'Late Night' trivia and fun facts

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.

Perfect role

The Katherine's role was written by Mindy Kaling thinking it would suit Emma Thompson

The Office

Mindy Kaling and Amy Ryan previously worked together on 'The Office' (2005)

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

Posters

A poster for director Nisha Ganatra's first feature, Chutney Popcorn, can be seen on the wall of Molly's room.

Moms

Sakina Jaffrey also played Mindy Kaling's mom in 'The Mindy Project'