The design of the film "Electronic Transmission Cabin" is inspired by the cylinder shape of the old Ducati motorcycle by director David Cronenberg.
David Cronenberg’s choice of starring Jeff Goldblum has been opposed by many parties. The upper-level Fox believes that Goldblan lacks box office appeal, while special effects makeup artistbelieves that It is difficult to achieve the ideal makeup effect on his face.
Michael Keaton was invited to play Seth Brando, but he refused.
Goldbrunn offered to let his girlfriend Gina Davis play the leading role. Cronenberg was reluctant to let a couple star in his own movie at first, but Davis's first audition broke his preconceptions.
The script of "Turn the Fly" did not impress the upper echelons of Fox at first, and the filming almost fell through. After many negotiations, Fox agreed to release the film, but only if Cornfield and others had to raise funds for the filming.
When designing the image of the flyman, the special effects department consulted medical books.
Tim Bolton was expected to direct the film, but quit the crew before filming.
The screenwriter Charles Edward Pogle and the producer felt that the main character's gradual change should be focused on, rather than the result of sudden mutation. Therefore, the film put a lot of effort into makeup.
The Englishman Robert Bielman was selected as the director of the film, but at the beginning of the film’s pre-production, Bielman’s daughter, who was on vacation in South Africa, died unexpectedly. Bielman said he could not resume work in a short period of time. Three months. Later, the producer had to terminate the contract with him.
During the filming of Seth’s transformation into a fly, Jeff Goldblum’s makeup process lasted five hours.
