History Trivia / BadSanta

* CreatorsFavorite: According to Creator/BillyBobThornton's Autobiography, ''The Billy Bob Tapes'', not only is this one of his favorite roles, it's one of three things in his life that he would gladly relive if he had the chance to do it again. [[note]] The other two being in Film/TheAlamo and his time on the Arkansas Highway Patrol in 1979. [[/note]]

* CreatorsFavorite: According to Creator/BillyBobThorton's Autobiography, ''The Billy Bob Tapes'', not only is this one of his favorite roles, it's one of three things in his life that he would gladly relive if he had the chance to do it again. [[note]] The other two being in Film/TheAlamo and his time on the Arkansas Highway Patrol in 1979. [[/note]]

* CreatorsFavorite: According to Billy Bob Thorton's Autobiography, ''The Billy Bob Tapes'', not only is this one of his favorite roles, it's one of three things in his life that he would gladly relive if he had the chance to do it again. [[note]] The other two being in Film/TheAlamo and his time on the Arkansas Highway Patrol in 1979. [[/note]]

** According to the book ''Down and Dirty Pictures'', Bob Weinstein kicked Zwigoff off the film and hired a new director to reshoot the ending, though Zwigoff was eventually re-hired. One of Creator/TheCoenBrothers bluntly said that this was the main reason they'd avoided Creator/{{Miramax}} for most of their career.

** Creator/TheCoenBrothers initially tailored roles for specific actors, such as Creator/JamesGandolfini as Willie (since they had worked with him on ''Film/TheManWhoWasntThere''), Creator/DannyWoodburn as Marcus and Creator/AngusTJones as Thurman.

* CreatorsFavorite: According to Billy Bob Thorton's Autobiography, ''The Billy Bob Tapes'', not only is this one of his favorite roles, it's one of three things in his life that he would gladly relive if he had the chance to do it again. [[note]] The other two being in Film/TheAlamo and his time on the Arkansas Highway Patrol in the 1979. [[/note]]

* BlackSheepHit: Terry Zwigoff's only financially successful move. The rest of his filmography consists of low-key and ''very'' uncommercial {{acclaimed flop}}s and while this film's script is in step with his usual brand of BlackComedy, it's also the one which most closely resembles a normal studio comedy.
* ChannelHop: While it was produced by Creator/{{Miramax}} when it was subsidiary of Creator/{{Disney}}, the film is now owned by Creator/{{Paramount}} after they bought 49% of Miramax.

* UncreditedRole: While Creator/TheCoenBrothers were credited as Executive Producers, they also re-wrote the screenplay, specifically the dialogue; but because Writers Guild of America requires you to write a certain percentage of the script, the brothers had to go un-credited.

** Creator/BillMurray was the original choice for the lead, but he had to decline due to scheduling conflicts with ''Film/LostInTranslation''. Creator/JackNicholson was interested, but he was busy with ''Film/SomethingsGottaGive''. Creator/LarryDavid was also considered.

** The film itself was pitched to Creator/{{Universal}}, who turned it down on the grounds that it was (in the studio heads words): "the most foul, disgusting, misogynistic, anti-Christmas, anti-children thing we could imagine", and Miramax picked it up for those exact same reasons.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Creator/TerryZwigoff wanted to cast Creator/MiraSorvino (possibly as Willie's girlfriend) but could not because Harvey Weinstein blacklisted her after Sorvino rejected Weinstein's sexual advances. According to the book ''Down and Dirty Pictures'', Bob Weinstein kicked Zwigoff off the film and hired a new director to reshoot the ending, though Zwigoff was eventually re-hired. One of Creator/TheCoenBrothers bluntly said that this was the main reason they'd avoided Creator/{{Miramax}} for most of their career.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Terry Zwigoff wanted to cast Creator/MiraSorvino (possibly as Willie's girlfriend) but could not because Harvey Weinstein blacklisted her after Sorvino rejected Weinstein's sexual advances.

* UncreditedRole: While The Coen Brothers were credited as Executive Producers, they also re-wrote the screenplay, specifically the dialogue; but because Writers Guild of America requires you to write a certain percentage of the script, the brothers had to go un-credited.

** An early script of the sequel had Willie's father, who would have been named Earl, having the same role in the plot as his mother did in the filmed version - the character was rewritten as a woman without changing much else because the idea seemed funnier.
** Director Terry Zwigoff revealed in a [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bad-santa-director-says-he-was-discouraged-hiring-mira-sorvino-1068673 now deleted tweet]] that he was forbidden from casting Mira Sorvino, due to executive producer Harvey Weinstein blacklisting her after she turned down his sexual advances.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Terry Zwigoff wanted to cast Mina Sorvino (possibly as Willie's girlfriend) but could not because Harvey Weinstein blacklisted her after Sorvino rejected Weinstein's sexual advances.