Patricia, Jim Morrison's real-life girlfriend, played the role of the protagonist at the wedding of Morrison and Ginny in the film.
Sean Stone, the actor who played childhood Morrison, is the son of the film's director Oliver Stone.
Before the audition, Val Kilmer memorized all the lyrics written by Jim Morrison and sent a cassette tape to director Oliver Stone. It contained several songs by The Doors that Kilmer sang himself. Stone said that this is completely He ruined his favor with Kilmer.
Ray Mansack has repeatedly refused Oliver Stone's invitation to assist in the filming. He believes that this movie is a horrible record of the band.
Kilmer wore special contact lenses when shooting, which made his pupils appear dilated in the scene of Morrison's drunkenness and death.
The film uses Kilmer's voice for close-up shots, while Morrison's voice is used for large-distance shots.
John Dansmore, drummer of The Doors band, guest-starred as the sound engineer in Morrison's solo concert in the film.
Director Oliver Stone guest starred in the film as Morrison's professor at UCLA Film School.
During the preparation of the film, Val Kilmer spent almost a year living completely in Morrison's way.
Tom Cruise, Jason Packer and John Travolta have all considered playing the role of Morrison.
The end of the film shows the real tomb of Jim Morrison, taken at the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France. However, the Morrison statue on the tombstone was stolen shortly after the film was released.
Val Kilmer played Jim Morrison very convincingly, most people did not notice the difference in height between the two, Jim Morrison is 5 feet 9 inches, Val Kilmer is 6 feet 3 inches.
The scene in which Morrison broke the TV angrily in the studio has never happened in real life, because Jim Morrison would never do that.
