History Trivia / TotalRecall1990

** Creator/KurtwoodSmith turned down the role of Richter, as he felt it was too similar to his role in ''Film/{{Robocop1987}}''.

** Creator/CynthiaRothrock was considered for Lori. According to Rothrock, she found out years later that she didn't receive the part predominantly because some of her would-be costars were concerned by the prospect of being outshone by a female martial artist.

* FlipFlopOfGod: Creator/PaulVerheoven on whether the events of the film were real or all in Quaid's mind. In the commentary, Schwarzenegger leans more to it actually happening, whereas Verhoeven leans more towards it being the ego-trip.

* FlipFlopOfGod: Creator/PaulVerhoven on whether the events of the film were real or all in Quaid's mind. In the commentary, Schwarzenegger leans more to it actually happening, whereas Verhoeven leans more towards it being the ego-trip.

* TroubledProduction: The Mexico City shoot was considered a nightmare for most of the cast and crew. Many cast and crew members got sick at one point from contaminated water (the only major members of the production who didn't get sick were Schwarzenegger, who had remembered being sick during the Mexico shoot of ''Film/{{Predator}}'' and took special precautions, and producer Ronald Shusett, who would give himself B12 shots each day to avoid illness) and the air was so polluted that Schwarzenegger recalled having trouble breathing on most days.

** Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/MatthewBroderick, Creator/RichardDreyfuss, Creator/MarkHarmon, and Creator/TomSelleck were considered for Quaid.

* FlipFlopOfGod: The director on whether the events of the film were real or all in Quaid's mind. In the commentary, Schwarzenegger leans more to it actually happening, whereas Verhoeven leans more towards it being the ego-trip.

** There was also a sequel in the works briefly, before Creator/CarolCo Pictures went out of business. The rights went to Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox who eventually turned it into ''Film/MinorityReport''.
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** There was also a sequel in the works briefly, before Creator/Carolco Pictures went out of business. The rights went to Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox who eventually turned it into ''Film/MinorityReport''.

** There was also a sequel in the works briefly, before Creator/CarolCoPictures went out of business. The rights went to Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox who eventually turned it into ''Film/MinorityReport''.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Marc Alaimo, best known as Gul Dukat on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', enjoys one of his more prominent (if typically brief) film roles in a career of bit part work as the captain of the guards in the Martian spaceport.
** Also from [=DS9=], Benny was Legate Damar's short-lived successor during the Dominion War.
** Mary the three breasted hooker spilled hot chocolate on Captain Picard on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.
** Tony the mutant is played by a young Dean Norris, who was Hank Schrader on ''Series/BreakingBad''. Creator/BryanCranston, who played Walter White, plays Cohaagen in [[Film/TotalRecall2012 the 2012 remake]].
** Harry, Quaid's coworker who tries to warn him away from the Recall, is Robert Costanzo, who voiced Detective Bullock in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. And also played Stenchler in ''VideoGame/SewerShark''.
** George/[[spoiler:Kuato]] is [[StandByMe Gordie Lachance's father]].
** [[Creator/RachelTicotin Melina]] is [[Film/ConAir Officer Bishop]].
* HeyItsThatVoice:
** The Johnny Cab is voiced by, and modeled after, Robert Picardo, of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' fame. Johnny Cab also bears a remarkable resemblance to Don Knotts.
** Kids of [[TheNineties the 1990s]] will probably recoginze Melina as [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Eliza Maza's captain, Maria Chavez]], Richter as [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Darkseid]] and, as noted above, Harry as [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Harvey Bullock]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The late ChristopherReeve of {{Superman}} fame was reportedly attached to play Quaid at one point.

* ShrugOfGod: The director.

** Kids of [[TheNineties the 1990s]] will probably recoginze Melina as [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Eliza Maza's captain, Maria Chavez]] and, as noted above, Harry as [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Harvey Bullock]].

** [[Creator/RachelTicotin Melina]] is [[Film/ConAir Officer Greene]].

** Kids of thwe 1990s will probably recoginze Melina as [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Eliza Maza's captain, Maria Chavez]] and, as noted above, Harry as [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Harvey Bullock]].

* HeyItsThatVoice: The Johnny Cab is voiced by, and modeled after, Robert Picardo, of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' fame. Johnny Cab also bears a remarkable resemblance to Don Knotts.

** George/[[spoiler:Quato]] is [[StandByMe Gordie Lachance's father]].

** George/[[spoiler: Quato]] is [[StandByMe Gordie Lachance's father]].

** Quaid's coworker who tries to warn him away from the Recall is Robert Costanzo, who voiced Detective Bullock in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. And also played Stenchler in ''VideoGame/SewerShark''.

** Tony the mutant is played by a young Dean Norris, best known as Hank on ''Series/BreakingBad'' (And Bryan Cranston, who plays Walt in Breaking Bad, plays Cohaagen in the 2012 remake.)

** Tony the mutant is played by a young Dean Norris, best known as Hank on ''BreakingBad'' (And Bryan Cranston, who plays Walt in Breaking Bad, plays Cohaagen in the 2012 remake.)

** Tim the mutant is played by a young Dean Norris, best known as Hank on ''BreakingBad'' (And Bryan Cranston, who plays Walt in Breaking Bad, plays Cohaagen in the 2012 remake.)