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* [[Throw It In]]: Joseph Cotten stumbling over the word "criticism". It was a genuine flub, but fortunately both he and Welles stayed in character (albeit Welles grins) and Cotten follows up with a brilliant ad-lib "I AM drunk", so it stayed in the film as-is.
* [[Troubled Production]]: Barely averted - the screenplay might never have been finished had Welles' co-producer Herman Mankiewitz not broken his leg and been cooped up in Welles' home; Mankiewitz was known to disappear for weeks at a time due to his drinking and gambling problems.
* [[What Might Have Been]]: Originally, the movie was going to be based on the life of Howard Hughes with Cotten in the lead. Eventually, Welles realized [[Reality Is Unrealistic|nobody would believe most of the stuff Hughes had done]], so he decided to make Kane a media baron instead.
** Also, Welles was originally going to make an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's ''[[Heart of Darkness]]'' but the executives didn't believe they could possibly stretch a budget far enough to cover it, so he made [[Tropes Are Not Bad|''Kane'']] instead.
* [[Word of Dante]]: Sort of. People assume Marion Davies had a bad career, as her expy in the film shows. In fact, Marion Davies was widely considered [[Show People|a talented actress and comedienne]], independent of all the publicity Hearst arranged for her.
** Hearst did push Davies towards melodramatic leading-lady roles. Davies - along with many others - recognized that her real gift was for light comedy.
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