Trivia / Nobody's Fool

• California Doubling: Averted; the entire movie was shot in upstate New York, where the story takes place.
• Doing It for the Art: Bruce Willis reportedly agreed to a substantial pay cut to appear in the film, accepting the SAG-AFTRA scale of $1,400 per week at a time when the actor was earning roughly $15 million for his action movies.
• The Other Darrin: On the European French dub, Bruce Willis is not dubbed by Patrick Poivey, but instead by Jacques Bouanich.
• What Could Have Been: Robert Benton wanted Kim Basinger for Toby, Nick Nolte for Carl and Jeff Bridges for Peter Sullivan.
  • Ellen Barkin was considered for Toby.

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