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1	* ActorSharedBackground: Why Creator/SamuelLJackson was able to convincingly play a drug addict, having just fought off a heroin and cocaine addiction right before he was cast in ''Jungle Fever''.
2	* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/HalleBerry was originally asked to audition for the role of Orin Goode. In order to shed her beauty queen image, she asked to audition for Vivian.
3	* CreatorCouple: As in ''Film/DoTheRightThing'', Creator/OssieDavis and Creator/RubyDee play a couple.
4	* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/HalleBerry refused to bathe for two weeks in preparation for a role as a crack addict.
5	* FakeNationality: Mexican Creator/AnthonyQuinn (who also had Irish and Native American ancestry) as Lou Carbone, an Italian.
6	* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Creator/JohnTurturro wrote much of his own lines which Creator/SpikeLee incorporated into the script.
7	* InMemoriam: The film starts with a dedication to the memory of the murder victim [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yusef_Hawkins Yusuf Hawkins]].
8	* RealitySubtext: Creator/SamuelLJackson had just undergone treatment for drug addiction and had only two weeks from his discharge from rehab to the start of filming. Jackson has gone on record as saying that Gator's ravaged look was not make-up but actually the result of Jackson's own detoxification.
9	* RomanceOnTheSet: Creator/WesleySnipes and Creator/HalleBerry dated for a while.
10	* StarMakingRole: For Creator/SamuelLJackson, although it wasn't until the release of ''Film/PulpFiction'' 3 years later that he'd officially shoot to the A-list.
11	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
12	** Creator/DenzelWashington was considered to play Flipper.
13	** Creator/SpikeLee asked Creator/MartinScorsese to play Lou Carbone. Creator/JoePesci was also considered.
14	** Creator/MarisaTomei turned down the role of Angie Tucci because of scheduling conflicts with ''Film/MyCousinVinny''.
15	* WriteWhatYouKnow: The film is a result of Creator/SpikeLee's anger at his father for remarrying a white woman shortly after Spike's mother died.

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