Barb Wire-Trivia

* The opening "wet strip," in which Barb dances in a strip club with her breasts hanging out of her rubber dress, while being sprayed with water, was suggested by Pamela Anderson after she was inspired by a nightmare she had, in which she was being sprayed with champagne while performing a "nasty dance." David Hogan, who was under pressure to include more nudity, liked the idea, and threw out the movie's original opening to include it.
* Mary Anna Reyes was actually naked during the torture scene.
* A lot of the story bears a striking similarity to the 1942 classic "Casablanca"
* This film is listed among The 100 Most Amusingly Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.
* Pamela Anderson had previously backed out of Hello, She Lied (1996), a movie that she had already had a physical examination in preparation for, before starring in this film. She had given her reason as no longer wanting to do sex scenes after her "jorrible experience" on the set of Raw Justice (1994). However, an attorney for production company, The Private Movie Company, pointed out that she later participated in the "twice as graphic" sex scenes in Naked Souls (1996) and really just wanted to do a bigger budget, higher profile movie like this instead. A judge ultimately ruled against The Private Movie Company.
* The date on Barb's license of prostitution (July 1, 2019) is Pamela Anderson's 52nd birthday.
* An original draft of the script revealed the Woman in Torture Room had the last name of Hannigan and she was actually suspended by restraints in mid-air with electrodes all over her body, including her forehead, arms, shoulders, abdomen and legs. The sequence was changed to have the electrodes inside the bikini devices the woman wears, though the mind-reading device (used to show memories from the woman's mind) from original drafts remained in the film.
* The original comic book ended its run shortly after the film's disappointing reception.
* The entire "Don't call me, Babe" leitmotif of Barb Wire comes from the original advertising for the Barb Wire Dark Horse comic book, in which she said those words to differentiate herself from a buxom, slightly airy comic book heroine named Babe by John Byrne.
* The film takes place in 2017.
* The theatrical trailer includes additional footage of the war flashback that didn't make the final cut.
* Adam Rifkin was replaced as director with the less experienced David Hogan after producers decided early dailies were "Unsatisfactory".
* The torture device attached to Mary Anna Reyes is connected by a cable called "PRO CO Music Mover 120S1".
* Although the film seems to contradict itself about what year it is set in (the year is twice said to be 2017, but later given as 2019) it is of course possible that over a year could have passed between the scene of Barb looking out at the city from the car and the torture scene.
* Barb's motorcycle is a 885cc Triumph Thunderbird made as a water-cooled three cylinder model by the new Triumph factory at Hinckley in Leicestershire. In later scenes she rides a Triumph Tiger which also had an 885cc water-cooled three cylinder engine.