half Men, Married, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Valley Girl, Lady of the Manor, and Reboot. She also played Karen in the Halloween movies and Cornelia in the Planet of the Apes series. She also had roles in Let’s Go Luna!, The Descendants, All We Had, Arrested Development, Love & Other Drugs, and Love & Other Drugs. Since 2009, Greer has provided Cheryl Tunt’s voice on Archer.
I Don’t Know What You Know Me From: My Life as a Costar, the memoir written by the DePaul University alum, was published in 2014. Dean E. Johnson and the actress have been wed since 2011.
Katherine Heigl
Heigl starred in The Ugly Truth, Killers, and Life as We Know It after portraying Jane, the perpetual bridesmaid and hopeless romantic. Following the conclusion of her six-season run as Dr. Izzie Stevens on Grey’s Anatomy in 2010, she went on to star in One for the Money and The Big Wedding. Heigl made a comeback to television in 2014 playing Charleston Tucker on State of Affairs. She later played Sadie Ellis in Doubt, Samantha Wheeler on Suits, and Tully Hart in Netflix’s Firefly Lane. The Washington, D.C. native has eight producer credits since serving as executive producer on Side Effects in 2005.
In 2007, the former child model wed musician Josh Kelley. Before Heigl gave birth to Joshua in 2017, they adopted daughters Naleigh and Adalaide in 2009 and 2012, respectively.
Malin Akerman
Akerman portrays Tess, Jane’s younger sister. Then, the Swedish-born actress appeared in Chick Fight, The Romantics, Rock of Ages, CBGB, Couples Retreat, and Friendsgiving. She additionally made appearances on Dollface, Children’s Hospital, Billions, Trophy Wife, Burning Love, and Trophy Wife. Akerman began producing Trophy Wife in 2013 and eventually contributed to 10 episodes.
From 2007 through 2014, the model was wed to Italian actor Roberto Zincone. Sebastian, a boy, was born to them in 2013. Akerman moved on after being married to English actor Jack Donnelly in 2018.
Maulik Pancholy
Trent, the commitments writer at the newspaper, was represented by Pancholy as Kevin’s colleague and eventual replacement. Later, he made appearances in Chevy, Raspberry Magic, and See You in September. The native of Ohio also voiced roles on Phineas and Ferb and Sanjay and Craig in addition to appearing on Whitney, Weeds, 30 Rock, and Only Murders in the Building. In 2020, he started portraying Ranjeet on Mira, Royal Detective.
In 2019, Pancholy wrote the book The Best at It, which is a coming-of-age tale for a gay Indian American boy. One year after openly coming out as gay, the Northwestern and Yale University alumnus married chef Ryan Corvaia in 2014.
Peyton List
List’s first significant film role was as a young Jane. Three years later, the actress was cast as Emma Ross in Jessie on the Disney Channel. Since then, she has appeared in a number of films, including Valley Girl, Paper Spiders, The Outcasts, Then Came You, and Hubie Halloween. Before reprising her role as Emma Ross on Bunk’d and as Tory Nicholas on Cobra Kai, the Florida native previously made an appearance on Light as a Feather.
On a Bunk’d episode, List made her directorial debut in 2018. Before calling it quits in December 2018, the actress dated Cameron Monaghan, who starred in the Shameless series, for more than a year. In March 2022, she officially announced her romance with Jacob Bertrand, a co-star on Cobra Kai.
