Sharon Stone bought the horse Magic after the movie was over. Stone: "I've been riding all my life but never on such a fine horse as this."
There is a scene where Gene Hackman lightly slaps Sharon Stone. It wasn't scripted and Stone's reaction is real.
Sharon Stone was so insistent that Leonardo DiCaprio appear in the film that she paid his salary personally.
Sharon Stone hand-picked Russell Crowe to be in this film. The studio was initially unsure about this choice because Crowe was a complete unknown to the American audience.
According to the "Evil Dead Companion", Sharon Stone was given a lengthy list of directors that had been approved to direct this film, so that she could choose the directors she thought would work. She sent back a list with a single name... Sam Raimi. When asked why she chose Raimi, she said it was because she liked L'armata delle tenebre (1992), among Raimi's other works.
Sam Raimi: [pov shot] As a drinking glass and bullets fly through the air, we see their targets from the missile's viewpoint.