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Together with his cinematographer Edward Lachman, Steven Soderbergh set out to shoot a major commercial film with an independent approach, filming it in a point-of-view manner. Shooting on location helped achieve a very naturalistic tone, and recruiting local extras from Hinkley who had been involved in the case added to the authenticity.
Julia Roberts received an unprecedented salary for her lead role, making her the first woman to break the $20m barrier.
As of 2003, Erin Brockovich-Ellis was still with Ed Masry's law firm and had been given the title Director of Research.
The character George--the biker boyfriend played by Aaron Eckhart--was based on Erin Brockovich-Ellis's Mexican-American biker boyfriend Jorge. Erin and Jorge did break up, but he did not leave her life. He was hired as a full time live-in nanny for Erin's children for several years, paid for by the law firm so that she would have more time to devote to her work.
Julia Roberts won the Academy Award for best actress for her role as Erin Brockovich and famously forgot to thank the real Erin Brockovich-Ellis in her acceptance speech. Afterward she was quoted as saying, "It doesn't bring out the Albert Einstein moment that you hoped it would."
Erin Brockovich-Ellis: (at around 10 mins) The real Brokovich plays a waitress named Julia, the name a reference to the actress playing her.
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