Will Smith's 'Independence Day' was shot within just 72 days; Read more trivia

Will Smith's science fiction film Independence Day includes an ensemble cast of actors like Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn, and Harvey Fierstein. Released in 1996, film went on to become second highest-grossing film of that year. military had initially supported in filming movie but soon withdrew ir support after y learnt of Area 51 references. Read some more interesting trivia of film below:

Independence Day movie trivia

• 1 hour and 7 minutes in film, a scene in which Will Smith drags an unconscious alien across a desert was filmed on salt flats near Great Salt Lake. He has a line and he says 'And what hell is that smell', line was unscripted. Great Salt Lake is home to tiny brine shrimps and when y die, ir bodies sink to bottom of lake mud and decompose. Since bottom of lake is t very deep, smell of millions of decaying brine shrimp is too bad. Apparently, body warned Will Smith.
• Dean Devlin said that most of dialogue in scenes that Jeff Goldblum shared with Judd Hirsch & Will Smith were improvised.

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• Designer Patrick Tatopoulos came up with two costumes for aliens. Ronald Emmerich liked both costumes so much that he decided to use both of m in film. 
• Independence Day holds record for using most miniature model work to appear in film.
• President's speech in film on August 6, 1995, was shot in front of an old aeroplane hangar. old hangar used to house Ela Gay which dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima exactly fifty years earlier on same date.

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• White House interiors were originally built for American President and were subsequently used for Mars Attacks! and Nixon. 
• film Independence Day was shot in 72 days, which is an unusually short period of time for such a blockbuster. 
• script of film was penned in four weeks

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• When Will Smith enters squadron locker room, extras watching TV are real pilots. 
• When Ally Walker became unavailable at last minute, Margaret Colin landed role and began shooting for film in less than 24 hours. 

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