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Regarding Henry

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19 Interesting Facts About Regarding Henry

Interesting Facts (13)

  1. #001

    According to John Leguizamo's autobiography, Harrison Ford received hate mail from fans angry that his character shot Henry.

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  2. #002

    A scene in which a large number of Japanese clients sit at a table and turn to look at Henry comes near the end of the story, when Harrison Ford enters the conference room to announce his resignation from the legal profession. Real Japanese businessmen who worked at the New York headquarters of Yasuda Life Insurance Company played the Japanese clients (now Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company) in this scene. They had zero film experience.

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  3. #003

    Seven years after writing and producing Regarding Henry, J. J. Abrams named his first child Henry.

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  4. #004

    The role of Linda was a last-minute addition, added two days before completion.

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  5. #005

    According to John Leguizamo's autobiography, the crew urinated in Mike Nichols's cappuccino machine.

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  6. #006

    A review in People magazine stated that this film does for being shot in the head what Pretty Woman (1990) did for prostitution.

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  7. #007

    This was Bruce Altman's first film.

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  8. #008

    Donald Moffat and Harrison Ford would appear together again in Clear and Present Danger (1994).

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  9. #009

    On her first day of school, Rachel's friend Jennifer walks ahead of her wearing a jacket bearing the emblem of the Turkish football club Beşiktaş J. K. (beneath the police patch).

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  10. #010

    The film was written by J. J. Abrams, who also makes a small appearance. Abrams and Harrison Ford would work together again more than 20 years later on Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019).

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  11. #011

    Harrison Ford and Nancy Marchand would appear together once again in Sabrina (1995).

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  12. #012

    Bernadette Penotti's first appearance.

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  13. #013

    Bernadette Penotti is of Italian origin.

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Behind the Scenes (1)

  1. #014

    Rob Reiner filmed a role that ended up being cut in the editing room.

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Characters & Cast (3)

  1. #015

    Harrison Ford nearly turned down the role of Henry because the character was a trial lawyer. He had just appeared in Presumed Innocent (1990) and was afraid of being typecast. He took the part once he understood that Henry would serve as a lawyer only in the first 10 minutes.

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  2. #016

    Nancy Marchand appears alongside Harrison Ford in the remake of Sabrina, playing his mother, Mrs. Larrabee, while Ford plays the male lead, Linus Larrabee.

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  3. #017

    Mel Gibson initially wanted the lead role, which ultimately went to Harrison Ford, who insisted on meeting J. J. Abrams, whose next film script was Forever Young (1992).

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Deeper Meaning (2)

  1. #018

    Henry drops Rachel off on her first day of school. Henry's tie is on backwards.

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  2. #019

    When Henry suggests baking a large cookie, Rachel says the middle is not baked. Mrs. Fields is not correct, since the cookie company regularly sells cookies the size of cakes. However, this may also stem from Rachel's inexperience with baking.

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