Trivia / Urban Legend

• Cast the Runner-Up: Danielle Harris originally auditioned for the lead role of Natalie, but was instead cast as Tosh, her temperamental roommate.
• Creator Backlash: Jared Leto likes to pretend he never did this movie in interviews.
• Divorced Installment: A film called Ghosts of Goldfield was originally going to be released as the fourth Urban Legend film, but it was decided at the last minute to release it independently.
• No Stunt Double: Tara Reid performed her own stunts during her chase sequence, including the fall over the staircase landing, during which she was secured by a harness. The stuntman in the scene used a real ax throughout the filming of it.
• Orphaned Reference: The killer wearing a parka is a reference to the film originally taking place in wintertime, but the production team didn't want to deal with snow.
• Technology Marches On: Averted. One would think that people in the '90s wouldn't be able to debunk urban legends as well as today due to lack of internet sources. However, the urban legend website Snopes was actually created in 1994 (and very well known at the time of the film), so they actually had the resources. Additionally, modern social media has proven that people aren't any wiser when it comes to urban legends with many taking them at face value when presented on apps such as Tik Tok.
• What Could Have Been: Sarah Michelle Gellar accepted the role of Sasha Williams, but had to back out due to schedule conflicts with Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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