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  • Box Office Bomb: Budget, $15 million. Box office, $10,631,333. It did well in limited release as per Woody Allen's usual output.
  • Deleted Role: Viggo Mortensen was cast for a small speaking role in the Hollywood party scene. He was given no script or instructions, and improvised a joke when the cameras rolled. Woody Allen laughed and appeared to love it, but ultimately dropped it from the final version. Mortensen found out when he watched the movie along with the family and friends who came to see his big scene.
  • What Could Have Been: Michael Keaton was initially cast as Tom Baxter, but dropped out ten days into shooting after him and Allen mutually agreed his acting style wasn't right for the film's Great Depression Period Piece setting. The director then thought about asking Kevin Kline to play Baxter, or even just doing it himself, but ultimately went with Jeff Daniels.

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