A feature reportedly said Wheaton wrote a character biography and watched The Godfather films; he recalled improvising the requested accent without studying a specific one.
The film is reported to adapt William P.Kennedy’s 1988 novel, directed by Beverly Hills Cop writer Daniel Petrie, with a $10 million budget and $15 million gross.
The banana-peel exchange was reportedly improvised and Gossett continued the scene.
Helicopter footage was reportedly filmed in San Antonio; the fictional Virginia school differs from the real Manhattan Regis.
Shawn Phelan reportedly acquired the Yogurt nickname after spilling yogurt in a van, and the film adopted it.
Petrie reportedly blamed the R rating for box-office trouble; Astin and Coogan knew each other growing up, and Astin had wanted the River Phoenix role in Stand by Me.
Coogan’s later career trouble is attributed in the cited research to a billing dispute and firing his agent after Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead.
The body count is corrected from a guess of 12 to 18.
