Trivia / U.S. Marshals

• California Doubling: Chicago doubles for New York City.
  • This is most egregious during the chase from the cemetery in Queens after the shooting incident, when Sheridan runs across a set of railroad tracks just seconds before a Metra train (Chicago's commuter railroad) passes by.
  • When Sheridan jumps off of the Loreli building which is supposed to be in Queens, he winds up on top of a Metro North train leaving 125th Street station in Harlem, Upper East Side. The Queens location of the Loreli Building is confirmed when Newman's body is delivered to Elmhurst Hospital in Queens.
• Creator Backlash: Robert Downey Jr. hated working on this film and called it one of his career low points. He once even joked that waking up in jail was preferable to waking up on the set of U.S. Marshals. He described it as "a bunch of shmucks running around in the swamp acting like they were going to top The Fugitive."
• What Could Have Been:
  • According to IMDb, originally, Sheridan was part of the mole conspiracy, but test screenings found that audiences wanted the fugitive to be innocent, like in The Fugitive.
  • The role of Mark Sheridan was intended for Samuel L. Jackson.
  • The movie was originally going to be a direct sequel to The Fugitive.