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Trivia: Director Hideo Nakata has disowned the film, and claimed that due to excessive studio meddling and being forced to dumb the film down by producers, the final product has no resemblance to the film he had in mind when production began. Reportedly, star Naomi Watts also wasn't too keen on the film.

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Trivia: The producers attempted to get Richard Kelly to direct the film. Kelly had recently made the low-budget cult-classic "Donnie Darko," and was very popular. However, Kelly wasn't interested in making a sequel to someone else's film.

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Trivia: The film is directed by Hideo Nakata, who also directed the original Japanese film "Ringu," upon which "The Ring" was based. Nakata also directed the Japanese sequels "Ringu 2," and the 2019 release "Sadako."

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Trivia: There were reportedly a number of strange occurrences during production. This includes a production office flooding not once, but twice. (Which is more unnerving given the films use of water and drowning-based imagery.) A deer wandered onto the studio lot and charged a crew-member at one point. (Mirroring a scene in the film in which deer attack a car.) And finally, production was briefly delayed when a swarm of bees attacked a prop truck for several minutes. Probably just coincidences... but it kinda makes you think.

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