Barry Pepper said that, had he known he was going to win Worst Supporting Actor at the Razzies, he would have shown up to accept his award in person.
J.D. Shapiro, the first screenwriter, openly apologized for this film, and even personally accepted the film's Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Movie of the Decade, 2000-09. He stated in a New York Post article that "the only time I saw the movie was at the premiere, which was one too many times. [...] Looking back at the movie with fresh eyes, I can't help but be strangely proud of it. Because out of all the sucky movies, mine is the suckiest."
Cinematographer Giles Nuttgens has gone on record as saying that the overuse of color filters and Dutch Angles wasn't his idea, and that he was given the smallest lighting budget he had ever worked with.