According to Jon Lovitz, director George Gallo did not actually direct much and told the cast to do whatever they wanted. According to Lovitz, Nicolas Cage actually directed some of the film because Gallo refused to give direction.
Dana Carvey based his character's speaking style on two people - film producer Brad Grey and a young Mickey Rourke. 20th Century Fox representatives had to fly from LA to Canada and tell Carvey to stop doing the voice. But, Nicolas Cage encouraged him to keep doing it.
The town in 'Trapped In Paradise' had to appear virtually buried in snow so that the characters were "trapped" and couldn't leave. So filmmakers supplemented real snow with 75,000 pounds of custom-made, biodegradable potato flakes from Idaho.
The three-legged dog "Tripod" was added to the script when the director saw the dog and its owner among spectators watching filming while in Elora, Ontario.
Jon Lovitz claimed that the cast hated making the movie so much they took to calling it "Trapped in Bullshit."
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