Deep Water Trivia | 35 facts about the erotic thriller

“Deep Water” is an erotic psychological thriller starring Ben Affleck and Ana De Armas. The film is avalaible on Hulu.

Let’s find out some trivia and facts about the film.

1. Deep Water is a 2022 erotic psychological thriller film
2. The film is directed by Adrian Lyne
3. It is based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith
4. From a screenplay by Zach Helm and Sam Levinson
5. The film stars Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas
6. With Tracy Letts, Lil Rel Howery, Dash Mihok, Finn Wittrock, Kristen Connolly, Jacob Elordi and Rachel Blanchard appearing in supporting roles
7. It marks Lyne’s return to filmmaking after a 20-year absence since his last film Unfaithful (2002)
8. It is Disney’s first erotic film in 28 years since Color of Night
9. Not counting any from Miramax Films before 2010, nor those inherited from the 20th Century Fox catalog
10. It is also Hasbro’s first erotic film after the acquisition of Entertainment One on December 30, 2019
11. Deep Water was released on Hulu on March 18, 2022, following several delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic
12. It received mixed reviews from critics
13. The project began development in 2013, with Adrian Lyne set to direct and Fox 2000 Pictures set to finance
14. Fox 2000 sold the rights to New Regency in 2018
15. In August 2019, the project saw new developments
16. Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas agreed to star
17. With Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures agreeing to handle the distribution via their 20th Century Studios label
18. In October 2019, Tracy Letts and Rachel Blanchard joined the cast of the film
19. Filming began in New Orleans on November 4, 2019
20. With the additions of Dash Mihok, Lil Rel Howery, Jacob Elordi, Kristen Connolly, Jade Fernandez and Finn Wittrock to the cast
21. In December 2019, Michael Braun joined the cast of the film
22. Deep Water was originally scheduled to be released on November 13, 2020
23. But was delayed to August 13, 2021, and again to January 14, 2022
24. On December 9, 2021, it was taken off the release schedule
25. Four days later, it was reported that the film would move to a Hulu-exclusive release in the United States
26. And an Amazon Prime Video–exclusive release internationally
27. On February 14, 2022, it was announced that the film would be released on Hulu on March 18, 2022
28. It would be released on Prime Video simultaneously
29. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 38% rating
30. Based on 145 critics reviews
31. With an average rating of 5.1/10
32. The website’s consensus reads, “Viewers desperately seeking a new erotic thriller might find Deep Water worth a dip, but it’s far from director Adrian Lyne’s best work”
33. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 51 out of 100
34. Based on 41 critics
35. Undicating “mixed or average reviews”