History Trivia / MemoirsOfAnInvisibleMan

* HostilityOnTheSet: John Carpenter admitted in 2023 that, like so many actors and directors before him, he did not get along well with Chevy Chase at all, outright saying Chase "needs to be killed" and could "burn in hell for all eternity".

** Even eventual director Creator/JohnCarpenter suffered a bit, as he wanted to focus on the comedic aspects, but Creator/ChevyChase insisted on [[TomHanksSyndrome playing it mostly serious]]. He also

** Even eventual director Creator/JohnCarpenter suffered a bit, as he wanted to focus on the comedic aspects, but Creator/ChevyChase insisted on [[TomHanksSyndrome playing it mostly serious]].

* WagTheDirector: The project was largely a VanityProject shepherded by Chase through the studio. He found Goldman's script too comedic, "[[Film/NationalLampoonsVacation Clark Griswold]] becoming invisible", and sought screenwriters to rework it, reportedly to do something "more serious, with more adventure". Creator/JohnCarpenter would go on to say that the production of the film was very troubling and vigorous. While also battling studio executives, Carpenter claimed Chase and Creator/DarylHannah were "the stuff of nightmares" and "impossible to direct." In particular, Chase would often refuse to wear his special effects makeup and would remove it prematurely, ruining a day's worth of filming.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: The author of the book worked on Wall Street in New York.

** Creator/WilliamGoldman originally wrote several drafts of the screenplay, all of which were rejected, as he wrote it as a simple comedy, and the producers preferred to use the film to "explore the loneliness of invisibility." Eventually, he left the project, though he still receives a screenplay credit. He claimed never to have seen the movie, and thus cannot say for sure how much of his material is actually in the film.

** Ivan Reitman was originally set to direct the film, but when he and Creator/ChevyChase couldn't agree on the tone, Reitman demanded the studio choose either him or Chase. They chose Chase.

* DyeingForYourArt: Chevy Chase got into shape for the role, working out and losing 20 pounds. Helps he had to at times get covered in full-body green\blue suits to make himself invisible - the worst being the scene where he's [[SeeTheInvisible made-up to become visible]], as Chase had to even wear uncomfortable lenses, and suffer through the heat (his costume, the June weather, the studio lights).
* TomHanksSyndrome: Attempted by Creator/ChevyChase in the film here, who only gets a couple of one-liners, no more than any other actor would expect. It didn't work out so well for him, though.
* WagTheDirector: The project was largely a VanityProject shepherded by Creator/ChevyChase through the studio. He found Creator/WilliamGoldman's script too comedic, "[[Film/NationalLampoonsVacation Clark Griswold]] becoming invisible", and sought screenwriters to rework it, reportedly to do something "more serious, with more adventure". Creator/JohnCarpenter would go on to say that the production of the film was very troubling and vigorous. While also battling studio executives, Carpenter claimed Chase and Creator/DarylHannah were "the stuff of nightmares" and "impossible to direct." In particular, Chase would often refuse to wear his special effects makeup and would remove it prematurely, ruining a day's worth of filming.

** Creator/KirstieAlley was considered for of Alice Monroe.

** Ivan Reitman was originally set to direct the film, but when he and Creator/ChevyChase couldn't agree on the tone, Reitman demanded the studio choose either he or Chase. They chose Chase.
** Creator/WilliamGoldman originally wrote several drafts of the screenplay, all of which were rejected, as he wrote it as a simple comedy, and the producers preferred to use the film to "explore the loneliness of invisibility". Eventually, he left the project, though he still receives a screenplay credit. He claimed never to have seen the movie, and thus cannot say for sure how much of his material is actually in the film.
** Even eventual director Creator/JohnCarpenter suffered a bit, as he wanted to focus on the comedic aspects, but Creator/ChevyChase insisted on playing it mostly serious.

* WagTheDirector: The project was largely a VanityProject shepherded by Creator/ChevyChase through the studio. He found Creator/WilliamGoldman's script too comedic, "[[Film/NationalLampoonsVacation Clark Griswold]] becoming invisible", and sought screenwriters to rework it, reportedly to do something "more serious, with more adventure".
** Creator/JohnCarpenter would go on to say that the production of the film was very troubling and vigorous. While also battling studio executives, Carpenter claimed Chase and Creator/DarylHannah were "the stuff of nightmares" and "impossible to direct". In particular, Chase would often refuse to wear his special effects makeup and would remove it prematurely, ruining a days-worth of filming.

* ActorAllusion: When Alice Monroe is introduced, it is mentioned she has just returned from Brazil. Creator/DarylHannah's previous film to this one was ''At Play in the Fields of the Lord'', which was filmed in Brazil.

** Creator/WilliamGoldman originally wrote several drafts of the screenplay, all of which were rejected, as he wrote it as a simple comedy, and the producers preferred to use the film to "explore the loneliness of invisibility". Eventually, he left the project, though he still receives a screenplay credit. He claims never to have seen the movie, and thus cannot say for sure how much of his material is actually in the film.

* OneBookAuthor: H.F. Saint apparently just took all the money he made from the book (and his prior earnings working on Wall Street) and [[http://www.noblemania.com/2016/03/memory-of-invisible-man.html vanished himself.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/KirstieAlley was considered for of Alice Monroe.

* TomHanksSyndrome: Attempted by Chevy Chase in the film here, who only gets a couple of one-liners, no more than any other actor would expect. It didn't work out so well for him, though.

* TomHanksSyndrome: Attempted by Chevy Chase in the film, who only gets a couple of one-liners, no more than any other actor would expect. Didn't work out so well for him, though.