- Box Office Bomb: Budget, $45 million. Box office, $23,947,544. This adaptation of the Hunter S. Thompson novel is currently the last film by director Bruce Robinson. It also set off a string of flops for Johnny Depp that continues to this day.
- Method Acting: Johnny Depp suspended his sobriety for this film in order to experience the effects of liquors depicted.
- Romance on the Set: Johnny Depp met Amber Heard on the set. Rumors abounded that they had an affair, causing the end of Depp's 14-year-old relationship with Vanessa Paradis. They married in 2015, then divorced in 2017.
- What Could Have Been:
- Benicio del Toro, Brad Pitt, Josh Hartnett, and Nick Nolte were originally slated to appear.
- Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley were considered for Chenault.
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