Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
- In the original script, the time machine was a 1969 Chevy van, but they thought that would be a blatant rip-off of Back to the Future, so they changed it to a phone booth even though that is exactly what Doctor Who uses for his time machine. Also, if they had used the van, Bill and Ted would have picked up more historical figures.
- During auditions, Alex Winter tried out for the role of Ted and Keanu Reeves tried out for Bill.
- The idea for the movie came from a stand-up act where Bill and Ted would discuss current events without knowing what they were actually talking about. There was also a third character named Bob, but the comedian who played him lost interest after only a couple of shows.
- When Napoleon finishes his "waterslide" presentation at the end of the movie, Ted looks up and says, "I don't think it's gonna work." If you look closely at the maps, you can see that Napoleon is actually diagramming the French invasion of Russia, Napoleon's most disastrous defeat.
- In an early draft of the script, Rufus was a 28 year old sophomore who befriended Bill and Ted.
- Pauly Shore auditioned for the part of Ted.
- There was a third Bill & Ted movie in the works, but Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves declined. So, that script was altered and became Bio-Dome. How? I have no idea. The good news is that there is a renewed interest in a third movie and a script has been written, but it's having troubles getting off of the ground.
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| "I still find it amazing that Keanu Reeves had a career after this movie." |
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