10. Whereas most individuals believed Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam or David Lynch would direct the movie, Sonnenfield, a cinematographer with no directing expertise, landed the annoying job…and let the 25-week haul of a shoot get to him. “I misplaced 13 kilos within the first 10 weeks alone,” he instructed Empire. “And the strain was simply unbelievable.”
And three weeks into manufacturing, he fainted on set throughout a dialog in regards to the price range, explaining, “I used to be standing behind a chair once I began to really feel this great stress in my chest, as if somebody was blowing up a balloon inside me. Earlier than I knew what was taking place, I obtained very dizzy and tried to take a seat down and – wham! – I would handed out.”
11. Seemingly not serving to along with his anxiousness? Rubin playfully altering the identify on the again of the director chair to a brand new identify every time a reporter was on the set, typically together with administrators who had been in talks to direct the movie at one level.
12. The sequel’s title, Addams Household Values, was immediately taken from a controversial speech made in 1992 by then-Vice Presidential candidate Dan Quayle, who stated a breakdown of “household values” was responsible for the Los Angeles riots.