Trivia for
Wrong Turn (2003/I) More at IMDbPro »

• The female lead character, Jesse Burlingame, was named after the heroine in Stephen King's novel, "Gerald's Game".
  
  
• In the scene when the four are running from the cabin after awaking the mountain men, Desmond Harrington broke his right ankle after landing on the opposite side of a log. This made it very difficult to shoot some of the scenes after his left leg is "shot" and he has to limp on his right leg.
  
  
• The promotion for this film was minimal due to the MPAA deeming the majority of TV Spots and Trailers "Too Intense" for the viewers. Even the commercials that were shown, were heavily trimmed.
  
  
• During one of the last scenes in the movie, Eliza Dushku actually set actor Julian Richings (Three Finger) on fire.
  
  
• Eliza Dushku did a lot of her own stunts for the movie.
  
  
• Throughout the film, Eliza Dushku is wearing a White shirt with the Albanian two-headed eagle emblem.
  
  
• Several of the cast and crew were covered in poison ivy throughout the filming of the movie, this was due to the chairs being placed in what was first thought to be a group of weeds only later to be discovered as a batch of poison oak.
  
  
• Emmanuelle Chriqui dislocated her shoulder performing her fall through the trees. You can hear her shoulder pop on the production track in the theatrical sound mix.
  
  
• As written in the original script, the characters were in their late 20s. However, they were made younger in order for the film to appeal to younger audiences.
  
  

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