History Trivia / ThePerfectStorm

* NamesTheSame: For some unknown amount of time one of the "goofs" listed on the Website/{{IMDB}} called the boat the ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Andrea_Doria Andrea Doria]]'' instead of the ''Andrea '''Gail'''''. An understandable mistake as they are both doomed ocean-going craft that start with "Andrea" and later sank.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/JohnCReilly, who is normally a comedian, is in a serious drama.

** Creator/MaryElizabethMastrantonio was reluctant to sign on, vowing never to do another film involving water after ''Film/TheAbyss'''s nightmarish production. As all her scenes were land-based, she was persuaded to come on board.

* NamesTheSame: For some unknown amount of time one of the "goofs" listed on the IMDB called the boat the ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Andrea_Doria Andrea Doria]]'' instead of the ''Andrea '''Gail'''''. An understandable mistake as they are both doomed ocean-going craft that start with "Andrea" and later sank.
* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Michael Ironside so greatly resembled the real-life character he portrayed (Bob Brown, owner of the ''Andrea Gail'' and her sister boat, the ''Hannah Boden'') that, during the film's production, he was visited by a man who was looking to finish paying off a debt he'd long owed to Brown. The man in question didn't know that the real Bob Brown had passed away in 1998, over a year before the film's production started.

* ThrowItIn: During the funeral scene towards the end, the microphone picked up Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio's heartbeat while she was making her speech. The director liked the effect and left it in.

** Creator/NicolasCage was originally attached to play Bobby Shatford, but backed out due to other commitments.
** Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio was reluctant to sign on, vowing never to do another film involving water after ''Film/TheAbyss'''s nightmarish production. As all her scenes were land-based, she was persuaded to come on board.

* Michael Ironside so greatly resembled the real-life character he portrayed (Bob Brown, owner of the ''Andrea Gail'' and her sister boat, the ''Hannah Boden'') that, during the film's production, he was visited by a man who was looking to finish paying off a debt he'd long owed to Brown. The man in question didn't know that the real Bob Brown had passed away in 1998, over a year before the film's production started.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/{{Chicago}} Amos Hart]], [[Series/{{Invasion}} Sheriff Underlay]], [[Series/{{Lost}} Lennon]], [[TheTuskegeeAirmen Walter Peoples]], and Marky Mark are operating a fishing boat captained by [[{{ER}} Dr. Doug Ross]]? No wonder it sank.
** Warden Norton apparently retired from Shawshank Prison and took the Mistral on a sailing trip at the wrong time. Marion Ravenwood went with him.
* HeyItsThatVoice: VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto fans may be surprised to know that Sully went on to be lawyer [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity Ken Rosenberg]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/{{Chicago}} Amos Hart]], [[Main/{{Invasion}} Sheriff Underlay]], [[Series/{{Lost}} Lennon]], [[TheTuskegeeAirmen Walter Peoples]], and Marky Mark are operating a fishing boat captained by [[{{ER}} Dr. Doug Ross]]? No wonder it sank.

* HeyItsThatVoice: GrandTheftAuto fans may be surprised to know that Sully went on to be lawyer [[GrandTheftAutoViceCity Ken Rosenberg]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Main/{{Chicago}} Amos Hart]], [[Main/{{Invasion}} Sheriff Underlay]], [[Series/{{Lost}} Lennon]], [[TheTuskegeeAirmen Walter Peoples]], and Marky Mark are operating a fishing boat captained by [[{{ER}} Dr. Doug Ross]]? No wonder it sank.

* NamesTheSame: For some unknown amount of time one of the "goofs" listed on the IMDB called the boat the ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Andrea_Doria Andrea Doria]]'' instead of the ''Andrea '''Gale'''''. An understandable mistake as they are both doomed ocean-going craft that start with "Andrea" and later sank.

* NamesTheSame: For some unknown amount of time one of the "goofs" listed on the IMDB called the boat the ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Andrea_Doria Andrea Doria]]'' instead of the ''Andrea '''Gale'''''. An understandable mistake as they are both doomed ocean-going craft which sank.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/{{Chicago}} Amos Hart]], [[Series/{{Invasion}} Sheriff Underlay]], [[Series/{{Lost}} Lennon]], [[TheTuskegeeAirmen Walter Peoples]], and Marky Mark are operating a fishing boat captained by [[ER Dr. Doug Ross]]? No wonder it sank.