History Trivia / TheIslandOfDrMoreau1996

* MoneyDearBoy: When he finally arrived to the set, Marlon Brando made it absolutely clear to everyone that the only thing that made him show up is the paycheck he's promised.

** Creator/FairuzaBalk's career as a female lead essentially ceased to exist thanks to her involvement in this movie. Ironically, she only stayed because her agent told her up front that if she leaves, the execs are going to ruin her career, and she will never star in anything again.

** To start with, Creator/RichardStanley feared that he might be kicked off the production and replaced with Creator/RomanPolanski before a single frame was even shot, as Creator/NewLineCinema had little faith in his ability to helm a big-budget blockbuster, so he enlisted a British warlock to carry out a blood magic ritual to ensure his job security and get star Creator/MarlonBrando (who played Dr. Moreau and enthusiastically endorsed Stanley's vision for the film) to vouch for him at meetings. One could say that [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor it worked]], as he kept his job, but things started going wrong almost from the moment production started up near Cairns, Queensland. The boat bringing the exotic animals to the set got caught in a hurricane, and Stanley stayed on the ship to ensure the animals' safety -- which meant that he got peed on by a restless puma.

* CreatorBreakdown: Creator/ValKilmer was going through a divorce, while Creator/MarlonBrando was dealing with the suicide of his daughter and accusations of nuclear testing at an atoll he owned. The original director, Richard Stanley, had a nervous breakdown after being fired. And that's just the start of it.

* CreatorBreakdown: Creator/ValKilmer was going through a divorce, while Creator/MarlonBrando was dealing with the suicide of his daughter and accusations of nuclear testing at an atoll he owned. The original director had a nervous breakdown after being fired. And that's just the start of it.

--->John Frankenheimer went on to blame me publicly for ruining the movie. I always thought it an odd thing to try to do, blame me for his failure to make an entertaining film, because my character dies halfway through, and the last half of the film sucks as bad as the first.

** Creator/MarlonBrando's career was already in free-fall, but this movie obliterated what little star-power he still had. He would turn to supporting roles for the remainder of his life.
** After the success from ''Film/BatmanForever'' bumped Creator/ValKilmer to the A-list, this movie, along with the stories about his PrimaDonna behavior during production, greatly damaged his career.

** Creator/GaryOldman turned down the role of either Edward or Montgomery, as he was in rehab at the time.

* CareerResurrection: The only one who benefited in any way from this film had been director Creator/JohnFrankenheimer. He'd been doing TV movies at the time he was brought in to replace Richard Stanley, and sensing New Line's desperation, agreed to step in for a hefty paycheck and a three-movie deal. He got them, one of those movies was ''Film/{{Ronin}}'', which was a smash hit.

* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/RonPerlman, Creator/ValKilmer and Creator/DavidThewlis signed due to the prospect of working with Creator/MarlonBrando, with Thewlis also motivated by a trip to Australia and [[MoneyDearBoy a nice paycheck]]. Thewlis, for his part, regretted it.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/DavidThewlis had such a miserable time making the film that he skipped the premiere and refuses to ever watch it.

* OldShame:
** Creator/DavidThewlis had such a horrible time doing this he skipped the premiere and vowed to never watch the movie.
** Creator/FairuzaBalk had grown close to Creator/RichardStanley during the pre-production. When Stanley was fired, Balk attempted to leave the production; she only continued out of contractual obligation and is not proud of the film.

** Kilmer did not respect Creator/RichardStanley at all, and would constantly question his decisions, such as complaining that several scenes Stanley had planned were "not going to work". At one point, he responded to Stanley attempting to direct him with "Richard, actors stand in front of the camera, directors stand behind it. Now go stand behind the camera". Stanley was eventually fired in part because he couldn't get Kilmer out of control.