While You Were Sleeping > Trivia

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  • In a transition scene, a paper boy is shown slipping off his bike. This was actually an accident, but they decided to keep it in the movie. In fact, the paper boy actor broke his wrist.
  • The original screenplay was about a woman in a coma and a man pretending to be her fiancé. Many studio executives thought it was too predatory, but one suggested reversing the roles. After the script was rewritten, Hollywood Pictures picked up the movie.
  • The role of Lucy was written for Demi Moore. Sandra Bullock took the role, saying she could relate to it after having just ended a four-year relationship.
  • In the wedding scene in the hospital, the organist is longtime Comiskey Park – home of the Chicago White Sox – organist Nancy Faust.
  • The first of two movies in which Sandra Bullock stops the marriage ceremony to admit that it is a sham. The other is The Proposal (2009).