10 Movies You Didn't Know Were Based On Real-Life People
1. 50 First Dates
One of the more unbelievable 'based on real life' movies to be featured here, is Peter Segal's 50 First Dates.
After the so-so Anger Management, Adam Sandler bounced back in a major way with this heart-warming 2004 effort. And to do that, he re-teamed with his Wedding Singer co-star Drew Barrymore.
It's Barrymore's character of Lucy Whitmore who has her roots in real life here. In 50 First Dates, Lucy had a car accident that causes her to wake up afresh every day, believing it to be the day of said accident and unable to retain new memories.
Surprisingly, Lucy was partially based on a woman called Michelle Philpots.
From Spalding, Lincolnshire, England, Michelle lost the ability to form new memories in 1994 after being involved in multiple vehicle accidents. The diagnosis from doctors was that Michelle has anterograde amnesia, and she manages each and every day by using a Post-It Note system that prompts her of what she needs to know.
Interestingly, Michelle didn't marry her now-husband Ian until three years after '94, meaning every day he has to win her over, much like Sandler's Henry Roth had to in 50 First Dates.