Note: This post contains spoilers. You have been warned.
So tomorrow the newest installment to The Fast and The Furious franchise that being The Fate of The Furious will be released. So like with my What You Probably Didn't Know About Antz post I decided to do the same thing but with The Fast and The Furious. Once again despite the numbering there is no specific order these facts are in so let's get to this shall we.
1. The whole premise to the film was inspired by an article called "Racer X" by a Vibe magazine journalist Ken Li(his on the right side). The story was all about street racing in New York.
2. Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, and Eminem were once considered for the role of Brian O'Connor before Paul Walker got the part.
3. Working titles for the film were Racer X, Redline, or Race Wars.
4. Rob Cohen has a cameo in the film. He's the Pizza Hut guy who was blocked during the first race.
5. This is the only movie in where Dominic(Vin Diesel) drives an import that being a 1993 red Mazda RX-7 through the rest of the film series he's seen driving American muscle cars.
6. Some people and critics consider The Fast and The Furious to be either a remake or an updated version of the 1991 film Point Break because they share so many similarities.
7. Paul Walker says he wanted to be in the film because of the 1997 film Donnie Brasco. He thought the idea of an undercover cop was a cool idea and wanted to portray that type of character.
8. This isn't much of a fact about the first film as much as it is the whole franchise but for the longest time both The Fast and The Furious films & the X-Men films have came out on the same year. For 2003 it was 2 Fast 2 Furious & X2:X-Men United then in 2006 it was The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift and X-Men: The Last Stand. In 2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine & Fast and Furious came out fast forward to 2011 Fast Five & X-Men: First Class came out in the same year. Then in 2013 Fast and Furious 6 and The Wolverine are released. Furious 7 was going to be released in 2014 just like X-Men: Days of Future Past but was pushed back to 2015 because of Paul Walker's death.
9. During the Race Wars over 1,500 cars were used.
10. Natalie Portman, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kirsten Dunst, Bijou Phillips, and Jessica Biel auditioned for the role of Mia.
11. The role of Mia was originally written for Eliza Dushku but she turned it down.
12. The 1993 film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story can be seen playing during Dom's house party on the television. This movie along with The Fast & The Furious was also directed by Rob Cohen.
13. There is also another film titled The Fast and The Furious back in 1955. The title rights not the story rights were purchased so that the studio could use the title.
14. The house used for the FBI and LAPD headquarters is the same house used for the 2000 film Hanging Up.
15. Dom's 1970 Dodge Charger is the same body style as the famous General Lee from the 1969 TV series The Dukes of Hazard. This same Charger would be used in the 2005 film Herbie Fully Loaded in the opening scenes as a car in the junkyard.
16. When Dominic Toretto crashes his car at the end of the film it's the same street as the first drug bust in 2001 film Training Day. That film and this film were also written by David Ayer.
17. Some people consider Rebel Without a Cause(1955), Duel(1971), Mad Max 2:The Road Warrior(1981), the pervious mentioned Point Break(1991) to be influences to The Fast and The Furious but it's not just films that supposedly inspired The Fast and The Furious some people even consider the video games Need For Speed & Grand Theft Auto to be inspirations as well.
18. Rob Cohen's original casting choices for Dominic Toretto & Brian O'Connor were Mario Lopez & Mark Paul-Gosselaar but studio executives feared that reteaming two Saved By The Bell co-stars would confuse the audience. Personally I would have found it hilarious if they were cast could you imagine a fan theory that found some weird way to connect Saved By The Bell & The Fast and The Furious just because these two were cast.
19. When the movie was first submitted to the MPAA they thought of giving the film an R-rating mainly because of some shots showing Vince's mutilated arm during the final robbery so just for the sake of getting a PG-13 rating some of these shots were cut.
So there you have it so things you probably didn't know about The Fast and The Furious I hoped you enjoyed this. Anyhow I'm looking forward to The Fate of The Furious I hope it's good also they review could be on the day of it's release or Saturday maybe even Sunday or Monday.
So tomorrow the newest installment to The Fast and The Furious franchise that being The Fate of The Furious will be released. So like with my What You Probably Didn't Know About Antz post I decided to do the same thing but with The Fast and The Furious. Once again despite the numbering there is no specific order these facts are in so let's get to this shall we.
1. The whole premise to the film was inspired by an article called "Racer X" by a Vibe magazine journalist Ken Li(his on the right side). The story was all about street racing in New York.
2. Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, and Eminem were once considered for the role of Brian O'Connor before Paul Walker got the part.
3. Working titles for the film were Racer X, Redline, or Race Wars.
4. Rob Cohen has a cameo in the film. He's the Pizza Hut guy who was blocked during the first race.
5. This is the only movie in where Dominic(Vin Diesel) drives an import that being a 1993 red Mazda RX-7 through the rest of the film series he's seen driving American muscle cars.
6. Some people and critics consider The Fast and The Furious to be either a remake or an updated version of the 1991 film Point Break because they share so many similarities.
7. Paul Walker says he wanted to be in the film because of the 1997 film Donnie Brasco. He thought the idea of an undercover cop was a cool idea and wanted to portray that type of character.
8. This isn't much of a fact about the first film as much as it is the whole franchise but for the longest time both The Fast and The Furious films & the X-Men films have came out on the same year. For 2003 it was 2 Fast 2 Furious & X2:X-Men United then in 2006 it was The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift and X-Men: The Last Stand. In 2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine & Fast and Furious came out fast forward to 2011 Fast Five & X-Men: First Class came out in the same year. Then in 2013 Fast and Furious 6 and The Wolverine are released. Furious 7 was going to be released in 2014 just like X-Men: Days of Future Past but was pushed back to 2015 because of Paul Walker's death.
9. During the Race Wars over 1,500 cars were used.
10. Natalie Portman, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kirsten Dunst, Bijou Phillips, and Jessica Biel auditioned for the role of Mia.
11. The role of Mia was originally written for Eliza Dushku but she turned it down.
12. The 1993 film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story can be seen playing during Dom's house party on the television. This movie along with The Fast & The Furious was also directed by Rob Cohen.
13. There is also another film titled The Fast and The Furious back in 1955. The title rights not the story rights were purchased so that the studio could use the title.
14. The house used for the FBI and LAPD headquarters is the same house used for the 2000 film Hanging Up.
15. Dom's 1970 Dodge Charger is the same body style as the famous General Lee from the 1969 TV series The Dukes of Hazard. This same Charger would be used in the 2005 film Herbie Fully Loaded in the opening scenes as a car in the junkyard.
16. When Dominic Toretto crashes his car at the end of the film it's the same street as the first drug bust in 2001 film Training Day. That film and this film were also written by David Ayer.
17. Some people consider Rebel Without a Cause(1955), Duel(1971), Mad Max 2:The Road Warrior(1981), the pervious mentioned Point Break(1991) to be influences to The Fast and The Furious but it's not just films that supposedly inspired The Fast and The Furious some people even consider the video games Need For Speed & Grand Theft Auto to be inspirations as well.
18. Rob Cohen's original casting choices for Dominic Toretto & Brian O'Connor were Mario Lopez & Mark Paul-Gosselaar but studio executives feared that reteaming two Saved By The Bell co-stars would confuse the audience. Personally I would have found it hilarious if they were cast could you imagine a fan theory that found some weird way to connect Saved By The Bell & The Fast and The Furious just because these two were cast.
19. When the movie was first submitted to the MPAA they thought of giving the film an R-rating mainly because of some shots showing Vince's mutilated arm during the final robbery so just for the sake of getting a PG-13 rating some of these shots were cut.
So there you have it so things you probably didn't know about The Fast and The Furious I hoped you enjoyed this. Anyhow I'm looking forward to The Fate of The Furious I hope it's good also they review could be on the day of it's release or Saturday maybe even Sunday or Monday.
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