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* According to Creator/ChuckJones, due to ExecutiveMeddling the piano duel between WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck that you see in the film is not the original storyboarded version. In a scenario lifted from ''WesternAnimation/ShowBizBugs'', all of the audience's praise would have gone to Donald, who'd do absolutely nothing but sit there to receive such acclaim, while Daffy would only gain the attention of ChirpingCrickets no matter how hard he tried. In a movie meant to showcase the [[ZanyCartoon zany and wild nature of '40s cartoons]], you can see how this scenario really didn't fit with the film's atmosphere, plus it would've violated Creator/WarnerBros' demand that neither character overshadows the other.
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* According to Creator/ChuckJones, due to ExecutiveMeddling the piano duel between WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck that you see in the film is not the original storyboarded version. In a scenario lifted from ''WesternAnimation/ShowBizBugs'', all of the audience's praise would have gone to Donald, who'd do absolutely nothing but sit there to receive such acclaim, while Daffy would only gain the attention of ChirpingCrickets no matter how hard he tried. In a movie meant to showcase the [[ZanyCartoon zany and wild nature of '40s cartoons]], you can see how this scenario really didn't fit with the film's atmosphere, plus it would've violated Creator/WarnerBros' demand that neither character overshadows the other. Also, a backstage scene would have shown the ducks' rivalry with each other was just part of their act, and they were good friends.
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* In a case of what could have ''not'' been, Creator/RobertZemeckis, Creator/StevenSpielberg, and Creator/RichardWilliams almost didn't get involved in the first place. Zemeckis was an early choice for director, but the box-office failure of his first two films may have scared Disney off from hiring him, and only brought him on after he had [[Film/RomancingTheStone two]] [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartI major]] successes under his belt. Spielberg was interested early on, but he initially declined during the early stages due to creative differences with the directors at the time, as well as the fact that Disney wasn't doing too well at the box-office. As for Williams, he didn't have much interest in participating in the project, at least until Spielberg and Zemeckis convinced him that he could use the money towards [[WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler his passion project.]]
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* In a case of what could have ''not'' been, Creator/RobertZemeckis, Creator/StevenSpielberg, and Creator/RichardWilliams almost didn't get involved in the first place. Zemeckis was an early choice for director, but the box-office failure of his first two films may have scared Disney off from hiring him, and only brought him on after he had [[Film/RomancingTheStone two]] [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartI [[Film/BackToTheFuture1 major]] successes under his belt. Spielberg was interested early on, but he initially declined during the early stages due to creative differences with the directors at the time, as well as the fact that Disney wasn't doing too well at the box-office. As for Williams, he didn't have much interest in participating in the project, at least until Spielberg and Zemeckis convinced him that he could use the money towards [[WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler his passion project.]]
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* In a case of what could have ''not'' been, Creator/RobertZemeckis, Creator/StevenSpielberg, and Creator/RichardWilliams almost didn't get involved in the first place. Zemeckis was an early choice for director, but the box-office failure of his first two films may have scared Disney off from hiring him, and only brought him on after he had [[Film/RomancingTheStone two]] [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartI major]] successes under his belt. Spielberg was interested early on, but he initially declined during the early stages due to creative differences with the directors at the time, as well as the fact that Disney wasn't doing too well at the box-office. As for Williams, he didn't have much interest in participating in the project, at least until Spielberg and Zemeckis convinced him that he could use the money towards [[WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler his passion project.]]
* During early development, none of the studios except Walter Lantz's production company (who owned the character of ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'') were willing to let Disney feature their cartoon characters in the movie unless they paid very hefty licensing fees.
* The earlier drafts of the film had almost nothing in common with the finish product: Jessica Rabbit was going to be the killer, there was no Judge Doom, the [=DeGreasy=] brothers from the original novel were planned to have a role, and there was a lot of creative differences as to whether or not the movie was going to use Creator/TexAvery style humor (with the first draft being outright panned for using it too much, and a second draft trying to take itself more seriously). In fact, things were so hectic making these earlier scripts, there was some serious doubts that the film was going to get made since things were so hectic at Disney (least of all the near-hostile takeover that led to CEO Roy Miller's eventual ousting). The film would get back on track after Michael Eisner took over as Disney's CEO in 1985, ensuring it would get finished.
* During early development, none of the studios except Walter Lantz's production company (who owned the character of ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'') were willing to let Disney feature their cartoon characters in the movie unless they paid very hefty licensing fees.
* The earlier drafts of the film had almost nothing in common with the finish product: Jessica Rabbit was going to be the killer, there was no Judge Doom, the [=DeGreasy=] brothers from the original novel were planned to have a role, and there was a lot of creative differences as to whether or not the movie was going to use Creator/TexAvery style humor (with the first draft being outright panned for using it too much, and a second draft trying to take itself more seriously). In fact, things were so hectic making these earlier scripts, there was some serious doubts that the film was going to get made since things were so hectic at Disney (least of all the near-hostile takeover that led to CEO Roy Miller's eventual ousting). The film would get back on track after Michael Eisner took over as Disney's CEO in 1985, ensuring it would get finished.
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* Creator/PaulReubens and Creator/EddieDeezen were considered for the role of Roger Rabbit before Creator/CharlesFleischer was cast.
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* Creator/PaulReubens and Creator/EddieDeezen were considered for the role of Roger Rabbit before Creator/CharlesFleischer was cast. There is test footage of Reubens' take on Roger floating around the internet.
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* The sequel would've had Eric Goldberg supervise the animation instead of Richard Williams. He was heading the animation test that they showed Creator/MichaelEisner to prove they could still pull it off without Williams's London studio. But the results did not satisfy him, and the other reasons listed in the opening section attributed to its cancellation. ...just imagine every single classic cartoon character with the movement of ''Aladdin'''s Genie! Eric Goldberg would eventually head another film with the RogerRabbitEffect in ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'' for 2003.
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* The sequel would've had Eric Goldberg supervise the animation instead of Richard Williams. He was heading the animation test that they showed Creator/MichaelEisner Michael Eisner to prove they could still pull it off without Williams's London studio. But the results did not satisfy him, and the other reasons listed in the opening section attributed to its cancellation. ...just imagine every single classic cartoon character with the movement of ''Aladdin'''s Genie! Eric Goldberg would eventually head another film with the RogerRabbitEffect in ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'' for 2003.
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** Creator/JoePantoliano played the role in some test footage but was never under consideration to star in the actual film.
