Boris Karloff had been Universal's original choice for the role as the Invisible Man. Karloff was said to have turned it down because he would not be seen on screen. In reality a quarrel with director James Whale broke up their relationship, and the director decided he wanted someone with more of an "intellectual" voice and Karloff's marked lisp had also become an issue. Whale selected Claude Rains after accidentally hearing Rains' screen test being played in another room. Until this film, Rains had primarily been a stage actor. Although he had appeared in one silent movie, Build Thy House (1920), this was his first sound film.
Working Girl - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Alec Baldwin went on to play Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October (1990), a role that would be taken over by Harrison Ford in the sequels Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994). In addition, in this film, Melanie Griffith's character, Tess, switches lovers from Baldwin's to Ford's characters in the same order.
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Film debut of Jeffrey Nordling.
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An original trailer showed a scene not in the finished movie, where Katharine asks Tess to spray her red dress with anti-static, before Katharine's welcome party.
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An original trailer featured a scene and dialogue not used in the film. It features Tess and her friend Cyn preparing for Cyn's wedding and talking about Tess's relationship with Jack.
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Sigourney Weaver and Melanie Griffith followed several female executives and secretaries on their hectic daily schedules in New York City and sat in during meetings to get a better idea of the industry from the female perspective.
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Kevin Spacey and Zach Grenier would later appear in Se7en (1995).
Working Girl - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Working Girl - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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