Bill Pullman has revealed that his speech as President Whitmore in Independence Day helped the sci-fi movie get its name, as a different title had previously been set for the popular movie.
The 66-year-old actor, who played the head of state in the much-loved 1996 sci-fi outing, explained how it was supposed to be called Doomsday, before Whitmore's infamous speech in the movie inspired the name change.
Speaking to CinemaBlend of the famous scene, he said: ''We shot that at night, of course, because it's dark and not on a sound stage or anything.
''It was really late, and it got moved into the schedule early, because (producer) Dean Devlin and (director) Roland Emmerich were in contention right then with Fox about the title.
''I think it was gonna be 'Doomsday'. It's what Fox wanted, and it was a title that was typical of the time (for a) disaster movie.''
Pullman added that he felt under pressure to deliver an awesome speech, as Dean and Roland wanted the movie to be called Independence Day.
''They really wanted Independence Day, so we had to make the speech really good."
''And then they cut it together, and a couple of nights later, Dean come to my trailer, and he said, 'Do you wanna see it?'
''So he popped in the VHS, he showed me the cut of the speech, and I went 'Holy Mother, they have got to name this movie Independence Day.' And they did.''
