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* GenderFlip: The main hero in the original works was a boy, but filmmakers decided to rewrite the screenplay with Reese Witherspoon as the lead.
* Seven life-size prosthetic elephants were created for the film.
* Casting the role of Xhabbo took several months as talent scouts met with over 4,000 Bushmen from four African countries. Sarel Bok, a musician of Bushman descent, was hired in April 1992 after being discovered in Cape Town, South Africa.
* ShownTheirWork: Reese Witherspoon studied with a Matabele tribe in Africa to perfect the Bushman language her character uses in the film.
* Reese Witherspoon and Ethan Embry would later appear together in ''Film/SweetHomeAlabama''.

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