10. While most individuals believed Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam or David Lynch would direct the movie, Sonnenfield, a cinematographer with no directing expertise, landed the tense job…and let the 25-week haul of a shoot get to him. “I lost 13 pounds in the first 10 weeks alone,” he informed Empire. “And the tension was just incredible.” 

And three weeks into manufacturing, he fainted on set throughout a dialog in regards to the finances, explaining, “I was standing behind a chair when I started to feel this tremendous pressure in my chest, as if someone was blowing up a balloon inside me. Before I knew what was happening, I got very dizzy and tried to sit down and – wham! – I’d passed out.”

11. Likely not serving to along with his nervousness? Rubin playfully altering the identify on the again of the director chair to a brand new identify every time a reporter was on the set, usually together with administrators who had been in talks to direct the movie at one level. 

12. The sequel’s title, Addams Family Values, was immediately taken from a controversial speech made in 1992 by then-Vice Presidential candidate Dan Quayle, who stated a breakdown of “family values” was in charge for the Los Angeles riots.