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Context Trivia / Bowfinger

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1	* ActingForTwo: Creator/EddieMurphy just loves doing it.
2	* ActorInspiredElement: It was Creator/EddieMurphy's idea for Jiff Ramsey to wear braces, and have his ears stick out, and he insisted on not wearing prosthetics make-up when it came to filming his scenes as Jiff.
3	* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/EddieMurphy signed on purely to work with Creator/SteveMartin.
4	* DuelingStarsMovie: The poster is just a duo shot that promises the selling point of Creator/SteveMartin ''and'' Creator/EddieMurphy.
5	* HeyItsThatPlace: Kit Ramsey's house is the same residence depicted as "Stately Wayne Manor" in ''Series/Batman1966''.
6	* LifeImitatesArt: The production of the fictional ''Chubby Rain'' has some aspects in common with the later production of the real life cult movie ''Film/TheRoom2003''. These include the director financing the film with his own money, gratuitous nudity being used as a selling point, filming without a permit, the actors thinking the film may never see the light of day and a Hollywood-style premiere that ends with huge applause (though perhaps not for the reason the filmmakers intended).
7	* NoStuntDouble: Although Creator/EddieMurphy ran across the Los Angeles freeway, without the use of a stunt double, for the sequence in which Jiff runs across the Los Angeles freeway, the speeding cars were later added in digitally.
8	* StarringAStarAsAStar: Occasional action star (and comedy superstar) Creator/EddieMurphy plays action superstar Kit Ramsey, who happens to hew to a Scientology-like religion.
9	* TechnologyMarchesOn: Today, with the growth of the world wide web and social media, as well as the creation of smart devices, it'd be easier for Bowfinger to make ''Chubby Rain'' and release it on his own, as he could more covertly film Kit Ramsey with a smartphone than a traditional camera and also publish it on [=YouTube=] instead of negotiating with a major studio.
10	* ThrowItIn: Some of the film's most memorable moments were improvised, such as Jiff's audition and Kit's rant about white actors winning Oscars for "playing idiots".
11	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The role of Kit Ramsey was originally written for Creator/KeanuReeves.
12	* WorkingTitle: ''Bowfinger's Big Thing''.
13	* WriteWhoYouKnow: Daisy is a thinly veiled jab at Creator/AnneHeche. Like Daisy, Heche is from Ohio, and, also like Daisy, Heche was briefly romantically involved with a significantly older man, Creator/SteveMartin. Daisy's last lines about being involved with "the most powerful lesbian in Hollywood" are a reference to Heche's relationship at the time with Creator/EllenDeGeneres.
14	* WrittenByCastMember: Creator/SteveMartin wrote the script.

Context Trivia / Bowfinger