Trivia / Paparazzi

Film:

• Box Office Bomb: Budgeted at roughly $20 million, the film's total box office gross came up to $16,796,512.
• Creator Killer: This is the only theatrical film directed by Paul Abascal and the only film written by Forry Smith.
• Inspiration for the Work: This movie came about when a group of celebrities talked about their nightmares involving the paparazzi. One of them, Mel Gibson, thought that these stories had the making of a great revenge fantasy, and later became one of the film's producers.
• Star-Derailing Role: This poorly reviewed Box Office Bomb left a swath of damaged careers in its wake.
  • Cole Hauser had previously appeared in several films in a supporting capacity, but his attempt at playing the lead failed after this film bombed. His career since has mostly floundered into action B-movie territory, although he recently gained some positive notices playing Rip Wheeler on Yellowstone.
  • Robin Tunney starred in a slew of flops following her Star-Making Role in The Craft, but she never had a major film role after this one. She's kept working on television, though: first with roles in Prison Break, and then The Mentalist.
  • Daniel Baldwin left Homicide: Life on the Street to follow his brothers into film, only to star in several ill-received flops like Mulholland Falls and John Carpenter's Vampires. Besides a little part in Grey Gardens, the bulk of his input after Paparazzi either is low-budget schlock or reality TV.
  • While Tom Sizemore did suffer some career damage with this film, what really crippled him were his uncontrollable drug addictions and incessant legal issues. He was frequently carted in and out of rehab, plus he also became a subject for more reality TV exposure. Besides a recurring role on the Twin Peaks revival series in 2017, his career was erratic before he died of a brain aneurysm in 2023.
• What Could Have Been: Tom Cruise, George Clooney, Kurt Russell and Vince Vaughn were offered the role of Bo Laramie before Cole Hauser was cast. Clooney is mentioned in the script.

Band:

• Executive Meddling: One of the saddest examples ever. Let's just say that if the band hadn't fallen victim to this trope repeatedly, we could've gotten the next Talk Talk.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: Taken up to eleven, as only two singles were officially released. Their first album was finally released in 2010 on this site, but the unfinished second album, The Tenderness Of Wolves, has never seen the light of day. And now, the band's site is down, making it impossible to get, and no one's uploaded it to certain places...

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