History Trivia / ChasingAmy

* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/KevinSmith wrote the script with Creator/BenAffleck, Creator/JoeyLaurenAdams and Creator/JasonLee in mind.

** When the movie was released on UsefulNotes/{{Laserdisc}} as part of Creator/TheCriterionCollection, Creator/KevinSmith opened the DVDCommentary with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxyq1ztPib4 "Fuck DVD"]]. [[{{Irony}} This commentary was carried over to the DVD]].

* NamesTheSame: Gwen Turner shares a name with Creator/GuinevereTurner (who appears in a cameo in this film).

* TheOtherDarrin: Jared Svenning is clearly played by someone other than Creator/MichaelRooker in the "sexual scars" flashback.

** Kevin Smith originally planned to close out Film/TheViewAskewniverse (then called "the Jersey trilogy") with this film, but changed his mind when Jay and Silent Bob found their way into ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', resulting in [[Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack three]] [[Film/ClerksII more]] Askewniverse films.

* NoBudget: Though not as cheap as ''Film/{{Clerks}}'', the film was made for a very inexpensive $250,000, 1/24th of that of ''Film/{{Mallrats}}''.

* QueerCharacterQueerActor: The character Alyssa Jones (who is LGBTQ) is portrayed by actress Joey Lauren Adams who is openly bisexual.

* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Creator/JoeyLaurenAdams is bisexual in real life, like Alyssa Jones.

* TheCastShowoff: Joey Lauren Adams wrote the song she sings. It was originally a country song, but Kevin Smith requested they pump it up a bit.

* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: Kevin Smith original wanted the film to be a teen comedy, but decided against it when the more teen-friendly ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' bombed.

* RefittedForSequel: The scene involving "sexual scars" was originally intended for ''Mallrats'', between Brodie, TS and a friend of theirs named Hooper who worked at the food court (and further the ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' references), but Universal ordered it removed. Hence, he carried it to here (and Hooper became a major character in the process).

** When the movie was released on UsefulNotes/{{Laserdisc}} as part of Creator/TheCriterionCollection, Kevin Smith opened the DVDCommentary with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxyq1ztPib4 "Fuck DVD"]]. [[{{Irony}} This commentary was carried over to the DVD]].

** The movie was apparently [[AwardSnub only two votes away]] from an Academy Award nomination for "Best Original Screenplay." One can only wonder what this would have done for both the film and Kevin Smith's reputation.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: The film's story is largely based on Kevin Smith's relationship with Joey Lauren Adams, who plays Alyssa. Although he later pointed out that, while Adams was more sexually experienced than him, it was nowhere near as devious as Alyssa's and that he was more jealous that she had spent most of her youth traveling the world while he had spent most of his life in New Jersey. He also claims that he used to know a movie executive who had feelings for a female colleague, who turned out to be a lesbian.

** Joey Lauren Adams wrote the song Alyssa performs. It was originally a country song, but Kevin Smith requested they pump it up a bit.

* BigNameFan: A big reason Creator/AlanRickman was cast in Kevin Smith's [[Film/{{Dogma}} next movie]] was because he loved this one so much and desperately wanted to work with Smith.

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: This is Creator/KevinSmith's favourite film of his own.

** The movie was apparently [[AwardSnub only two votes away]] from an Acadamy Award nomination for "Best Original Screenplay." One can only wonder what this would have done from both the film and Kevin Smith's reputation.

* BigNameFan: Creator/AlanRickman was a big fan of this movie and even got a role in Smith's next film, ''Film/{{Dogma}}'' [[PromotedFanboy because of it]].

** Banky's massive duffle bag of porno magazines was already overkill, but in an age where he could just as easily access [[TheInternetIsForPorn more porn that he could possibly see on his cell phone]], it seems completely unnecessary.

** Joey Lauren Adams wrote the song Alyssa performs.

* MetaCasting: The story is inspired by Kevin Smith's relationship with star Joey Lauren Adams, and so in a sense she is "Amy."

* BigNameFan: Creator/AlanRickman was a big fan of this movie and even got a role in Smith's next film, ''Film/{{Dogma}}'' [[AscendedFanboy because of it]].

** Banky's massive duffle bag of porno magazines was already overkill, but in an age where he could just as easily access more porn that he could possibly see on his cell phone, it seems completely unnecessary.

** When the movie was released on UsefulNotes/{{Laserdisc}} as part of Creator/TheCriterionCollection, Kevin Smith opened the DVDCommentary with [[[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxyq1ztPib4 "Fuck DVD"]]. [[{{Irony}} This commentary was carried over to the DVD]].

** Kevin Smith originally planned to close out Franchies/TheViewAskewniverse (then called "the Jersey trilogy") with this film, but changed his mind when Jay and Silent Bob found their way into ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', resulting in [[Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack three]] [[Film/ClerksII more]] Askewniverse films.