History Trivia / TheLostWorldJurassicPark

** Spielberg cast Creator/JulianneMoore after being impressed with her small part in ''Film/TheFugitive''.

* OrphanedReference: A DeletedScene shows Ludlow drunkenly falling over the baby rex and breaking its leg, explaining why it is injured when Sarah and Nick find it. This also makes Ludlow's demise a KarmicDeath: he is biten on the leg by the male rex, who then allows the baby to kill him as hunting practice.

** The also OriginalCharacter Peter Ludlow greatly resembles the greedy, jerkish, and incompetent John Hammond of the first book, without the AdaptationalHeroism given to his uncle in the adaptation. Like the former and [[SparedByTheAdaptation unlike the latter]], he gets eaten by dinosaurs, but instead of compies it is by a baby rex, which in the first book happened to the AdaptedOut Ed Regis.

** The also OriginalCharacter Peter Ludlow greatly resembles the greedy, jerkish John Hammond of the first book, without the [[AdaptationalNiceGuy Adaptational Niceness]] given to his uncle. Like the former and unlike the latter, he gets eaten by dinosaurs, but instead of compies it is by a baby rex, which in the first book happened to the AdaptedOut Ed Regis.

** The also OriginalCharacter Peter Ludlow greatly resembles the greedy, jerkish John Hammond of the first book, without the [[AdaptationalNiceGuy Adaptational Niceness]] given to his uncle. Like the former and unlike the latter, he gets eaten by dinosaurs, but instead of compies it is by the baby rex, which in the first book happened to the AdaptedOut Ed Regis.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/StevenSpielberg admitted that, even while making the film, he came to see it as "this big silent-roar movie" that failed to inspire his enthusiasm. Later, his view of the film softened: he has said, "It wasn't as good as the first one but it was very successful".

* MoneyDearBoy plus AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/JulianneMoore did the film for these two reasons. She had to pay off the exorbitant divorce settlement that had been awarded to her ex-husband, but she also wanted to work with Creator/StevenSpielberg and she's admitted that she "enjoyed herself tremendously".

* OrphanedReference: A DeletedScene shows Ludlow drunkenly falling over the baby rex and breaking its leg, explaining why it is injured when Sarah and Nick find it. This also makes Ludlow's into a KarmicDeath: he is biten on the leg by the male rex, who then allows the baby to kill him as hunting practice.

** Both compy attack scenes (the opening sequence and Dieter's death) are adapted from the first ''Literature/JurassicPark'' book (with the former taking place on Isla Sorna instead of mainland Costa Rica, while the latter has Stark filling in for [[spoiler:[[SparedByTheAdaptation John Hammond]]]], as well as the "stuck behind a waterfall being licked by a ''T. rex''" scene (involving Tim and Lex in the novel), plus a scene of a ''T. rex'' being hit with a tranquilizer (with the SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Tembo filling in for Robert Muldoon after his DeathByAdaptation).
** The also OriginalCharacter Peter Ludlow greatly resembles the greedy, jerkish John Hammond of the first book, without the [[AdaptationalNiceGuy Adaptational Niceness]] given to his uncle. Like the former and unlike the latter, he gets eaten by dinosaurs, but instead of [[spoiler:compies]] it is by [[spoiler:the baby rex]], which in the first book happened to the AdaptedOut Ed Regis.

** The also OriginalCharacter Peter Ludlow greatly resembles the greedy, jerkish John Hammond of the first book, without the AdaptationalNiceness given to his uncle. Like the former and unlike the latter, he gets eaten by dinosaurs, but instead of [[spoiler:compies]] it is by [[spoiler:the baby rex]], which in the first book happened to the AdaptedOut Ed Regis.

* RefittedForSequel: Both compy attack scenes (the opening sequence and Dieter's death) are adapted from the first ''Literature/JurassicPark'' book (with the former taking place on Isla Sorna instead of mainland Costa Rica, while the latter has Stark filling in for [[spoiler:[[SparedByTheAdaptation John Hammond]]]], as well as the "stuck behind a waterfall being licked by a ''T. rex''" scene (involving Tim and Lex in the novel), plus a scene of a ''T. rex'' being hit with a tranquilizer (with Roland Tembo filling in for Robert Muldoon).

* ShoutOut: The ship transporting the T-rex buck to San Diego is named ''The Venture'' -- the same name as the ship that transported [[Film/KingKong1933 King Kong]] to New York City.
** In the scene where the bus crashes into the video store, there is a poster for a film adaptation of Theatre/KingLear starring Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger; in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' episode "Hooray For North Hollywood (Part 1)", the Warners perform the song "Variety Speak", which includes the lyrics, "But 'Paramount hurts and they're losing their shirts' means Schwarzenegger's doing King Lear."

* BTeamSequel: {{Averted}}. Before the film was made, Creator/StevenSpielberg said on at least one interview that he would ''produce'' it but not direct it. (He later produced but didn't direct ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', ''Film/JurassicWorld'', and ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom''.)

* ShoutOut: The ship transporting the T-rex buck to San Francisco is named ''The Venture'' -- the same name as the ship that transported [[Film/KingKong1933 King Kong]] to New York City.

* CreatorChosenCasting:
** Creator/StevenSpielberg had to attend an early screening for ''Film/{{Swingers}}'' in order to give approval for the use of the ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' theme. He was so impressed by Creator/VinceVaughn that he offered him the part of Nick Van Owen.
** Spielberg cast Creator/JulianneMoore after being impressed with her small part in ''Film/TheFugitive''.
** Spielberg cast Creator/PetePostlethwaite after seeing him in ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFather''.

* BeamMeUpScotty: During the T-Rex’s rampage, it’s been famously believed that Japanese tourists are yelling “I left Japan to get away from this.” In truth, they aren’t saying anything besides screaming in fear. The misconception comes from Film/{{Inspector Gadget}}, which has a Japanese man in a crowd scream "This is why I left Tokyo!"

* ReferencedBy: In ''Film/DearEvanHansen'', during an ImagineSpot musical number that sees Evan and Connor in an arcade, the arcade game adaptation of ''The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' is visible in the background.

** Also Camilla Belle who's half American and Brazilian playing Little Cathy.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Once Creator/StevenSpielberg was confirmed as director, he insisted on expanding the rex's final rampage in San Diego. It is unclear if the movie would even have a final act in the continent if he didn't direct, or the captured rex was just going to be a SequelHook. Had he chosen to adhere to the script as it was written at this point, the film would have ended similarly to the novel, with Ludlow being killed by the rexes, the characters escaping the island soon after, and closing with a funeral for John Hammond.
** Originally, Ajay and some of the [=InGen=] men survived the raptors attack and made it to the abandoned city, where they were killed by ''Pteranodon''s. They survived long enough to call for a helicopter that was attacked and brought down as well. Technical challenges reduced the ''Pteranodon''s' role to a cameo in the end, but there was at least one animatronic head built (with [[ShownTheirWork pycnofibres]], in contrast to the ''Pteranodon'' in later films). The [[HellishCopter helicopter attack]] was later incorporated into ''Jurassic World''.
** In early drafts of the script, Lex and Tim were involved for much longer. Some even had them going back to the park and encountering the dinosaurs again.
** The ending with the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' attacking San Diego was not in the initial script, and was added to the movie from an idea for a potential third movie about dinosaurs attacking the mainland. The latter idea is now the premise of the currently being produced ''Jurassic World: Dominion''.
** Spielberg originally approached Creator/JulietteBinoche about playing the role of Sarah Harding. She supposedly replied that she would appear in the movie only if she could "play the dinosaur". Creator/JuliaRoberts was also considered.
** Creator/GaryOldman was offered the role of Peter Ludlow, but wasn't available.
** The ''Pteranodon'' were originally going to be ''P. sternbergi'' ([[ScienceMarchesOn nowadays known as]] ''Geosternbergia'') rather than ''P. logiceps'' as in the film. And the ''Mamenchisaurus'' during the stampede were initially going to be ''Apatosaurus'' (although ''Mamenchisaurus'' was still going to be in the film, as two males fighting). The ''Mamenchisaurus'' was also initially going to be changed to ''Seismosaurus'' (now ''Diplodocus hallorum'') during mid-production, hence the sauropod's more diplodocid-like appearance.
** Spielberg initially intended for ''Jurassic Park'' cinematographer Dean Cundey to return for ''Lost World''; however, Cundey was busy directing ''Film/HoneyWeShrunkOurselves''. As a result, Spielberg instead hired his ''Film/SchindlersList'' cinematographer Creator/JanuszKaminski, who would go on to become the cinematographer on all of Spielberg's projects since as of 2021.
** The movie was intended to open with a Japanese fishing trawler hooking up the rotting carcass of a ''Parasaurolophus'' (à la ''Zuiyo-maru''). A prop was made, but the scene went unfilmed, and the prop was repurposed as one of the carcasses in the ''T. rex'' nest and then repainted and used as the body the ''Tyrannosaurus'' was eating in ''Jurassic Park III''.

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** Also Camilla Belle who’s half American and Brazilian playing Little Cathy.
* MoneyDearBoy plus AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/JulianneMoore did the film for these two reasons. She had to pay off the exorbitant divorce settlement that had been awarded to her ex-husband, but she also wanted to work with Spielberg and she’s admitted that she “enjoyed herself tremendously.”

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Before ''The Lost World'' was made, Spielberg said on at least one interview that he would ''produce'' it but not direct it. (He later produced but didn't direct ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', ''Film/JurassicWorld'', and ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom''.)
** Once Spielberg was confirmed as director, he insisted on expanding the rex's final rampage in San Diego. It is unclear if the movie would even have a final act in the continent if he didn't direct, or the captured rex was just going to be a SequelHook. Had he chosen to adhere to the script as it was written at this point, the film would have ended similarly to the novel, with Ludlow being killed by the rexes, the characters escaping the island soon after, and closing with a funeral for John Hammond.