30 Things You Didn't Know About the Cast of "The Hangover Part III"

Including Ed Helms' own brutal drinking experience.

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The third installment of the booze-fueled Hangover franchise hits theaters this Friday, and we already know what to expect from the film: drugs, high-speed chases, some wild animal, strippers, and Ken Jeong's penis.

But the actors behind the infamous wolf pack are not as transparent. Get to know Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis with our 30 Things You Didn't Know About the Cast of The Hangover Part III.

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Bradley Cooper made a guest appearance on Sex and The City as one of Carrie Bradshaw's one-night stands.

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Cooper missed his graduation commencement to film Wet Hot American Summer.

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Cooper replaced Mark Wahlberg in what would be his Oscar-nominated role for Silver Linings Playbook.

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Cooper doesn't use deodorant. He believes the body self-cleans.

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As an acting student, Cooper asked Sean Penn a question on Penn's episode of Inside the Actor's Studio.

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Cooper is the first alumni of The Actor's Studio to be interviewed as a guest on Inside the Actors Studio.

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Cooper was a medalist on the Men's Heavyweight Crew team at Georgetown University.

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When Cooper was 10, he had size 12 feet and was convinced he'd be 6'8'' and able to dunk a basketball. He ended up being only 6'1''.

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Cooper is a teetotaler, meaning he abstains from drinking. He also used to chew tobacco, but now he chews toothpicks instead.

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In elementary school, he would cook for his classmates and prided himself on the ability to make anything in the fridge into lasagna.

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Really sappy television commercials have the tendency to make Ed Helms cry sometimes.

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Helms listens to Enya when he is stressed.

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Pudding and yogurt make Helms cringe. He needs some substance in his food, or he gets squeamish.

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Helms has a 10-inch zipper scar going down his sternum from an open heart surgery that was performed on him in the seventh grade.

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Ed Helms was a hardcore BMX enthusiast as a kid and can still manage some tricks on a bike at his age.

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Helms did a voice-over gig for Budweiser in a 2002 Super Bowl commercial.

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Helms was a competitive swimmer at Oberlin College.

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Helms attended high school with Office co-star Brian Baumgartner. The two were actually in the same choral group as well.

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Helms had a missing adult tooth that never showed up and needed an implant inserted when he was 16. This is the same tooth he pulled out for The Hangover.

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One drunken night in college, Helms was vomiting so harshly that he broke many facial capillaries and baracaded himself in his room for 24 straight hours until he looked normal again.

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Zach Galifianakis' biggest regret in life is his beer gut.

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The reason Galifianakis joined Myspace was supposedly because a 16-year-old in Alaska was using his image to pick up girls.

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Galifianakis served a brief two week stint as a writer for Saturday Night Live in 1997.

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The first movie Galifianakis took a date to was Eddie Murphy Raw in 1987.

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Galifianakis banned his own mother from seeing The Hangover II, after she was not pleased with his performance in the original.

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Galifianakis hopes to turn his 60 acre farm in North Carolina in to a writer's retreat.

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Galifianakis' beard has a name, and its name is Shelly.

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He once owned a cat named Mr. Stevenson, after famous musician Cat Stevens.

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Galifianakis failed his last college class by one point, moved to New York City, and got his start in comedy by performing stand-up routines in the back of a hamburger joint.

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Galifianakis is claustrophobic.

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