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Trivia: The studio tried to get famous singer Tori Amos for the role of Sarah, but she disliked the script and turned it down.

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Trivia: Buddy's comically-prolonged belch was provided by famed voice actor Maurice LaMarche, who is known for shows like "Pink and the Brain", "Futurama", and "The Real Ghostbusters."

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Trivia: The original script was written in 1993 and was much a much darker comedy in tone that was supposed to be rated PG-13. It was also intended to star Jim Carrey. However, the project kept getting held up, and Carrey eventually lost interest in it. The film finally started to come together in the early 2000's, when it was rewritten into a more family-friendly film and Will Farrell joined the cast. It was finally released in 2003 - ten years after it was originally written.

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Trivia: There was originally a scene explaining that the villain Judah fell through the ice of a frozen river and drowned as a child, and his soul was sent to hell. He was revived by paramedics and came back to life, and became obsessed with the occult after having liked what he saw while in hell. (This also explains his line about how he has "already been there" and "liked what [he] saw" during the final battle when Ashe tells him to "go to hell.").

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Trivia: Just an odd little comparison: Richard Brooks plays the villain - a sadistic, mentally unhinged character named "Judah Earl." Six years later, he'd also play a sadistic, mentally unhinged villain in the series "Firefly" with the incredibly similar name "Jubal Early."

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Trivia: Will Ferrell turned down an offer of $29 million to appear in a sequel, because he was afraid of tarnishing the legacy of the first film, which was a huge hit and became a new holiday favorite for audiences.

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Trivia: When Buddy is startled by the Jack-in-a-Box toys, his reaction is genuine. Director Jon Favreau actually had a remote control that controlled the toys - Will Ferrell didn't know when they'd go off.

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Trivia: The news footage of Buddy walking through the woods is a reference to the famous "Patterson-Gimlin film" - a 1967 piece of footage supposedly taken of a bigfoot in Northern California.

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Trivia: Gene Hackman's final film before he retired from acting. Since this movie came out, the only film or TV projects he's done have been a handful of documentaries, either appearing as himself or narrating.

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Trivia: This film holds the distinction of being the last major film released on Laserdisc in North America.

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Trivia: The film was originally written as a sequel to "Leon: The Professional" (also known as "The Professional") that would follow a grown-up Mathilda. However, due to rights issues, the movie was reworked to be a stand-alone film focusing on an original character.

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Trivia: At first Nathan Fillion insisted on doing all his own stunts. However, he discovered his stunt double wasn't being paid since he wasn't technically working, with Fillion doing all the stunts himself. Fillion felt bad for having taken his work, so he began using his stunt double from then on.

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Trivia: Early on, there were only meant to be five main characters on the crew. Over time, this increased to nine.

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Trivia: Reportedly, Mal was originally written with "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" alum Nicholas Brendon in mind, but it quickly became clear that there simply wouldn't be enough time for him to star in both series simultaneously.

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Trivia: Reportedly, different endings were shot, including one where Hoffman died.

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Trivia: An early concept for the film involved members of the mafia being placed into traps by Detective Hoffman. This idea was dropped in favour of a more timely story centering on insurance and healthcare.

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Trivia: At one point Valerian mentions "I don't speak French." This is a bit of an inside joke, as the original "Valerian and Laureline" comic books are from France.

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Trivia: In this film, at the start of the Big Market scene, a character named Hawker is told he has a "nice hat" by Laureline. In the 1997 film "The Fifth Element," a mugger is told he has a "very nice hat" by Korben Dallas. Both characters are played by Mathieu Kassovitz. Just a cute little inside joke you might not have noticed the first time.

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Trivia: The unrated edition of the film includes a post-credits sequence - as of 2020, this is the only "Saw" film to have such a scene.

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Trivia: At one point in time, the film was going to be converted into 3D in post-production, but the idea was dropped due to time constraints.

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