Only Leprechaun film to take place on St. Patrick's Day.
One of the discarded drafts focused on how the leprechaun would seek revenge on Tory Redding, tricking her into marrying him. Jennifer Aniston was offered $ 25,000 but she refused to retake her character because she was focused on the series Friends.
The German VHS copy of Fatal Past, includes a rare trailer of Leprechaun 2 that shows scenes that weren't in the final film, including a scene where Bridget is smiling and looking at Ian and telling him she has a boyfriend and doesn't want to make a mistake. another shot at the race track where the Leprechaun uses his magic to let Bridget win a race she was losing, and scenes with Ian and Cody drinking at the bar instead of Morty, another character taking Bridget home and being shoved aside as he tries to kiss her with the Leprechaun watching angry from a tree.
Denise Richards was a major contender for the role of Bridget. However, both she and Shevonne Durkin stared in Tammy and the T-Rex (1994) the same year this movie was released.
Originally it was planned to film Leprechaun 2 and Leprechaun 3 back to back with Bridget, Cody, Ian, and Mandy returning for Part 3. The studio later scrapped the idea to film Leprechaun 3 immediately afterward, resulting in most of the Leprechaun 2 footage being scrapped, and rewritten before reshoots.
The title of the treatment was Trial of the Leprechaun and it picked off right where Bride of the Leprechaun ended with Bridget and Cody outside the Leprechaun's lair after he exploded. Just after they leave and make plans to get food the police arrive and arrest Cody for the murders of all the people the Leprechaun killed. Bridget tries to tell the police the truth but they don't believe her. Bridget starts working together with Mandy to look for a lawyer to represent Cody but fail miserably. They end up forced to go to trial with a public defender, and the case goes sideways when Ian appears alive as the star witness, claiming to have watched Cody kill the victims. Bridget goes to a shaman who helps teach her a spell which weakens and forces the supernatural to reveal themselves. The next day in court Bridget performs the spell and the Leprechaun's spirit is forced out of Ian's body and then takes over Officer Murphy, Lyle's father who wants Cody dead, using his pistol to kill many people, but failing to kill Cody who escapes with Bridget. Ian wakes up in the courtroom, having his memories altered by the Leprechaun into believing Cody was responsible for everything. Ian and a bunch of his jock friends go looking for Cody and Bridget, who went to visit the shaman who reveals that the way to kill the Leprechaun is to force his spirit to flee multiple times. The Leprechaun as Murphy shows up and shoots the shaman, he gets into a fight with Cody but is beaten. Just as Cody is about to escape he is caught by Ian who starts to beat him up until Bridget convinces him he is being fooled. The Leprechaun is then forced out of Murphy's body after Ian shoots him dead, and jumps into Cody. He struggles for control as the Leprechaun forces his body to murder Ian's friends. Cody stops the Leprechaun and tells Bridget how weak the Leprechaun is and how if she says the spell one last time he will be dead for sure. He loses control just as the Leprechaun starts to use him to strangle Ian. Bridget finishes the spell and saves Ian, but the Leprechaun manages to drag Cody to Hell with him. Bridget breaks down as Ian consoles her. The final scene is Cody making a deal with the Leprechaun to escape Hell and make it back to Earth.
The title of the treatment was Trial of the Leprechaun and it picked off right where Bride of the Leprechaun ended with Bridget and Cody outside the Leprechaun's lair after he exploded. Just after they leave and make plans to get food the police arrive and arrest Cody for the murders of all the people the Leprechaun killed. Bridget tries to tell the police the truth but they don't believe her. Bridget starts working together with Mandy to look for a lawyer to represent Cody but fail miserably. They end up forced to go to trial with a public defender, and the case goes sideways when Ian appears alive as the star witness, claiming to have watched Cody kill the victims. Bridget goes to a shaman who helps teach her a spell which weakens and forces the supernatural to reveal themselves. The next day in court Bridget performs the spell and the Leprechaun's spirit is forced out of Ian's body and then takes over Officer Murphy, Lyle's father who wants Cody dead, using his pistol to kill many people, but failing to kill Cody who escapes with Bridget. Ian wakes up in the courtroom, having his memories altered by the Leprechaun into believing Cody was responsible for everything. Ian and a bunch of his jock friends go looking for Cody and Bridget, who went to visit the shaman who reveals that the way to kill the Leprechaun is to force his spirit to flee multiple times. The Leprechaun as Murphy shows up and shoots the shaman, he gets into a fight with Cody but is beaten. Just as Cody is about to escape he is caught by Ian who starts to beat him up until Bridget convinces him he is being fooled. The Leprechaun is then forced out of Murphy's body after Ian shoots him dead, and jumps into Cody. He struggles for control as the Leprechaun forces his body to murder Ian's friends. Cody stops the Leprechaun and tells Bridget how weak the Leprechaun is and how if she says the spell one last time he will be dead for sure. He loses control just as the Leprechaun starts to use him to strangle Ian. Bridget finishes the spell and saves Ian, but the Leprechaun manages to drag Cody to Hell with him. Bridget breaks down as Ian consoles her. The final scene is Cody making a deal with the Leprechaun to escape Hell and make it back to Earth.