Production
- Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer were Robert Zemeckis's first and only choices for the lead roles.
- Zemeckis filmed What Lies Beneath while production on his other film Cast Away, was shut down to allow Tom Hanks to lose weight and grow a beard for his character's development.
- In his career, this is one of Ford's few films in which he plays a villain. Among others are American Graffiti, Ford's first major motion picture role, and The Conversation.
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