Trivia / Bowfinger

• Acting for Two: Eddie Murphy just loves doing it.
• Actor-Inspired Element: It was Eddie Murphy's idea for Jiff Ramsey to wear braces, and have his ears stick out, and he insisted on not wearing prosthetics make-up when it came to filming his scenes as Jiff.
• Awesome, Dear Boy: Eddie Murphy signed on purely to work with Steve Martin.
• Dueling-Stars Movie: The poster is just a duo shot that promises the selling point of Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy.
• Hey, It's That Place!: Kit Ramsey's house is the same residence depicted as "Stately Wayne Manor" in Batman (1966).
• Life Imitates Art: The production of the fictional Chubby Rain has some aspects in common with the later production of the real life cult movie The Room (2003). These include the director financing the film with his own money, gratuitous nudity being used as a selling point, filming without a permit, the actors thinking the film may never see the light of day and a Hollywood-style premiere that ends with huge applause (though perhaps not for the reason the filmmakers intended).
• No Stunt Double: Although Eddie Murphy ran across the Los Angeles freeway, without the use of a stunt double, for the sequence in which Jiff runs across the Los Angeles freeway, the speeding cars were later added in digitally.
• Starring a Star as a Star: Occasional action star (and comedy superstar) Eddie Murphy plays action superstar Kit Ramsey, who happens to hew to a Scientology-like religion.
• Technology Marches On: Today, with the growth of the world wide web and social media, as well as the creation of smart devices, it'd be easier for Bowfinger to make Chubby Rain and release it on his own, as he could more covertly film Kit Ramsey with a smartphone than a traditional camera and also publish it on YouTube instead of negotiating with a major studio.
• Throw It In!: Some of the film's most memorable moments were improvised, such as Jiff's audition and Kit's rant about white actors winning Oscars for "playing idiots".
• What Could Have Been: The role of Kit Ramsey was originally written for Keanu Reeves.
• Working Title: Bowfinger's Big Thing.
• Write Who You Know: Daisy is a thinly veiled jab at Anne Heche. Like Daisy, Heche is from Ohio, and, also like Daisy, Heche was briefly romantically involved with a significantly older man, Steve Martin. Daisy's last lines about being involved with "the most powerful lesbian in Hollywood" are a reference to Heche's relationship at the time with Ellen DeGeneres.
• Written by Cast Member: Steve Martin wrote the script.

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