Trivia / Guest House Paradiso

• Directed by Cast Member: Adrian Edmondson. Originally both he and Rik Mayall were going to direct, but Rik was still recovering from his quad bike accident. This is the first (and pretty much only, since it flopped) movie Ade directed.
• Fake Nationality: French actors Hélène Mahieu and Vincent Cassel play Italians Gina and Gino.
• Inspiration for the Work: The idea for the film came from Rik and Ade staying at various hotels while touring Bottom live shows and thinking, "Wouldn't it be funny if Richie and Eddie ran a hotel?"
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: The film received a very limited release in America and was never released to home video there. This was likely due to the film being a Box Office Bomb in its native UK, and the series itself being relatively obscure in America (although it was released in America on DVD in 2005).
• Star-Derailing Role: Because of the box office failure of this film, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson didn't do any other movies. Also, what ever happened to Hélène Mahieu who plays Gina?
• Stunt Double: Adrian Edmondson used one for the sequence where Eddie dives through the hotel front door above Richie when Eddie returns from his bike ride.
• Word of God: In the behind the scenes documentary, Rik Mayall explained that the crawlways in between the walls of the hotel was designed by Richie's great uncle Gervaise and that Richie uses them to crawl around and open little doorways so he can have a little look at the hotel guests who are getting sexy.
• Written by Cast Member: Rik and Ade. Due largely to the fact that it was a Box Office Bomb, this was the only movie Rik ever wrote, and as of 2016, Ade hasn't written another movie either.
• You Look Familiar: Steve O'Donnell (Lardy Barsto) played Spudgun in the TV series.

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