Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. decided to act as soon as he finished reading the script, and he did not want to watch the original version in 1962.
The producer paid as much as $1 million to the screenwriter Daniel Pine.
The film's original director candidate was Brian de Palma. Neil Jordan was also the director candidate.
According to "Entertainment Weekly" reports, in order to play a good role, Meryl Streep watched political talk shows, and did not watch the original film produced in 1962 until the film was finished.
In order to better shape the role, Isaac Liev Schreiber watched Kennedy's documentary.
Emma Thompson, Glenn Close and Jessica Lange were all candidates to play Eleanor.
Isaac Liev Schreiber was personally selected byowner of Paramount .
In order to ensure the authenticity of the film’s story, director Jonathan Demme specially invited Dr. Jay Lambard, director of the Center for Intelligent Behavior in New York, because after decades, relevant science and medical technology have made considerable progress. The brainwashing plot must conform to the background of the times.
Before the film was released, Paramount established two websites for the film, one for information about the film, and the other for the fictitious Manchuria Universal Company's website in the film.
