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'Late Night' trivia and fun facts
The Office
Mindy Kaling and Amy Ryan previously worked together on 'The Office' (2005)
Perfect role
The Katherine's role was written by Mindy Kaling thinking it would suit Emma Thompson
Depression
There are multiple mentions of Katherine publicly discussing her clinical depression. This plays on the real life occurrence of Emma Thompson discussing her depression following her split from Kenneth Branagh
Another director
The original director for this film was meant to be Paul Feig, but he abandoned the project due to schedule problems
Intern
Mindy Kaling worked for Conan O'Brien as an intern.
Moms
Sakina Jaffrey also played Mindy Kaling's mom in 'The Mindy Project'
Posters
A poster for director Nisha Ganatra's first feature, Chutney Popcorn, can be seen on the wall of Molly's room.
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