Trivia / Hollywoodland

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• Box Office Bomb: Budget, $28 million. Box office, $16,803,753.
• Career Resurrection: In spite of bombing, the movie is credited with kickstarting Ben Affleck's comeback after his career slump in the first half of the 2000s, and he hasn't slowed down since.
• Creator Killer: The movie got good reviews, but director Allen Coulter didn't direct another theatrical film for four years and stuck to television.
• Executive Meddling: Filmmakers had to shoot a new version of the opening credits for The Adventures of Superman, after Warner Bros. refused to allow the originals to be shown.
• Fake American: English Bob Hoskins as Eddie Mannix.
• Multiple Languages, Same Voice Actor: Caroline Dhavernas dubbed herself in the Canadian French dub.
• Pop-Culture Urban Legends:
  • Possibly. The film repeats a well-worn story about George Reeves speaking to a group of children in Superman attire — and a kid who'd brought his dad's gun, whom he had to talk out of shooting him, saying if the bullets bounced off him, they could hurt bystanders in the crowd. It is believed by some that Reeves made up this story, possibly to get out of making appearances in costume.
  • And again, the already mentioned rumor that Reeves originally had a bigger part in From Here to Eternity.
• Reality Subtext: Affleck plays an actor who, like himself, endures a string of failures, struggles with alcoholism and bad relationships, and feels that he has become a laughing stock to the public. Of course, Affleck's story has a much happier ending than Reeves' did.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Hugh Jackman, Kyle MacLachlan, Viggo Mortensen, and Dennis Quaid were considered for George Reeves.
  • Annette Bening and Sharon Stone were considered for Toni Mannix.
  • Joaquin Phoenix auditioned for Louis Simo, but lost out to Adrien Brody. Benicio del Toro was originally cast, but dropped out.
  • George Reeves' biographer Jim Beaver was offered a role. He had to turn it down due to commitments to Deadwood.
• Word of God: Numerous people on the crew of From Here to Eternity have disputed the story that George Reeves had a bigger part that got cut down. The original screenplay contains the same number of scenes for him as the final film.
• Working Title: The title was going to be Truth, Justice, and the American Way after Superman's Character Catchphrase. DC Comics refused to allow it.

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