Trivia

Diane Kruger appears as an interviewee in this documentary. Although it is not mentioned during the film, Kruger was at the time preparing to produce a TV miniseries biopic on the life of Hedy Lamarr, with Kruger herself starring as Lamarr. The biopic was to be an adaptation of the 2012 biography Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, The Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Richard Rhodes. All three projects (the Rhodes book, the documentary "Bombshell," and the development of the screenplay for Kruger's miniseries) were awarded grants by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a philanthropic organization that normally supports science and technology experiments and endeavors.

One of the interviewees - Mel Brooks - was sued by Hedy Lamarr for calling one of his characters Hedley Lamarr in his Western, Blazing Saddles (1974).

Director Alexandra Dean spent six months researching the material for her film.

This film was partially supported by the Adrienne Shelly Foundation, a nonprofit organization that awards grants to female actors, writers, and/or directors of short films, feature films, and documentaries. The foundation was created by Andy Ostroy, the widower of actress, writer, and director Adrienne Shelly, after Shelly was murdered in 2006 at the age of 40.

The film is the inspiration behind Johnny Depp's "This Is A Song For Miss Hedy Lamarr", which is featured on the album "18" by Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp. Johnny stated about the documentary: "I was decimated by it. It had such a profound effect on me".