The 35mm prints of this film come from a digitally grain reduced digital intermediate. They are full of digital grain reduction artifacts.
Gwen Stefani was considered for the role of Jane Smith after Nicole Kidman dropped out.
Angela Bassett was cast as Mr. Smith's boss but her scenes were subsequently cut from the film. Her voice is still heard in the film, giving him instructions of his next assignment.
William Fichtner supplied the voice of the marriage counselor.
Nicole Kidman was originally cast as Mrs. Smith
Catherine Zeta-Jones was also considered for Mrs. Smith, while Johnny Depp and Will Smith were considered for Mr. Smith when it was not sure if Brad Pitt would sign on.
Brad Pitt reportedly left the project after Nicole Kidman dropped out and her replacement had not yet been found. Once Angelina Jolie signed on, he returned to the project.
In order to get a wider PG-13 audience, a very steamy sex scene between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie was cut.
Kieran and Michelle Mulroney, Jez Butterworth and Steven Zallian all did uncredited rewrites on the script after it had been picked up for production. The original writer Simon Kinberg was still around though, and allowed to participate in the rewrites - mostly because of his friendship with the film's producer, and his mentor, Akiva Goldsman. The script reportedly went through over 50 drafts.
Brad Pitt left in the middle of shooting for three months to shoot Ocean's Twelve (2004)
The pub where Brad Pitt plays poker is named the "Droch Chroí", which means "ill will" in Irish.
William Fichtner supplied the voice of the marriage counselor.
Near the end when Benjamin is being interrogated by the Smiths, he is wearing a Fight Club shirt. Brad Pitt was in Fight Club (1999).
The original ending featured villains played by Jacqueline Bisset and Terence Stamp. After this was dropped, a second ending was filmed with Angela Bassett and Keith David as the villains. This too was dropped when it was decided that the film did not need a final confrontation with the villains at all.
Angela Bassett was cast as Mr. Smith's boss but her scenes were subsequently cut from the film. Her voice is still heard in the film, giving him instructions of his next assignment.
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