The film's screenwriter actually stranded himself on an island for research. To help research for the movie, screenwriter William Broyles spent a week alone on an island near Mexico's Sea of Cortez. While there, he speared stingrays and ate them raw. He also learned to open coconuts—a skill that would come in handy when Tom Hanks' character had to survive on his own after being shipwrecked in the film. Interestingly, Broyles got the inspiration for the character of Wilson after a volleyball washed up on the beach and he began talking to it while he was on the island

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