Editing Shallow Hal (section)

== Production ==
{{anchor|Writing}}
Writer Sean Moynihan is legally blind and was inspired by [[Tony Robbins]] to write the script. Earlier versions of the story did not include Robbins' character; instead, a psychic was responsible for Hal's change of view.<ref name="Vancheri">{{cite news |author=Vancheri |first=Barbara |date=July 12, 2002 |title=On Video: How Tony Robbins became the inspiration for 'Shallow Hal' |newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |url=https://old.post-gazette.com/movies/20020712video0712p3.asp |access-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316070505/https://old.post-gazette.com/movies/20020712video0712p3.asp |archive-date=March 16, 2018}}</ref>

{{anchor|Casting}}
In December 1999 Paltrow was in talks to star.<ref name="Lyons">{{cite web |last1=Lyons |first1=Charles |date=December 14, 1999 |title=Paltrow, Farrellys 'Hal' bent |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/paltrow-farrellys-hal-bent-1117759967/ |access-date=November 10, 2021 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110130257/https://variety.com/1999/film/news/paltrow-farrellys-hal-bent-1117759967/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Farrelly brothers tried unsuccessfully to get [[Garry Shandling]] to star as Mauricio<ref name="Fleming">{{cite web |last1=Fleming |first1=Michael |date=26 September 2000 |title=Fast-track Farrellys are 'Hal'-bent |url=https://variety.com/2000/film/news/fast-track-farrellys-are-hal-bent-1117786909/ |access-date=November 10, 2021 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |quote=They are also courting Garry Shandling to play Hal’s equally shallow friend |archive-date=10 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110130256/https://variety.com/2000/film/news/fast-track-farrellys-are-hal-bent-1117786909/ |url-status=live }}</ref> before Jason Alexander was cast. 
{{anchor|Filming}}
Production was moved up in order to get the film completed before July 2000 and a threatened [[Screen Actors Guild]] strike.<ref name="Fleming" />
Filming took place in Charlotte, North Carolina.<ref>{{cite web |author=Oyler |first=Melissa |date=December 31, 2020 |title=16 movies and TV shows you didn't know were filmed in the Charlotte area |url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/charlottefive/c5-things-to-do/article236144108.html |access-date=November 10, 2021 |website=[[Charlotte Observer]] |quote=Filming in the area included Charlotte and Concord. |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925091539/https://www.charlotteobserver.com/charlottefive/c5-things-to-do/article236144108.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Farrelly Brothers defended the movie and its plot to critics,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pitts |first=Leonard |date=27 November 2001 |title='Shallow Hal' is in all of us |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-11-27-0111270023-story.html |url-status=dead |access-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110154500/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-11-27-0111270023-story.html |archive-date=November 10, 2021}}</ref> arguing it was more than a mere "fat joke" type of movie and was instead one that had a strong message about "inner beauty".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rose |first=Devin |date=7 November 2001 |title=Why 'Hal' deserves half a chance |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-11-07-0111070001-story.html |url-status=dead |access-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110130256/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-11-07-0111070001-story.html |archive-date=November 10, 2021}}</ref>

[[Gwyneth Paltrow]] played both roles, slim and fat Rosemary (except for a couple of close-up shots of fat Rosemary below the neck, which were played by her body double Ivy Snitzer<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kuczynski |first=Alex |date=November 11, 2001 |title=Charting the Outer Limits of Inner Beauty |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/11/style/charting-the-outer-limits-of-inner-beauty.html |access-date=September 26, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926094310/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/11/style/charting-the-outer-limits-of-inner-beauty.html |url-status=live }}</ref>), and had to wear a specially designed 25-pound [[fatsuit]]<ref name="abcnews">{{Cite web |date=August 21, 2001 |title=Paltrow 'Humiliated' by Fat Suit |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=102868&page=1 |access-date=September 26, 2021 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |archive-date=September 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926094310/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=102868&page=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> and prosthetic make-up.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chautard |first=Andre |date=November 7, 2001 |title='Shallow Hal' Fat Suit Not Just Skin-Deep |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-nov-07-ca-1105-story.html |access-date=September 26, 2021 |archive-date=September 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926095813/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-nov-07-ca-1105-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She later admitted that she did not enjoy partaking in production of the movie,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boyd |first=Phoebe-Jane |date=March 2, 2020 |title=Gwyneth Paltrow said starring in Shallow Hal was a 'disaster' – here's why she is right |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/shortcuts/2020/mar/02/gwyneth-paltrow-said-starring-in-shallow-hal-was-a-disaster-heres-why-she-is-right |access-date=September 22, 2021 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=September 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919040811/https://www.theguardian.com/film/shortcuts/2020/mar/02/gwyneth-paltrow-said-starring-in-shallow-hal-was-a-disaster-heres-why-she-is-right |url-status=live }}</ref> in particular dreading having to wear the fat suit and makeup. The prosthetic make-up effects and body suits for Rosemary, Rosemary's mother, and all of the secondary characters were designed and created by [[Tony Gardner (designer)|Tony Gardner]] and his company [[Alterian, Inc.]]<ref name="abcnews" />