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Nell (1994) More at IMDbPro »

• Fifteen minutes in, the sheriff hands Dr. Lovell a photocopied newspaper article with a by-line of "by Mark Hutton". Mark Hutton is credited as having worked on props for the film.
  
  
• Jodie Foster originally planned to direct the film herself but turned it over to Michael Apted instead.
  
  
• As part of her preparation for the role, Jodie Foster read the same books that François Truffaut read when he was prepping his similarly themed film L'enfant sauvage (1970). Foster, being fluent in French, read them in their original language.
  
  
• Liam Neeson met his late wife Natasha Richardson on the set of Nell. The two married later that year.
  
  
• Ally Sheedy turned down the role of Nell.
  
  
• Christina Applegate was offered the role of Paula, but turned the role down due to her commitment to the TV sitcom "Married with Children" (1987).
  
  

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