Baby, Posh, Sporty, Scary and Ginger—they took every bedroom wall, car stereo, candy aisle and toy store by storm. Together they made up the most famous and most popular girl group in the history of music, the Spice Girls. Even years after the British group disbanded, the entire world still gets excited whenever they are reunited (London Olympics anyone?).
At the peak of their career in 1998, the mega group released a movie, Spice World. Although the critics panned it, the film, which became a must-watch for every Spice Girls fan, inevitably became a cult classic. With the girls performing hit songs like “Spice Up Your Life," interacting with aliens, and engaging in implausible action sequences (like jumping their double-decker bus over the London bridge), what's not to like about the campy flick?
Today marks the 15th anniversary of the box office hit. To celebrate its enduring legacy, we did some research and found some little known, interesting tidbits about the movie that will viva forever. Without further adieu, here are 20 things you didn’t (but what you really, really want to) know about Spice World.
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Gary Glitter filmed a cameo, but the court trial over his child pornography pictures caused him to be cut from the film.
Mentions of Princess Diana and scenes with the designer Gianni Versace were made in the film but cut out because they both died before its release.
The film is in the top 10 for the highest-ever debut for Super Bowl weekend (January 25, 1998) in the U.S., with box office sales of $10,527,222.
The Chief is played by former James Bond, Roger Moore.
Spice Force Five is based on the fictional television pilot Fox Force Five from the movie Pulp Fiction.
Elvis Costello plays the bartender who listens to Deborah (the group's assistant) and Clifford (the group's manager) vent.
The film has the tagline, "You say you want a revolution?" which is a line from The Beatles' hit song, "Revolution."
The Spice World VHS sold 55,000 copies on its first day in stores.
The movie follows the style of The Beatles' movie, A Hard Day's Night.
The part of Dennis the bus driver, played by Meatloaf, was first given to boxer Frank Bruno, who quit the film during filming because his son wasn't allowed on set to get the girls' autographs.
When the girls go into the forest, Clifford, Deborah, and Dennis talk. Dennis says, "I love these girls, and I would do anything for them, but I won't do that." This is a reference to Meatloaf's single, "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)."
In the movie, Ginger Spice is seen watching the movie The Strange Love of Martha Ivers in her hotel room.
In a scene in Fight Club, Spice World is seen on the shelf of a video store.
Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry and Elton John all have cameos in the movie.
The scene where Baby Spice is sleeping in a bed, we hear, "Ch, Ch, Ch, Ha, Ha, Ha," which is a reference to Friday the 13th.
Jason Isaacs, best known for playing Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter series, filmed a cameo as a pretentious poet, but the scene was cut.
Michael Barrymore's cameo as Mr. Step was originally for John Cleese, who turned it down.
Baby Spice's murder mystery scene is a spoof on writer Agatha Christie's fictional character, Hercule Poirot.
The film reunited Meatloaf and Richard O'Brien, who both starred in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
The scene when the Spice Girls are talking about having the same nightmare mirrors the scene in Nightmare on Elm Street when Nancy and Tina talk about having the same nightmare.
