Wedding Crashers 2? Vince Vaughn reveals the one thing that would get him back
Vince Vaughn has lifted fans’ hopes for Wedding Crashers 2 with a fresh update — but what exactly did he share?
So, here we go again — talk of Wedding Crashers 2 has surfaced, thanks to Vince Vaughn weighing in on all those years of sequel noise. Fans have been clinging on to the hope that Vaughn and Owen Wilson could crash another lot of receptions, but the man himself has been pretty clear: he doesn’t want to just turn up in a lazily rehashed follow-up. Which, frankly, is what you want to hear.
Vince Vaughn told ExtraTV when asked about a sequel: 'Yeah, there’s always been talk for those. I always thought if there’s a good story and it’s worth telling on its own, it would be worth doing.'
Pressed on whether he’d actually do it, Vaughn said it would 'maybe' happen, if the logic and the story are there. Not just nostalgia for the sake of it, then. He’s not completely shut the door, but he’s not cracking open the champagne, either. Apparently, whatever made the first film work would need to be alive and kicking in any sequel script.
How things wrapped up in 2005
To recap, the original Wedding Crashers from 2005 had Vaughn as Jeremy Grey and Wilson as John Beckwith, both shamelessly gatecrashing weddings and getting themselves into ever-messier romantic situations. John inevitably falls for Claire Cleary (played by Rachel McAdams), and Jeremy ends up entangled with her off-kilter sister Gloria (that's Isla Fisher still at her wildest).
Things go off the rails when their lies unravel. John crashes Jeremy's wedding to Gloria at the last minute, declaring his feelings for Claire. Claire finally ditches her elitist fiancé, Sack Lodge (Bradley Cooper in full frat-boy menace mode). A quick scuffle later and Sack's out cold, leaving John and Claire, plus Jeremy and Gloria, ready to drive off into the sunset, joking about crashing yet another wedding. It pretty much teed up a sequel without outright begging for one.
The 2005 original left off with both main couples joking about crashing someone else's ceremony — a neat little doorway to a possible follow-on story, if they ever find something fresh to do with it.
Sequel talk and what might come next
Director David Dobkin has occasionally floated the idea of seeing what John and Jeremy might be like as older blokes. He’s been clear he'd only steer the ship again if there was a properly new story, not just a stale retread. Vaughn’s latest musings line up with that: if it’s just 'wasn't the first one great?' then no, but if it’s an actual story worth doing, maybe. No script, no shoot dates, no actual green light — not yet, anyway.