Bounce

On Inside the Actors Studio (1994), Ben Affleck explained that he and Gwyneth Paltrow were no longer together while making this film, but that she felt she had to do it because the role was unlike anything she had done before.

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It was the first major film screening distributed digitally via satellite for a public presentation, at an AMC theater in Times Square.

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The film was initially shot as a dark drama, but after poor test screenings Don Roos was ordered to re-edit it as a romantic drama.

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A scene was shot in which Abby watches a videotape of her husband and Buddy at the airport and has an emotional reaction when she realizes Buddy lied to her. Director Don Roos said that after watching Abby cry while viewing the tape, they decided to leave it out of the finished film because they thought audiences would find it unbelievable that Abby would change her mind and want to be with Buddy.

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Ben Affleck and Natasha Henstridge share the same birthday, August 15.

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It was Mary Ellen Lyon's debut.

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Ben Affleck and Joe Morton would reunite in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Justice League (2017).

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Tony Goldwyn (Greg) and Joe Morton (Jim) both appeared in Scandal (2012), which starred Kerry Washington. Tony played the President, whom Washington's character loved, and Joe played Washington's character's father.

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Tony Goldwyn (Greg) and Alex D. Linz (Scott) both voiced Tarzan in Tarzan (1999).

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The cast includes two Oscar winners, Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow, and one Oscar nominee, David Paymer.

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Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Affleck and Joe Morton would all appear in films adapted from comic books, from DC and Marvel.

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