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* CreatorBacklash: Averted for Mark Wahlberg; he doesn't regret making the film (it was a breakthrough for him as an actor), but he admits that he would never accept a role like this again. One reason is [[http://ew.com/movies/2017/10/24/mark-wahlberg-boogie-nights-forgiveness/ his Catholic guilt,]] and the other is because [[http://www.indiewire.com/2017/11/mark-wahlberg-boogie-nights-explains-god-forgiveness-dirk-diggler-1201894672/ he's now a father of two children.]]

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* CreatorBacklash: CreatorBacklash:
** Believe it or not, Creator/BurtReynolds viewed the film as this. After seeing a rough cut of the film, Reynolds fired his agent for recommending it and refused to ever work with Creator/PaulThomasAnderson again.
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Averted for Mark Wahlberg; he doesn't regret making the film (it was a breakthrough for him as an actor), but he admits that he would never accept a role like this again. One reason is [[http://ew.com/movies/2017/10/24/mark-wahlberg-boogie-nights-forgiveness/ his Catholic guilt,]] and the other is because [[http://www.indiewire.com/2017/11/mark-wahlberg-boogie-nights-explains-god-forgiveness-dirk-diggler-1201894672/ he's now a father of two children.]]



* OldShame: Believe it or not, Creator/BurtReynolds viewed the film as this. After seeing a rough cut of the film, Reynolds fired his agent for recommending it and refused to ever work with Creator/PaulThomasAnderson again.
** As mentioned above, while he doesn't exactly regret it, Mark Wahlberg has come to view starring in the film as a "poor career choice".
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Creator Chosen Casting is when the casting of an adaptation is influenced by the creator of the work being adapted; an original character written for a specific actor is not an example


* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/PaulThomasAnderson wrote the role of Scotty with Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman in mind. When Hoffman read the script, he was stunned to learn that the subject matter was porn.
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* HeyItsThatSound: Dirk Diggler, getting his singing career going, sings "The Touch". [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie Yes, THAT "The Touch".]]

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* HeyItsThatSound: Dirk Diggler, getting his singing career going, sings "The Touch". [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie Yes, THAT "The Touch".]]]] It's [[HilariousInHindsight even funnier now]], as his actor, Mark Wahlberg, would go on to star in two of the [[Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction franchise's]] [[Film/TransformersTheLastKnight live-action]] installments.
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* NamesTheSame: The Burt Reynolds character, Jack Horner, shares the same name as the ''{{ComicBook/Fables}}'' character and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Horner_(paleontologist) paleontologist]] who served as the inspiration for ''Franchise/JurassicPark'''s Alan Grant.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: in Latin America the film is named ''Juegos de Placer'' (lit. Pleasure Games or Games of Pleasure).
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* ShockingSwerve: Paul Thomas Anderson was horrified when, during a test screening, the audience actually started ''cheering'' when Bill shot his wife and her lover during the New Year's Eve party. Their excitement then turned to horror when Bill turned the gun on himself. He ended up leaving the scene as is.

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