The UK heavy metal band Head-On, which is featured in the movie, was hand-picked from 400 other bands.
Jim Davidson met Alan Conway who pretended to be Stanley Kubrick. He even bought him dinner at a hotel in Devon, and was impressed that it took "lots" of takes to get the opening scene of 'Full Metal Jacket' right.
David Hemmings was going to be in this film but died before his scenes were filmed.
Ruth Negga, who plays Lolita in the film, also played the lead in the play of the same name at the Irish National Theatre. It was her first professional acting role.