| 1 | !! The film: |
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| 3 | * ActingForTwo: Creator/KevinKline plays both Dave Kovic and the man he's doubling for, U.S. President Bill Mitchell. |
| 4 | * ActorSharedBackground: During the film, Dave makes up a story of falling in love at first sight with a woman who was half American and half Polynesian. Creator/KevinKline's real-life wife, Creator/PhoebeCates, is herself half American and half Polynesian. He also says "She's a Princess" while describing her - Kline and Cates starred together in ''Princess Caraboo'', with Cates in the title role. |
| 5 | * CastTheRunnerUp: One executive suggested Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger for the lead role. He makes a cameo in the film AsHimself. |
| 6 | * FakeAmerican: English actor Sir Ben Kingsley plays US Vice President [[spoiler: then, after the scandal is exposed, President]] Gary Nance. |
| 7 | * RealLifeRelative: Creator/IvanReitman cast his wife Geneviève Robert and son Creator/JasonReitman as the wife and son of Vice President Nance, as he is being sworn in as President near the end of this movie. |
| 8 | * RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle: Creator/SigourneyWeaver's hair is short because she shaved her head for ''Film/Alien3''. |
| 9 | * RecycledSet: The sets from this movie were so good they've been reused over 25 times, in films including ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger'' and ''Film/ThePelicanBrief''. |
| 10 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
| 11 | ** Creator/WarrenBeatty and Creator/KevinCostner turned down the lead role. Creator/NicolasCage, Creator/TomCruise, Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/MichaelJFox, Creator/MelGibson, Creator/TomHanks and Creator/RobinWilliams were also considered. |
| 12 | ** Creator/IvanReitman offered Creator/HowardStern a cameo role as himself, but Stern turned it down. |
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| 16 | !! The series: |
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| 18 | * DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: In "Hype Man", [=GaTa=] is revealed to have bipolar disorder, which the actor also has in real life. |
| 19 | * FollowTheLeader: Some have accused the show of being derivative of ''Series/{{Atlanta}}''. |
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