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** Creator/DrewBarrymore tested for the role of Danielle Bowden but failed the audition. She later said she had "acted all over the place and it was just the biggest disaster of my life". Creator/ReeceWitherspoon also auditioned.

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** Creator/DrewBarrymore tested for the role of Danielle Bowden but failed the audition. She later said she had "acted all over the place and it was just the biggest disaster of my life". Creator/ReeceWitherspoon Creator/ReeseWitherspoon also auditioned.



** Creator/JenniferConnelly and Creator/Winona Ryder both turned down the role of Danielle. Creator/SarahJessicaParker was also considered.
** [[Series/BeverlyHills90210 Shannen Doherty]], Nicole Eggeret, Bridget Fonda, Creator/JodieFoster, Helen Hunt, Diane Lane, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/SarahJessicaParker, Creator/MollyRingwald, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/WinonaRyder, Brooke Shields and [[Series/SavedByTheBell Tiffani Thiessen]] were considered for Danielle.

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** Creator/JenniferConnelly and Creator/Winona Ryder Creator/WinonaRyder both turned down the role of Danielle. Creator/SarahJessicaParker was also considered.
** [[Series/BeverlyHills90210 Shannen Doherty]], Nicole Eggeret, Eggert, Bridget Fonda, Creator/JodieFoster, Helen Hunt, Diane Lane, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/SarahJessicaParker, Creator/MollyRingwald, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/WinonaRyder, Brooke Shields and [[Series/SavedByTheBell Tiffani Thiessen]] were considered for Danielle.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Jessica Lange accepted to do this film to really work with Creator/RobertDeNiro and Creator/MartinScorsese.

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* AwesomeDearBoy: Jessica Lange Creator/JessicaLange accepted to do this film to really work with Creator/RobertDeNiro and Creator/MartinScorsese.
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** Alyssa Milano was offered the role of Danielle but had to turn down the role, due to pressure from fellow ''Series/WhosTheBoss'' cast member Creator/TonyDanza.

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** Alyssa Milano Creator/AlyssaMilano was offered the role of Danielle but had to turn down the role, due to pressure from fellow ''Series/WhosTheBoss'' cast member Creator/TonyDanza.
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** Christina Applegate did an audition for the role of Danielle, but had to turn down the part due to conflicts from ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' producer Ron Leavitt.

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** Christina Applegate Creator/ChristinaApplegate did an audition for the role of Danielle, but had to turn down the part due to conflicts from ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' producer Ron Leavitt.
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** Alyssa Milano was offered the role of Danielle but had to turn down the role, due to pressure from fellow ''Series/WhosTheBoss?'' cast member Creator/TonyDanza.

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** Alyssa Milano was offered the role of Danielle but had to turn down the role, due to pressure from fellow ''Series/WhosTheBoss?'' ''Series/WhosTheBoss'' cast member Creator/TonyDanza.
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** Creator/NicoleKidman lobbied for the role of Danielle, but Scorsese wanted a younger actress.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Jessica Lange accepted to do this film to really work with Creator/RobertDeNiro and Creator/MartinScorsese.

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* AwesomeDearBoy: Jessica Lange Lange accepted to do this film to really work with Creator/RobertDeNiro and Creator/MartinScorsese.



** [[Series/BeverlyHills90210 Shannen Doherty]], Nicole Eggeret, Bridget Fonda, Creator/JodieFoster, Helen Hunt, Diane Lane, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/SarahJessicaParker, Creator/MollyRingwald, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/WinonaRyder, Brooke Shields and [[Series/SavedByTheBell Tiffani Thiessen]] were considered for Danielle.

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** [[Series/BeverlyHills90210 Shannen Doherty]], Nicole Eggeret, Bridget Fonda, Creator/JodieFoster, Helen Hunt, Diane Lane, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/SarahJessicaParker, Creator/SarahJessicaParker, Creator/MollyRingwald, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/WinonaRyder, Brooke Shields and [[Series/SavedByTheBell Tiffani Thiessen]] were considered for Danielle.



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** Christina Applegate did an audition for the role of Danielle, but had to turn down the part due to conflicts from ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' producer Ron Leavitt.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Jessica Lange accepted to do this film to really work with Creator/RobertDeNiro and Creator/MartinScorsese.

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* AwesomeDearBoy: Jessica Lange Lange accepted to do this film to really work with Creator/RobertDeNiro and Creator/MartinScorsese.



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** [[Series/BeverlyHills90210 Shannen Doherty]], Nicole Eggeret, Bridget Fonda, Creator/JodieFoster, Helen Hunt, Diane Lane, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/SarahJessicaParker, Creator/MollyRingwald, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/WinonaRyder, Brooke Shields and [[Series/SavedByTheBell Tiffani Thiessen]] were considered for Danielle.

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** [[Series/BeverlyHills90210 Shannen Doherty]], Nicole Eggeret, Bridget Fonda, Creator/JodieFoster, Helen Hunt, Diane Lane, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/SarahJessicaParker, Creator/SarahJessicaParker, Creator/MollyRingwald, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/WinonaRyder, Brooke Shields and [[Series/SavedByTheBell Tiffani Thiessen]] were considered for Danielle.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/StevenSpielberg was slated to direct this while Creator/MartinScorsese was slated to direct ''Film/SchindlersList''.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/StevenSpielberg was slated to direct this while Creator/MartinScorsese was slated to direct ''Film/SchindlersList''.




* ActorInspiredElement:
** Creator/RobertDeNiro helped costume designer Rita Ryack choose Cady's clothing.
** Originally in the scene where Cady puts handcuffs on Lori, she was supposed to start freaking out, Illeana Douglas was the one who came up with the idea of having her character laughing and trying to play along instead.
** In the original script, Leigh only met Max Cady at the end. Jessica Lange suggested the scene where they talk outside her house be added to the script, because she felt there should be a meeting between the two before the climax.
* AwesomeDearBoy: Jessica Lange accepted to do this film to really work with Creator/RobertDeNiro and Creator/MartinScorsese.



* RecycledSountrack: The film reuses Music/BernardHerrmann's score from the original.

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The film reuses Music/BernardHerrmann's score from the original.original.
** The music that is heard at the climax of the movie was a piece of music that Herrmann had written for Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/TornCurtain'', but that piece of music was never used. Music/ElmerBernstein had always liked that original score and he asked Creator/MartinScorsese if it could be used in Cape Fear.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Thankfully averted. Juliette Lewis developed a crush on Creator/RobertDeNiro.
* ThrowItIn: In the auditorium scene, it was Creator/RobertDeNiro's idea to put his thumb in Juliette Lewis' mouth.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/StevenSpielberg was slated to direct this while Creator/MartinScorsese was slated to direct ''Film/SchindlersList''.
** Scorsese wanted Creator/HarrisonFord for Sam Bowden. Creator/RobertRedford was also considered.
** Creator/BradDourif was considered for Max Cady.
** Creator/DrewBarrymore tested for the role of Danielle Bowden but failed the audition. She later said she had "acted all over the place and it was just the biggest disaster of my life". Creator/ReeceWitherspoon also auditioned.
** Creator/JenniferConnelly and Creator/Winona Ryder both turned down the role of Danielle. Creator/SarahJessicaParker was also considered.
** [[Series/BeverlyHills90210 Shannen Doherty]], Nicole Eggeret, Bridget Fonda, Creator/JodieFoster, Helen Hunt, Diane Lane, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/SarahJessicaParker, Creator/MollyRingwald, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/WinonaRyder, Brooke Shields and [[Series/SavedByTheBell Tiffani Thiessen]] were considered for Danielle.
** Alyssa Milano was offered the role of Danielle but had to turn down the role, due to pressure from fellow ''Series/WhosTheBoss?'' cast member Creator/TonyDanza.
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** The auditorium scene was originally scripted as a chase scene, but Scorsese wanted it to be a seduction.
** Creator/GeorgeCScott was originally supposed to play the Lieutenant role. But because of health problems he dropped out a few days before filming and Creator/RobertMitchum was brought in.
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* FollowTheLeader: The film was admittedly an attempt at replicating the style of Creator/AlfredHitchcock, in particular ''{{Psycho}}'', down to being shot in black-and-white.

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* FollowTheLeader: The film was admittedly an attempt at replicating the style of Creator/AlfredHitchcock, in particular ''{{Psycho}}'', ''Film/{{Psycho}}'', down to being shot in black-and-white.
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* FollowTheLeader: The film was admittedly an attempt at replicating the style of Creator/AlfredHitchcock, in particular Film/''{{Psycho}}'', down to being shot in black-and-white.

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* FollowTheLeader: The film was admittedly an attempt at replicating the style of Creator/AlfredHitchcock, in particular Film/''{{Psycho}}'', ''{{Psycho}}'', down to being shot in black-and-white.
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* FollowTheLeader: The film was admittedly an attempt at replicating the style of Creator/AlfredHitchcock, in particular Film/''Psycho'', down to being shot in black-and-white.

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* FollowTheLeader: The film was admittedly an attempt at replicating the style of Creator/AlfredHitchcock, in particular Film/''Psycho'', Film/''{{Psycho}}'', down to being shot in black-and-white.
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* FollowTheLeader: The film was admittedly an attempt at replicating the style of Creator/AlfredHitchcock, in particular Film/''Psycho'', down to being shot in black-and-white.
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* ThrowItIn: The scene with the egg was added by the director on the day of filming. Bergen's reactions to Mitchum rubbing the eggs on her was real. And the parts where he drags her through the house? That happened because several doors wouldn't open and he had to force his way through in order to keep the scene going. (Too bad it resulted in her incurring some genuine injuries as well.)

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* ThrowItIn: The scene with the egg was added by the director on the day of filming. Polly Bergen's reactions to Mitchum Creator/RobertMitchum rubbing the eggs on her was real. And the parts where he drags her through the house? That happened because several doors wouldn't open and he had to force his way through in order to keep the scene going. (Too bad it resulted in her incurring some genuine injuries as well.)
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* PlayingAgainstType: Both Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum in the remake, but more so Peck, who played a scumbag lawyer far removed from the actor's morally upstanding men he made a career of portraying.

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* DuellingStarsMovie
* PlayingAgainstType: Both Gregory Peck Creator/GregoryPeck and Robert Mitchum Creator/RobertMitchum in the remake, but more so Peck, who played a scumbag lawyer far removed from the actor's morally upstanding men he made a career of portraying.



* RecycledSet: The interior of the hotel Mitchum takes Barrie Chase to is the same set that was used in ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' two years earlier.

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** Polly Bergen suffered minor bruises in a scene where her character struggles with Cady. Creator/RobertMitchum was supposed to drag her through various doors on the set, but a crewmember mistakenly left all those doors locked, so that when Mitchum forced Bergen through the doors, she was actually being used as a ram to push them open.
* RecycledSet: The interior of the hotel Mitchum Cady takes Barrie Chase Diane to is the same set that was used in ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' two years earlier.




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** Creator/CharlesBronson, Creator/JamesCoburn, Creator/CharltonHeston, Creator/JackPalance, and Creator/JohnWayne were all considered for Sam Bowden. Creator/GregoryPeck was a last-minute replacement for Heston, who was originally cast.
** Creator/RodSteiger wanted to play Max Cady, but he backed off when he heard Creator/RobertMitchum was considering the role.
** The role of Max Cady was first offered to Creator/ErnestBorgnine.
** Telly Savalas was screen tested for the role of Max Cady, but later played private eye Charlie Sievers.
** Creator/JimBackus was set to play attorney Dave Grafton, but had to drop out due to conflicts with ''Series/GilligansIsland''.



* CastingGag: Gregory Peck in his aforementioned role.
* DyeingForYourArt: De Niro paid a dentist $20,000 to mess up his teeth to play long-term prison inmate Cady. Afterwards, it cost him $25,000 to have the damage fixed.
** De Niro also had Cady's tattoos done for real (with vegetable dye, which would have faded after shooting was complete) and bulked up until he looked more physically imposing than Nick Nolte.
* {{Improv}}: Robert De Niro and Creator/IlleanaDouglas's (Sam's collegue) scenes were improvised.

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* CastingGag: Gregory Peck Creator/GregoryPeck in his aforementioned role.
* DyeingForYourArt: De Niro Creator/RobertDeNiro paid a dentist $20,000 to mess up his teeth to play long-term prison inmate Cady. Afterwards, it cost him $25,000 to have the damage fixed.
** De Niro also had Cady's tattoos done for real (with vegetable dye, which would have faded after shooting was complete) and bulked up until he looked more physically imposing than Nick Nolte.
Creator/NickNolte.
* {{Improv}}: Robert De Niro Creator/RobertDeNiro and Creator/IlleanaDouglas's (Sam's collegue) scenes were improvised. improvised.
* RecycledSountrack: The film reuses Music/BernardHerrmann's score from the original.
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* {{Improv}}: Robert De Niro and Creator/IlleanaDouglas's (Sam's collegue) scenes were improvised.
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* RecycledSet: The interior of the hotel Mitchum takes Barrie Chase to is the same set that was used in ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' two years earlier.
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* CastingGag: Gregory Peck in his aforementioned role.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: StevenSpielberg was slated to direct this while Creator/MartinScorsese was slated to direct SchindlersList.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: StevenSpielberg Creator/StevenSpielberg was slated to direct this while Creator/MartinScorsese was slated to direct SchindlersList.
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* AFI Accolades:

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** "100 Years. . .100 Thrills" #61
** "100 Years. . .100 Heroes & Villains" #28, Max Cady

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** "100 Years. . .100 Thrills" AFIS100Years100Thrills: #61
** "100 Years. . .100 Heroes & Villains" #28, AFIS100Years100HeroesAndVillains: #28 Villain, Max Cady
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* AFI Accolades:
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: StevenSpielberg was slated to direct this while MartinScorsese was slated to direct SchindlersList.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: StevenSpielberg was slated to direct this while MartinScorsese Creator/MartinScorsese was slated to direct SchindlersList.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: StevenSpielberg was slated to direct this while MartinScorsese was slated to direct SchindlersList.

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* ThrowItIn: The scene with the egg was added by the director on the day of filming. Bergen's reactions to Mitchum rubbing the eggs on her was real. And the parts where he drags her through the house? That happened because several doors wouldn't open and he had to force his way through in order to keep the scene going. (Too bad it resulted in her incurring some genuine injuries as well.)



* ThrowItIn: The scene with the egg was added by the director on the day of filming. Bergen's reactions to Mitchum rubbing the eggs on her was real. And the parts where he drags her through the house? That happened because several doors wouldn't open and he had to force his way through in order to keep the scene going. (Too bad it resulted in her incurring some genuine injuries as well.)
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** Barrie Chase, a dancer who was primarily known for appearing alongside Creator/FredAstaire in several TV specials, plays rape victim Diane in the original film.

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** Barrie Chase, a dancer who was primarily known for appearing alongside Creator/FredAstaire in several TV specials, plays rape victim Diane in the original film.film.

The 1962 film:
* EnforcedMethodActing: Inadvertently done, possibly. Disappointed because he couldn't get Hayley Mills for the role of Nancy, the director gave Lori Martin a hard time during filming, which probably resulted in her nailing every scene as the terrified, vulnerable girl.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The director wanted Haley Mills for the part of Nancy.

The 1991 film:
* DyeingForYourArt: De Niro paid a dentist $20,000 to mess up his teeth to play long-term prison inmate Cady. Afterwards, it cost him $25,000 to have the damage fixed.
** De Niro also had Cady's tattoos done for real (with vegetable dye, which would have faded after shooting was complete) and bulked up until he looked more physically imposing than Nick Nolte.
* ThrowItIn: The scene with the egg was added by the director on the day of filming. Bergen's reactions to Mitchum rubbing the eggs on her was real. And the parts where he drags her through the house? That happened because several doors wouldn't open and he had to force his way through in order to keep the scene going. (Too bad it resulted in her incurring some genuine injuries as well.)
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* PlayingAgainstType: Both Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum in the remake, but more so Peck, who played a scumbag lawyer far removed from the actor's morally upstanding men he made a career of portraying.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Both Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum in the remake, but more so Peck, who played a scumbag lawyer far removed from the actor's morally upstanding men he made a career of portraying.portraying.
** Barrie Chase, a dancer who was primarily known for appearing alongside Creator/FredAstaire in several TV specials, plays rape victim Diane in the original film.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Both Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum in the remake, but more so Peck, who played a scumbag lawyer far removed from the actor's morally upstanding men he made a career of portraying.

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