O filme não é baseado em fatos reais, mas é uma releitura do filme búlgaro de 1981 Yo Ho Ho ( que em si é uma história original).
A Queda é, às vezes, um sentimento incrivelmente realista, uma das razões pelas quais pode ser derivada de uma rápida olhada em sua Página da Wikipédia :
[The director's audio commentary] reveal that actor Lee Pace remained in a bed for most of the early filming at the director's suggestion, convincing most of the crew that he was in fact unable to walk. The intention, Tarsem and Pace noted, was to maximize the realism of Roy's physical limitations in the eyes of Catinca Untaru, whose lines and reactions as the character Alexandria were largely unscripted, and so were young Catinca's spontaneous interactions with Pace's character. For example, Alexandria's misinterpreting the letter E as the number 3 in a note written by Roy came about from an accidental misreading by the 6-year-old actress during filming, which the director then realized he could adapt into a clever twist in the story.
To further the realism of young Catinca's performance, Tarsem had portions of the hospital scenes between Pace and his young co-star filmed through small holes in the hospital bed curtains, maximizing the youngster's spontaneous interactions with Pace despite the presence of the film crew surrounding them.
Eu sinto isso, juntamente com os tiros no final do filme de algumas das acrobacias mais perigosas em filmes mudos, fazem parecer que é uma história real - mas, infelizmente, não parece haver nenhuma evidência sugerir que é.