- The moves in the chess match between the characters Emma Peel and John Steed are the same as in the match between Roy Batty and Tyrell in Blade Runner (1982).
- After terrible test screenings, the film was hastily recut from its original 2.5-hour running time to the 89-minute version released to theaters. This explains why there are so many continuity/narrative errors in the film.
- Mel Gibson was considered for the role of John Steed.
- Nicole Kidman was considered for the role of Emma Peel.
- Gwyneth Paltrow turned down the role of Emma Peel.
- The original release date was June 26th, 1998. After poor test screenings, the film was pushed back to August 14 1998 and the June spot was filled in by A Perfect Murder (1998).
- Diana Rigg was sent the script with a view to her playing Alice. She passed.
- The Ministry archivist Colonel Invisible Jones is voiced by Patrick Macnee, who played the original John Steed.
- Roger Lloyd-Pack filmed scenes as a professor but the scenes were deleted from the final print.
- Aspects of the film (including some dialogue) hail directly from the original 1960s series. These include the MC Escher elements of Hallucinogen Hall, the weather-obsessed diabolical mastermind, the tea-whilst-travelling sequence and the 'light' swordfight repartee; whilst The Ministry's training village was lifted from "The New Avengers" (1976).
- Sean Connery, the original James Bond on film, co-stars in this film with Uma Thurman, the second Emma Peel. 'Diana Rigg', the original Emma Peel, co-stars with George Lazenby, the second James Bond, in _On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)_.
- Last cinema film of Patrick Macnee.
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