| 1 | * FakeRussian: DeepCoverAgent stuff aside, we have an enforced case with Orlov. Andrei Konchalovsky told director Philip Noyce that such an evil Russian character could only be played by a Polish actor. |
| 2 | * LifeImitatesArt: Just as the film was being released, real-life cases of sleeper agents implanted in the US were brought to light with a prisoner exchange between Russia and the US, some of the prisoners being undercover spies. The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegals_Program plots]] and [[http://theblemish.com/2010/10/anna-chapman-is-in-maxim-russia/: skills]] of the real sleeper agents were less impressive than the ones in the film. |
| 3 | * NoStuntDouble: Creator/AngelinaJolie did most of her own stunts. |
| 4 | * ViralMarketing: The film's producers ran a multi-week game where the player, being a rookie agent, is given the choice to assist Salt or turn her over to the government. If the player turned her over, the game ended. If the player helped her, [[spoiler: she used the player to assist her in eliminating other, deep-cover agents]]. After the last episode, she then [[spoiler: had the player trapped in an abandoned warehouse and then called the player's superior officer, who came and picked up the agent, presumably for arrest and punishment.]] The premise of the game was [[spoiler: the rookie agent unwittingly helped her (a Russian deep-cover mole) while thinking she was actually being framed for the crime.]] |
| 5 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
| 6 | ** The movie was originally written with Salt as a male (Edwin A. Salt), and Creator/TomCruise was approached to play him. Ultimately, he felt it was too similar to the ''Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries'' and backed out. The script was rewritten with a female lead when Creator/AngelinaJolie came on board. |
| 7 | ** Creator/MichaelMann and Creator/PeterBerg came close to directing at one point or another. |
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