History Trivia / Hook

* CutSong: According to lyricist Leslie Bricusse, this film was written as a musical, but due to length and budgetary concerns this was dropped, and only two songs are sung onscreen -- "We Don't Wanna Grow Up" as part of the school play and "When You're Alone" by Maggie in Neverland (explained as a lullaby her mom taught them). The happy-whimsical theme that plays throughout and closes the film's action was originally the melody of a song titled "Childhood", which later appeared in a sheet music anthology of Bricusse songs.

** By all accounts, Creator/JuliaRoberts made life on the set a nightmare. Already going through a messy breakup with her then-fiance Creator/KieferSutherland which led to her suffering from depression and caused her to go and hide out in Ireland ''in the middle of production'' and she only came back because Creator/StevenSpielberg threatened to fire her if she didn't. Upon returning, she proceeded to complain about everything from the script to her outfit (which at one point was to more closely resemble [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Tinker Bell's]] appearance, complete with a blonde wig, only for it to be changed after she became furious with it.) Also, her final scene where she was full-size came about from a WagTheDirector moment where she demanded to appear onscreen with at least one other actor due to her frustration at having filmed all of her previous scenes in greenscreen. The end result lead to her career being stunted for a while, the crew to nickname her "Tinkerhell" and for Spielberg to vow never to work with her again.

** By all accounts, Creator/JuliaRoberts made life on the set a nightmare. Already going through a messy breakup with her then-fiance Creator/KieferSutherland which led to her suffering from depression and caused her to go and hide out in Ireland ''in the middle of production'' and she only came back because Creator/StevenSpielberg threatened to fire her if she didn't. Upon returning, she proceeded to complain about everything from the script to her outfit (which at one point was to more closely resemble [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Tinkerbell's]] appearance, complete with a blonde wig, only for it to be changed after she became furious with it.) Also, her final scene where she was full-size came about from a WagTheDirector moment where she demanded to appear onscreen with at least one other actor due to her frustration at having filmed all of her previous scenes in greenscreen. The end result lead to her career being stunted for a while, the crew to nickname her "Tinkerhell" and for Spielberg to vow never to work with her again.

** ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' has reviewed the LicensedGame for the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] by Sony Imagesoft and Ocean Software as part of his review of games based on Steven Spielberg movies.

** ''WebVideo/ConsoleWars'': In one episode, Pat and Dan see whether the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] or the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis had the better [[VideoGame/{{Hook}} video game adaptation]].

*** In "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS3E6TheReturnOfBatduck The Return of Batduck]]", Julia Roberts as Tinkerbell bothers Plucky when he is trying to read a map of the sewers so that he can sneak into the Warner Bros. film studio. He swats her into a wall, and she says "That's what I get for taking small parts." Later, when Plucky makes it into the WB film studio, he comes across Dustin Hoffman, dressed as Captain Hook, who is arguing with Danny [=DeVito=], who is dressed as The Penguin, over who is shorter.

** The kissing couple that was briefly lifted into the air by Tinkerbell's pixie dust were Creator/GeorgeLucas and Creator/CarrieFisher. Fisher also served as an uncredited script doctor, mainly polishing Tinkerbell's lines. The below was one she came up with as well.

* WagTheDirector: The scene where Tinkerbell grows to human size was written to appease Creator/JuliaRoberts - who demanded that she have at least one scene with another actor (having to act alongside green screen for the whole film).

** Apparently, Creator/TomHanks and Music/DavidBowie were considered as choices for Peter and Hook respectively (the latter turned it down). Carrie Fisher was also the original choice for Tinkerbell. She ended up doing some uncredited rewrites of the script and cameoed alongside George Lucas as the kissing couple on the bridge as Tink and Peter fly above them.

** Creator/DannyDeVito, Creator/RichardDreyfuss (who was interested in the production) and Creator/JoePesci were considered for Smee.

** Creator/RebeccaDeMornay, Creator/SherilynFenn, Creator/SamanthaMathis, Creator/MegRyan and Creator/WinonaRyder were considered for Tinkerbell.

** According to Thomas Tulak, who played one of the youngest Lost Boys, Tinkerbell's costume was originally completely different. He recalls Julia Roberts wearing a blue sequinned dress and blonde wig - and storming onto the set to complain about it.

** Creator/JosephMazzello auditioned for Jack, but he was determined to be too young for the part. Spielberg promised to cast him in a future project, which he fulfilled with ''Film/JurassicPark1993''.

** Phil Collins's scene ran longer, according to his autobiography, and was cut down to what's seen in the film. Apparently Dustin Hoffman found it inferior and urged it to be cut down.

* ReferencedBy: The Music/{{Skrillex}} song "Bangarang", whose lyrics ("Shout out to my lost boys/we rowdy") and music video are a homage to Peter Pan in general, took its name from the Lost Boys' battlecry in this film.

** In the European French dub, the voice actors of Robin Williams and Julia Robert, Creator/MichelPapineschi and Creator/CelineMonsarrat, were married.

* CreatorBacklash: Music/PhilCollins had some about his cameo as the police officer - mainly because of the amount of publicity it was getting. He claims he feared at the time people would mistakenly think he had a bigger role, and would assume it was cut down because he wasn't good enough.

* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/RobinWilliams had his infamously hairy body shaved completely for this film.

* UnderageCasting: Maggie Smith was only 56 at the time of filming, and plays Granny Wendy at 92 under old age make-up. But in a flashback to Peter meeting Moira, Wendy's age matches hers at the time.

* ColbertBump: The film was already fairly well-known, but it gained a resurgence in recognition and popularity after a.) ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'' made a RunningGag out of the film and the character of Rufio and b.) WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic reviewed it.

* OldShame: By the dawn of the 1990s, Spielberg was desperately trying to invoke TomHanksSyndrome and prove he could be a serious director. ''Film/TheColorPurple'' was controversial (if financially successful), ''Film/EmpireOfTheSun'' bombed, and ''Film/{{Always}}'', his only fantasy film of the back half of the '80s that wasn't an Indiana Jones sequel, was lambasted as too sentimental -- and ''Hook'''s response followed suit. It remains one of the most critically derided movies on his resume, so Spielberg doesn't reflect on it too well. He does say he's still glad he made the film though, as it's how he met Creator/RobinWilliams, and its disappointment helped him reconsider his career priorities and set up a triumphant comeback in 1993 with ''Film/JurassicPark'' and ''Film/SchindlersList''.
--> "I felt like a fish out of water making Hook... I didn't have confidence in the script. I had confidence in the first act and I had confidence in the epilogue. I didn't have confidence in the body of it...I didn't quite know what I was doing and I tried to paint over my insecurity with production value."

* CelebrityVoiceActor: In the Japanese dub, Hook was voiced by television actor Takao Ito.

* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/DustinHoffman was apparently on set two months before he needed to be, just so he could get completely immersed in the role.