{"id":87201,"date":"2026-09-22T13:28:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T17:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/?page_id=87201"},"modified":"2026-10-04T09:15:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T13:15:41","slug":"splash-trivia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/trivia\/splash-trivia\/","title":{"rendered":"Splash > Trivia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<ul>\n<li>The fountain from the movie is now on display at Disney&#8217;s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World.<\/li>\n<li>Daryl Hannah swam in the mermaid tail so fast that her safety team couldn&#8217;t keep pace.<\/li>\n<li>According to Ron Howard on the YouTube series &#8220;Reunited Apart&#8221;, John Candy had arrived late to the set one day and held up the shoot, which was unlike the actor, as he was a professional. When he arrived, he apologized to Howard profusely, and Howard said it was fine and that they would start shooting. Candy told Howard he hadn&#8217;t slept and was drunk, since the actor had gone to a bar where he met Jack Nicholson, who recognized Candy and supplied him with drinks all night. Candy had said, &#8220;But I&#8217;ve got to go shoot,&#8221; and Nicholson had simply said, &#8220;You&#8217;re going to be all right, kid. Don&#8217;t worry about it.&#8221; Candy subsequently shot his scene being hit with the ball on the racquetball court, which took three tries to get right.<\/li>\n<li>The shot of Madison leaping into the water as a mermaid, after she encounters Allen Bauer on the beach, was performed with a springboard within the water. The springboard was charged, propelling a stuntwoman wearing a mermaid tail upwards through the water and into the air.<br \/>\nJohn Candy originally wanted to play Dr. Walter Kornbluth. Ron Howard convinced him to play Freddie Bauer instead. Candy then recommended Eugene Levy for the role.<\/li>\n<li>The beach where Allen Bauer first encounters the naked Madison is on former Gorda Cay in the Bahamas, now known as Castaway Cay, the private island of Disney Cruise Line.<\/li>\n<li>Ron Howard turned down directing duties for Mr. Mom (1983) and Footloose (1984) to make this movie.<br \/>\nDaryl Hannah&#8217;s fin weighed 35 pounds. Technicians took three hours each day to put it on her, and she had to stay still while they attached it. &#8220;At lunch, they would yank me out on a crane and plop me on the deck,&#8221; she told People magazine. &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t eat because I couldn&#8217;t go to the bathroom. I just lay there shivering with barnacles in my hair, soaking wet.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>In the scene where a television series upsets Madison, Allen Bauer explains that the series is fictional and didn&#8217;t really happen; it was originally meant to set up a later joke where Madison watches a real-life plane crash on the news and laughs.<\/li>\n<li>When it came to the ending of &#8220;Splash&#8221;, Ron Howard said in a June 1984 issue of the British sci-fi magazine &#8220;Starburst&#8221;, &#8220;At one point we didn&#8217;t really go for a happy ending, more for a bittersweet one. Actually, all of our wives protested about that so much that we listened to them &#8211; and I&#8217;m so glad we did!&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fountain from the movie is now on display at Disney&#8217;s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World. Daryl Hannah swam in the mermaid tail so fast that her safety team couldn&#8217;t keep pace. 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