Mulholland Drive/Trivia

• Executive Meddling: The movie was intended as a television pilot, which would have ended about when Rita cuts and dyes her hair. The networks balked and so Lynch re-worked it into a movie.
• Hey, It's That Guy!:
  • The poolboy is played by "Achy Breaky" Billy Ray Cyrus.
  • Coco is played by Ann Miller in her final role before she died.
  • The incompetent hitman is Jacob.
  • Dan is played by Patrick Fischler, who's been in way too many things to count.
• In Memoriam: The movie is dedicated to Jennifer Syme, who worked as an assistant to director David Lynch at the time. Syme died in a car crash in April 2001, before the movie was released.
• Mid Development Medium Shift: It was originally going to be a TV series.
• Star-Making Role: For Naomi Watts.
• Throw It In: Lynch included Richard Green's (The Magician) prep - that first moment of him standing there for a couple of seconds was shot before the actor knew they were rolling. Richard Green said he was surprised to see it when the movie premiered.
• What Could Have Been: Along with the film originally being intended as a pilot, Disney was supposed to release it (under their Touchstone label). However, they didn't like the final cut and ended up dropping it. Universal and Studio Canal ended up releasing it together.