Welcome back to Behind The Scenes Saturday!! This week is all about the highly underrated horror comedy, Death Becomes Her! Death Becomes Her was a wonderful and hilarious film filled with obsession, jealousy, regret, and not really appreciating life. So, grab the spray paint, stay away from stairs, and enjoy these fun pictures and bits of trivia!!

(Trivia provided by IMDb.com)

(Pictures provided by google.com, facebook.com, and IMDb.com)

(WARNING: PICTURES MAY CONTAIN GRAPHIC SPECIAL EFFECTS!!)

(SPOILER ALERT!!!)

• During Madeline (Meryl Streep) and Helen’s (Goldie Hawn) fight scene, Meryl Streep accidentally struck Goldie Hawn’s cheek with her shovel, scarring it.
• When Lisle (Isabella Rossellini) asked Madeline how old she thought she was, Madeline guessed 38 and Lisle responded with a stern look. Isabella Rossellini was actually 39 at the time of filming.
• To create the effect of Madeline’s breasts becoming higher and firmer, a pneumatic bra was created. However, the effect didn’t look realistic enough so Meryl Streep’s dresser stood behind her and pushed her breasts into position.

• In order to accomplish the effect of Madeline’s twisted neck, Meryl Streep wore a blue-screen hood while walking backwards.
• Meryl Streep originally thought the role of Helen was meant for her, not Madeline.
• During filming, director Robert Zemeckis would frequently say “hold onto your butts.” The film’s screenwriter David Koepp added this catchphrase to Samuel L. Jackson’s character when he was screenwriting Jurassic Park.

• Catherine Bell was Isabella Rossellini’s nude body double in this movie.
• After quite a bit of negative reactions at the film’s test screening, the film was edited drastically. The ending was completely changed and Tracey Ullman’s scene/scenes were cut completely out of the film.
• Some of the guests at Lisle’s party include James Dean, Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, Greta Garbo, Elvis Presley, and Jim Morrison.

• This film was originally going to be a sequel to the 1972 Tales From The Crypt movie. Fans even considered it to be an extended episode of Tales From The Crypt. Robert Zemeckis was even a producer of the show.
• Kevin Kline was originally asked to play Ernest (Bruce Willis), but he dropped out of the film. Then Jeff Bridges auditioned for the character but he was rejected.
• CGI had to be used for the effect of Madeline’s twisted head because the animatronic puppet head created for the scene just didn’t look right.

• Bruce Willis provided 2 ideas for the film’s title. They were It’s Death, Baby and My Man Death.
• In the original script, the potion was described as a thick, gray, mercury-like fluid.
• When Madeline, Ernest, and Helen’s names are shortened (Mad, Ern, Hel) they’re a play on the phrase “Madder ’n Hell.”

• Jennifer Jason Leigh was considered for the role of Helen.
• The budget for the film was $55 million.
• The film’s ending was supposed to be completely different. Helen and Madeline’s mutual friend Toni (Tracey Ullman) helped Ernest fake his death to get away from them. They ended up going to Europe to start a new life together. Fast forward many years, Madeline and Helen were cracking and peeling (much like in the ending we have now), and they were vacationing in Switzerland, bored and miserable. They noticed an elderly couple being affectionate and became envious of them. As the couple went to leave in their car, the duo realized it was Ernest and Toni, and went to chase them. They ended up getting hit by a car and breaking into many pieces. The picture of older Ernest from this scene was used for his funeral in the theatrical ending.

• One early draft of the script had Lisle be over 100 years old. Another draft had Lisle actually be Cleopatra herself.
• Another proposed ending idea had Madeline and Helen chase after Ernest as he drives away from the party. They end up accidentally driving off a cliff, crashing and exploding their car. Then, the duo crawl out of the wreckage as charred skeletons.
• In the scene where Ernest was spray painting Madeline’s body, a vat filled with Madeline’s blood can be seen on the side. Ernest drained all of her blood to avoid further decomposition.