lets have a look at a few facts you may not have known about The Rum Diary

10 unknown  facts about The Rum Diary

 BASED ON HUNTER S. THOMPSON’S SECOND NOVEL

22-year-old Thompson wrote The Rum Diary in 1959, but it was abandoned until Johnny Depp found it among Thompson’s papers decades later. 

Some Partsof  Movie & Book were same 

It means thatmany details including Thompson’s position  at the San Juan Star  were true.

THE HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIE ADAPTATION OF A THOMPSON WORK

The Rum Diary grossed over $13 million, while Fear and Loathing in  Las Vegas made over $10 million 

The director was sober for six-and-a-half years before he began drinking again while writing the script for the movie. 

He requested that portions of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides be shot on the island

Depp and Amber Heard, who would marry in 2015, met on the Rum Diary set. 

HUNTER S. THOMPSON WAS ON SET IN SPIRIT

While Thompson died in 2005, Depp and Robinson stipulated that a chair with his name on it as well as a script and a full glass of Chivas Regal (Thompson’s favorite drink) had to be present on set every day.

AMBER HEARD WASN’T THE FIRST CHOICE TO PLAY CHENAULT

Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley were considered for the part