Trivia / Killing Zoe

• California Doubling: Despite taking place entirely in Paris, the whole production was shot in L.A. (with the exception of the opening and closing credits). Because 99% of the movie takes place indoors and almost the entire cast is French, it's not noticeable at all.
• No Export for You: The special edition director's cut is only available in France. The director maintains a great relationship with French producer/distributor Samuel Hadida, but has a... more strained relationship with his American video distributor. According to Avary, when Zoe was first coming out on region 1 dvd, the head of Artisan home video hated the film and viewed it as a profitless, catalogue title. In order to get a quality disc made, Avary posted the man's email address on Aint it Cool News, flooding him with angry messages. It worked, at the time. Later, after Artisan was bought out by Lionsgate, the head of home video transfered over, and to this day he refuses to release the director's cut stateside.
• Stillborn Franchise: Avary wrote a sequel that picked up right after the film ends. It has yet to be made.
• Throw It In!: Zed and Zoe lying in bed talking. It was all scripted. Their quiet laughter and smiles was not. They were just hanging out between takes when Roger Avary covertly turned the camera on without telling them.
• What Could Have Been: Avary backed out of rewriting Pulp Fiction to direct this film. Imagine how different Pulp may have been had Avary's material not been to heavily rewritten.