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1	* ActorInspiredElement:
2	** It was Creator/KevinCostner's idea for Music/WhitneyHouston to start "I Will Always Love You" ''a capella''.
3	** Kevin also recommended the iconic shot of the BridalCarry to be the movie's poster, and since [[SignatureScene audiences loved it,]] [[GenreSavvy he was right.]]
4	* DiedDuringProduction: A worker died when he was crushed between two lighting-equipment cranes during filming.
5	* FriendshipOnTheSet: Creator/KevinCostner and Music/WhitneyHouston became friends. They bonded over growing up in the Baptist Church and he told her a story about getting caught sneaking grape juice from the communion glasses. He later gave the eulogy at her funeral.
6	* HeyItsThatPlace: Rachel's mansion is the same mansion as Jack Woltz's in ''Film/TheGodfather''.
7	* RevivalByCommercialization: Music/DollyParton received renewed popularity in the 1990s after Whitney Houston covered her song, "I Will Always Love You", even thanking her. Parton regretted never getting a chance to duet with Houston prior to the latter's death in 2012. Parton expressed her heartbreak upon Houston's death.
8	* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The film was originally proposed in the mid-'70s, starring Music/DianaRoss and Creator/SteveMcQueenActor, but was rejected as "too controversial". The film concept was to be attempted again in the late 1970s, with Creator/RyanONeal and Diana Ross cast as the leads. The project fell through after only a few months because of irreconcilable differences between O'Neal and Ross, who had been dating.
9	* StillbornFranchise: A sequel was planned, with Princess Diana to play herself opposite Costner. Sadly, it was not to be; Costner received the completed script the day before Diana died in a car crash.
10	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
11	** Rachel was originally going to sing "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" instead of "I Will Always Love You", before ''Film/FriedGreenTomatoes'' used the former song. In fact, it was Costner who suggested "Love You" be used in the film, saying it would work better.
12	** Creator/DenzelWashington turned down the role of Frank in favor of ''Film/MalcolmX''.
13	** Music/PatBenatar, [[Music/BlondieBand Debbie Harry]], Music/JoanJett, Music/JanetJackson, Music/{{Madonna}}, and Music/DollyParton were considered for Rachel Marron.
14	** Creator/KevinCostner asked Creator/PaulNewman to play his father, but he declined, as the part was too small.
15	** At one point, the film was going to star Creator/RutgerHauer and Creator/WhoopiGoldberg.

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