Trivia / The Scarlet Letter (1995)

• Box Office Bomb: Budget, $46 million. Box office, $10,382,407.
• Creator Killer: For Roland Joffe; it combined with his previous film Super Mario Bros. ended his relevance in cinema.
• The Other Marty:
  • First Ennio Morricone, then Elmer Bernstein both wrote scores for the movie, but were rejected in favor of one by John Barry.
  • Word of God has it that Bernstein wrote to Demi Moore, thanking her for his score's rejection, claiming it could be used in a better film. (It was Moore's idea to hire Barry after his work on Indecent Proposal).
• Playing Against Type: Contrary to his typecasting as villains and maniacs, Gary Oldman plays the romantic male lead in this film.
• Real-Life Relative: Demi Moore's real-life daughters, Scout and Tallulah, played infant Pearl and little Pearl, respectively.
• Real Life Writes the Hairstyle: While viewing a scene during production, Demi Moore so disliked the way her hair looked that she insisted the scene be re-shot, at her own expense.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Meg Ryan lobbied hard for the part of Hester Prynne. Sharon Stone was also considered.
  • Richard Gere, Anthony Hopkins, Daniel Day-Lewis and Liam Neeson were considered for Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale.

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