The church scene with Garner marrying another man was filmed at the Martha-Mary Chapel in Sudbury, MA. It was primarily filmed at Crane Castle in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Betty Thomas was also attached to direct at one point, and Affleck's LivePlanet was also on board to produce. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past was originally set up in 2004 at Touchstone Pictures with Ben Affleck attached to play the lead character and Kevin Smith to direct, but both opted out and Disney cancelled the project. Olga Maliouk as the Ghost of Girlfriends Future.Noureen DeWulf as Melanie, the Ghost of Girlfriends Present, is based on Bob Cratchit.Emma Stone as Allison Vandermeersh, the Ghost of Girlfriends Past.Robert Forster as Sergeant Major Mervis Volkom.Lacey Chabert as Sandra Volkom, Paul Mead's fiancée.Breckin Meyer as Paul Mead, Connor's younger brother, is based on Ebenezer Scrooge's nephew Fred.Mead, Connor and Paul's uncle and legal guardian, is based on Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner Jacob Marley depicted as a not-so-thinly-veiled caricature of famed Hollywood Producer Robert Evans. Jennifer Garner as Jenny Perotti is based on Ebenezer Scrooge's ex-fiancée Belle.Matthew McConaughey as Connor 'Dutch' Mead, a ladies man, is based on Ebenezer Scrooge.Wayne is finally rejected by Allison, the Ghost of Girlfriends Past, who still appears 16. Wayne tries to hit on Melanie but she dances with Brad. Wayne strikes out with the Ghost of Girlfriends Future. They kiss and dance in the snow to the same song Connor once hesitated to ask her to dance to. Connor photographs the wedding, and he reconciles with Jenny by showing her the picture he still carries of her. Connor took the car in order to find her, convincing her to forgive Paul, saying that the pain of heartbreak is outweighed by the regret of never risking one's heart in the first place. Wayne appears and tells Connor that this is his future if he continues on the same path, pushing him into the grave to be buried by his many ex-girlfriends.Īfter he had a bad dream, Connor finds out that Sandra has cancelled the wedding. Further in the future, Paul is the only mourner at Connor's funeral. Confronted by the "Ghost of Girlfriends Future", who takes him forward in time to see that Jenny marries Brad while Paul remains alone.
Connor attempts to mend the situation, but Paul tells him to leave. Melanie and his former lovers discuss his lack of empathy.Ĭonnor accidentally tells Sandra that Paul slept with one of her bridesmaids early in their relationship, and she is furious with Paul. Connor is upset that Jenny is being comforted by Brad.
Paul expresses hope that he will someday improve. He sees that the others make fun of his shallow lifestyle. He is confronted by the "Ghost of Girlfriends Present" in the form of his assistant Melanie. Jenny wakes up broken-hearted.īack in the present, Connor accidentally destroys the wedding cake and fails to reconcile with Jenny. He falls in love but panics, running away to avoid being hurt. Several years later, Connor and Jenny meet again and rekindle their romance. When he next saw Jenny, he ignored her and chose Allison. Wayne told Connor that he must avoid romance at all costs in order not to feel such pain again. By middle school, they were on the verge of romance, but Connor's hesitation at a dance caused Jenny to dance with and kiss another boy. Connor and she were very close at school she gave him his first instant camera which he used to take her picture, promising to keep it forever. They revisit scenes from his past, focusing on his relationship with Jenny. The first is the "Ghost of Girlfriends Past" in the form of Allison, his first lover. Wayne tells him not to be like him in life and says that he will be visited by three ghosts who will lead him through his romantic past, present, and future. After delivering a drunken speech at the rehearsal dinner, Connor sees the ghost of his playboy uncle Wayne.
He attends the wedding of his brother Paul to Sandra, where he becomes reacquainted with Jenny Perotti, the only girl who captured his heart. Connor Mead is a famous photographer and womanizer.