| 1 | !!The Film: |
| 2 | * ContractualObligationProject: Creator/KeanuReeves says that he only participated in this film because director Joe Charbanich, his roommate at the time, had forged his signature on the contract. He had to take the role because he didn't want to risk a lawsuit. |
| 3 | * CreatorBacklash: Creator/KeanuReeves, normally one of the nicest and most-diplomatic people in the film industry, has nothing good to say about this movie, saying he found the script uninteresting. Especially because the film's director had forged Reeves' signature onto the contract for a cameo appearance at scale rates only for the role to turn into a lead antagonist without the pay being raised accordingly. |
| 4 | * CreatorKiller: While a domestic success, the bad reviews and him forging Keanu Reeve's signature on the contract pretty much killed Joe Charbanich's Hollywood directorial career, never directing a major motion picture ever again. |
| 5 | * HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/KeanuReeves and director Joe Charbanich were friends and roommates prior to this film entering production. But Reeves' disinterest in the film and anger at being strong-armed into participating by Charbanich resulted in the friendship breaking apart. |
| 6 | * MoneyDearBoy: Creator/KeanuReeves was so infuriated at the events that led to his casting that Universal gave him a cut of the profits (amounting to a $2 million bonus) and agreed not to make him central to the film's marketing in exchange for him keeping quiet about it for a year. Once the agreement expired, he immediately made his anger known to the public. |
| 7 | * PlayingAgainstType: The lead actors swapped types. Reeves is primarily known for playing heroes and Spader generally plays creeps. |
| 8 | * TechnologyMarchesOn: The film features Kodak cameras (including photos that needed to be developed for an hour), and old, small Sony [=TVs=]. |
| 9 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: David Allen Griffin was originally a very minor role (almost a cameo), but the part was beefed up into a lead upon Creator/KeanuReeves' casting. He wasn't very happy about this because he didn't want to take part in the first place. |
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| 11 | !! The Series: |
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