Despite being portrayed in an Oscar-nominated movie, Larry Flynt was refused an invitation to the 1997 Academy Awards, so Woody Harrelson brought Flynt to the award shows as his "plus one".
The closing argument by Edward Norton was taken verbatim from Alan L. Isaacman's closing arguments. Isaacman revealed this in a documentary of the film.
Milos Forman claimed that Courtney Love showed up to their first meeting while under the influence of drugs. Just when he was going to dismiss her, he realized that Love was perfect for the role of Althea. Forman offered her the role on one condition: that Love would stay clean and undergo regular drug testing during filming. She complied. Forman later stated that he loved working with her, and had nothing but praise for her performance, casting her again in his next film, El lunático (1999). And to this day, Love credits Forman with getting her off drugs, which led to a career renaissance.
Courtney Love was arrested several times in Mississippi and Tennessee during filming for wearing her outrageous and revealing costumes in public. While filming a particular scene in a jail, one of the female officers working mistook Love for being a criminal on her way in for booking and handcuffed her.
The golden vagina necklace that Woody Harrelson wears in one of the courtroom scenes is a real jewel that belonged to Larry Flynt.
Larry Karaszewski: The hand that puts a dollar bill in the swimsuit of a lady as the title "20 Years Later" displays belongs to one of the writers.
Scott Alexander: The other writer plays Client #3, sitting at the bar at the beginning of the movie.