Trivia: The name of Truman's boat is the "Santa Maria" - a ship sailed by Christopher Columbus. It is symbolic of going to a new land or a "new" place.
Trivia: The motto on the double archway in the Seahaven town center is UNUS PRO OMNIBUS, OMNES PRO UNO: "One for all, all for one" in Latin, thus fitting the premise of the Truman Show. (00:15:50)
Trivia: A steadfast rule on set was that nobody was permitted to speak phrases from any of Jim Carrey's prior movies. (01:01:45)
Trivia: Visible on Truman and Meryl's kitchen table during an early scene, is a bottle of vitamin D which is needed for all those that do not have proper exposure to the sun.
Trivia: There's a notable difference between the trailer and the final version of the movie. The change was made in the scene where the lamp falls down next to Truman. In the trailer, as Truman looks up, he sees a closing hole in the sky, but in the final version of the movie, this hole is replaced by a lamp post. (00:03:50)
Trivia: Composer Phillip Glass reworked some of his compositions from an earlier film he worked on, Candyman, to fit this film.
Trivia: The scene where Truman draws a picture of himself as an astronaut with a bar of soap was totally ad-libbed by Jim Carrey.
Chosen answer: Because she would have revealed the truth to him. That's why she was removed from the set in the first place.
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