History Trivia / TrueLies

* ActorAllusion:
** "I married Franchise/{{Rambo}}!" Schwarzenegger and [[Creator/SylvesterStallone Stallone]] tease each other in their movies.
** Creator/JamieLeeCurtis playing a prostitute... why does that [[Film/TradingPlaces sound familiar]]?
** In one scene, Gib mentions an incident where he came home to find that his ex-wife had left him and taken everything from their home, including the ice cube trays in the freezer. This is based on an incident that really happened when Tom Arnold split with his ex-wife, Creator/RoseanneBarr. Which makes his next line, "What kind of sick bitch takes the ice cube trays out of the freezer?" a TakeThat.

** Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/JohnGoodman, Creator/SteveGuttenberg and Creator/BillMurray were considered for Albert Gibson.

** Creator/JodieFoster was originally cast as Helen Tasker, but was forced to turn the role down because she was signed to ''{{Film/Nell}}''. Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/AnnetteBening, Creator/JoanCusack, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/LeaThompson and Creator/DebraWinger were also considered.

** If you live in America, this is the case for the Blu-ray. The film was released on VHS and DVD, but the former was full-screen (common for VHS), and the latter was a non-anamorphic release with zero special features. There have been rumors of a Blu-ray re-release for a ''decade'', but so far nothing has come of it.

** Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/JohnGoodman and Creator/SteveGuttenberg were considered for the part of Albert Gibson.

** Creator/JodieFoster was originally cast as Helen Tasker, but was forced to turn the role down because she was signed to ''{{Film/Nell}}''.
** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/AnnetteBening, Creator/JoanCusack, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/LeaThompson and Creator/DebraWinger were considered for Helen.

** In 2010 there was talk of ''True Lies'' being rebooted as a television series, with John Cena playing Harry. But the project never actually entered production.

** Helen was originally going to go nude in the striptease scene, but the idea was dropped and Creator/JamieLeeCurtis kept on her underwear during it.

* CreatorCameo: Creator/JamesCameron can be heard as the helicopter pilot who says, "Yeah she's got her head in his lap, Yahoo!"
* DevelopmentHell: The sequel, which now may or may not become a television series instead.

** Creator/JodieFoster was originally cast as Helen Tasker, but was forced to turn the role down because she was signed to ''{Film/Nell}}''.

* StillbornFranchise:
** A sequel was in the works that would have reunited all the main cast members, but the 9/11 attacks put the sequel on hold and it was eventually cancelled. Creator/JamesCameron would later comment

** In one scene, Gib mentions an incident where he came home to find that his ex-wife had left him and taken everything from their home, including the ice cube trays in the freezer. This is based on an incident that really happened when Tom Arnold split with his ex-wife, Roseanne Barr. Which makes his next line, "What kind of sick bitch takes the ice cube trays out of the freezer?" a TakeThat.

** Creator/JodieFoster was originally cast as Helen Tasker, but was forced to turn the role down because she was signed to {{Film/Nell}}.
** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/AnnetteBening, Creator/JoanCusack, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/Madonna, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/LeaThompson and Creator/DebraWinger were considered for Helen.

** A sequel was in the works that would have reunited all the main cast members, but the 9/11 attacks put the sequel on hold and it was eventually canceled. James Cameron would later comment "In this day and age, terrorism just isn't funny anymore."

* CareerResurrection: This gave Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger a much-needed hit after the high-profile flop {{Film/LastActionHero}}.

* Money,DearBoy: Art Malik took the role of Aziz because he had been out of work for 14 months and owed a considerable amount of money to the Inland Revenue.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: A young Creator/ElizaDushku as Dana.

** In one scene, Gib mentions an incident where he came home to find that his ex-wife had left him and taken everything from their home, including the ice cube trays in the freezer. This is based on an incident that really happened when Tom Arnold split with his ex-wife, Roseanne Barr.

** If you live in America, this is the case for the Blu-ray. The film was released on VHS and DVD, but the latter was a non-anamorphic release with zero special features. There have been rumors of a Blu-ray re-release for a ''decade'', but so far nothing has come of it.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Creator/ElizaDushku's debut role.

** Creator/JamieLeeCurtis playing a prostitute... why does that [[TradingPlaces sound familiar]]?

* RealitySubtext: {{Creator}}/JamesCameron was going through a divorce around the same time as filming this movie. This may explain the premise as well as some of the cringe-inducing dialogue.

* ThrowItIn: WordOfGod says that Curtis's slip and fall during the stripper dance wasn't scripted, and you can even see Arnold jumping out of the chair to see if she's alright. She instead got right back up and continued the dance, so Arnold sits back down quickly. Luckily, all of this is perfectly in character (Harry would obviously be concerned about his wife, and then hastily attempt to maintain TheMasquerade when the show goes on) and it ends up as one of the funniest scenes of the movie.
** Also, Arnold broke the wrong window in the confrontation scene between himself and Tom Arnold. So yeah, that's Da Governator's fist shattering a real car window as if it were made with SoftGlass.

* ThrowItIn: WordOfGod says that Curtis's slip and fall during the stripper dance wasn't scripted, and you can even see Arnold jumping out of the chair to see if she's alright. She instead jumped right back up and continued the dance, with Arnold sitting back down quickly. Luckily, all of this is perfectly in character (Harry would obviously be concerned about his wife, and then hastily attempt to maintain TheMasquerade when the show goes on) and it ends up as one of the funniest scenes of the movie.

* ThrowItIn: [[WordOfGod Word of God]] says that Curtis's slip and fall during the stripper dance wasn't scripted, and you can even see Arnold jumping out of the chair to see if she's alright. She instead jumped right back up and continued the dance, with Arnold sitting back down quickly. Luckily, all of this is perfectly in character (Harry would obviously be concerned about his wife, and then hastily attempt to maintain TheMasquerade when the show goes on) and it ends up as one of the funniest scenes of the movie.