1. AJ suffered a panic attack while shut in his plastic pod during filming. He told us it was the combination of being wrapped in clingfilm while dry ice was pumped into the confined space that caused him to beg the crew to let him out. So you won't be making the clingfilm look a regular thing then, AJ?
2. The stylists were umming and ahhhing for ages over Nick's hairdo. In one scene they intended to attach a long, blond ponytail to his own looks (a bit like Mel C on the Spice Girl's tour!) but in the end they opted for his shorter, sprouty pineapple look.
3. The boys' tats were out of for the laydeez. Check out the photos closely and you'll spot Brian's intricate tattoo on his shoulder, which he had done the very same day that AJ first went under the tattooist's needle. Meanwhile AJ bared his four-month-old belly tattoo and Nick flashed us his shark design.
4.Nick wanted to bring along his new dog but the pup was literally in the doghouse after getting over excited at his master's return to the States and causing havoc around the house.
5.Howie's mum and sister joined AJ's mum as the sole family members on the net.
6.Poor AJ had to keep his legs firmly crossed while he was wearing his blue space outfit. Why? Because there was no way he could have a wee unless he took the whole ensemble off. Unfortunately this involved someone unbolting each blue plastic panel piece by piece and AJ wriggling out of the tight black body wsuit which he was wearing underneath. He was stuck in the suit for nearly six hours.
7.Nick, with his artistic flair, had a hand in the costume desgin. His own spacesuit was actually made to measure.
8.The guys, who were already feeling the effects of flying into Orlando just a day before work began, had trouble adjusting their body clocks. It didn't help that the catering van served up lunch at eight in the evening and dinner at two in the early hours of the morning. No one hung around long enough for breakfast.
9.As the eldest member of the band Kev was chuffed to be given the role of Captain Richardson! Beam us up, Kev.
10.During a break in filming Nick nipped into the theme park next door to the studios.
11.The gun that AJ's pictured with is the very same weapon used in the film Alien. It was one of many props and extra costumes that were brought along to the shoot but weren't actually used in the finished cut.
12.The guys told TOTP Magazine that they loved making the video especially since they'd created the whole concept, including the design of the set. However the thing that made them all laugh the most was the sight of themselves in their costumes. Yep,we're afraid we have to agree with you!
13.The story for the video was an idea conjured up by the BSBs. They were partly influenced by Kevin's love for Keanu Reeves' blockbuster movie The Matrix.
14.It was shot over the course of three days at Universal Studios, Orlando. Filming kicked off during the afternoon the afternoon and carried on throughout the nigt until six in the morning. Whoeversaid pop stars have a glamours life should have been with us at five.
15. The guys filmed their solo sequences in shifts. Each BSB was on standby with his mobile so he could be called into make-up at a moment's notice. Only Nick had to travel a fair distance-he lives 60 miles away and drove two hours ther and two hours back each day.
16.Guess how much this video cost...If you said one million dollars you'd be close. If you said one and a half million you'd be closer. The final figure was apparently in the region of two million!
17.Larger than life was directed by Joseph Kaha, the fella the BSBs hired to shoot the vid for Everybody (Backstreet's Back).
18.If you were trying to figure out why the guys are standing in front of huge green backdrops, we can tel you. Green is a color that doesn't consist of any flesh tones. Therefore the filmmakers were able to cut the guys out of the green backdrop and plonk them onto the background that you can see in the finished video. Simple!
19.Are you wondering how AJ managed to fly and how Brian mastered the art of hovering on his uni-board? Well, as you can see from our pics AJ was lean as far forward as he liked without toppling over. Brian merely has to stand on the board while it automatically shifted at various angles but the found it quite tricky to keep balance.
20. Howie's scene in the moving room required the same special effects used in Jamiroquai's Canned Heat Video-he stand still while the room was moved around him!
