NASA shows this film during their management training program. New managers are given the task of trying to spot as many errors as possible. At least 168 have been found.
Regarding the film's premise, Ben Affleck asked director Michael Bay, "Wouldn't it be easier for NASA to train astronauts how to drill rather than training drillers to be astronauts?" Bay told Affleck to "shut the fuck up". The reasoning behind sending drillers, rather than training astronauts, is explained in the movie.
Michael Clarke Duncan improvised the line, "Come and get Papa Bear!" This later became one of the actor's nicknames.
Bruce Willis has said that he did not care for Michael Bay's directing style, and he refuses to work with him again.
Shannon Lucid: The astronaut who made headlines for setting endurance records for living in space aboard the Mir Space Station is in the background of the "underwater simulation" scenes.