Trivia / Weekend at Bernie's

• California Doubling: Or, rather, North Carolina doubling; the beach scenes were shot in and around Wilmington.
• Cast the Runner-Up: Ted Kotcheff asked Andrew McCarthy to be Richard. When he read the script, he preferred Larry, whom he based off a friend (even wearing the same purple hi-tops his friend did).
• Creator Backlash: Andrew McCarthy still likes the first film, but refuses to talk about the second.
  The movie was a modest success, is still revered today among a certain type of fool (this one included), and spawned an ill-advised sequel about which nothing more will be said.
• Development Gag: The first movie opens with Jermaine Stewart's "Hot & Cold" which was the Working Title for the movie.
• Playing Against Type: Can you believe this was from the director of First Blood?
• What Could Have Been: This was considered as a possible vehicle for Corey Haim and Corey Feldman early in production, before deciding in making the leads older.
• Working Title: Hot and Cold.

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