Random Movie Trivia - Armageddon

Here is the next edition in our weekly Random Movie Trivia post.  Enjoy:

Armageddon

• Regarding the film's premise, Ben Affleck asked director Michael Bay, "Wouldn't it be easier for NASA to train astronauts how to drill rather than training drillers to be astronauts?" Bay told Affleck to shut up.
• NASA shows this film during their management training program. New managers are given the task of trying to spot as many errors as possible. At least 168 have been found.
• After Rockhound (Steve Buscemi) gets space dementia, the shuttle crew wraps him in duct tape, which is, in fact, NASA protocol for immobilizing a crazed crew member.
• Bruce Willis came to the film after he decided a comedy he was filming called "Broadway Brawler" could not be salvaged and sought a way to exit the project. Disney's then-headJoe Roth worked out a deal where Willis would star in Armageddon and two future films for the studio, and in exchange Disney would absorb the failed project's costs as an advance against his initial salary. The two films Willis later made under this deal were The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable.
• Director Michael Bay had the actors write their list of demands on the papers that Bruce Willis read from.
• Steve Buscemi's line about sitting on a million pounds of fuel in a rocket built by the lowest bidder is a variation of an actual radio transmission by Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard, just prior to lift-off.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger was considered for the role of Harry Stamper.
• Liv Tyler turned down the role of Grace Stamper twice before finally accepting.  Denise Richards was considered for the role of Grace Stamper.
• During the filming of this movie, the cast and crew worked around $19 billion worth of equipment, including a real oil rig and real space shuttle.

"This guy was still the best part of the movie."