Man on Fire - Il fuoco della vendetta

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The zebra in Pita's house belonged to the real owner of the house. It is a real stuffed zebra. There [...]	D
Christopher Walken's character Paul Rayburn is a reference to The Fan - Il mito (1996), also directe [...]	D
Mickey Rourke and Denzel Washington did not get along during filming.	D
Radha Mitchell was excited to play a character who "got to wear expensive clothes every day."	D
Arnold Schwarzenegger, [link=nm0000230, Kurt Russell, Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Andy Garcia, Kea [...]	D
Denzel Washington complained of feeling bored with acting, before taking on the role of Creasy.	D
Writer Brian Helgeland first saw the original Kidnapping - Pericolo in agguato (1987) when he was re [...]	D
20th Century-Fox wanted the film to be set in Italy. An early script was set in Naples. Tony Scott a [...]	D
Creasy's line, "Revenge is a meal best served cold" is a modified version of the original Klingon pr [...]	D
The kidnappers' first names, Daniel and his brother Aurelio, are the actual first names of real-life [...]	D
Dakota Fanning had a "stunt-belcher" because she couldn't do it.	D
The filmmakers were inspired by City of God (2002), for the gritty visual style of this movie.	D
Tony Scott tried to have a version of the film made in 1983, but since the film would have been his [...]	D
Mickey Rourke's name is mentioned in Una vita al massimo (1993), a previous film directed by Tony Sc [...]	D
Dakota Fanning wrote everything in the diary herself.	D
A deleted scene shows Creasy and Rayburn describing their long history together. Tony Scott said, "I [...]	D
Tony Scott wanted people to experience this movie like "a jigsaw puzzle."	D
Henry Bean worked on screenplay revisions.	D
Radha Mitchell was intimidated when she first met Dakota Fanning: "I want to meet her when she's 25. [...]	D
Tony Scott cast Charles Paraventi after seeing him in City of God (2002). Scott liked him so much th [...]	D
Michael Bay was offered the chance to direct this movie.	D
Denzel Washington stayed in character whenever he was on set.	D
Brian Helgeland was not really keen on writing a movie he probably would not end up directing, so th [...]	D
The kitchen scene between Creasy and Pita, where she asked him about concubines, was mostly ad-libbe [...]	D
Pita's dog is named Sam, ostensibly named after her father, Samuel, but also a reference to the orig [...]	D
Denzel Washington was cast because of a trip to a doctor. He ran into director Tony Scott in the wai [...]	D
In the original ending, Creasy does not die in the car on the way to The Voice's house. The two meet [...]	D
A couple of Mercedes S-classes were bought and utterly destroyed during filming.	D
Dakota Fanning took piano, swimming, and Spanish lessons for her role.	D
Most of the scenes between Denzel Washington and Christopher Walken were completely improvised.	D
The scenes at Pita's school were shot at a convent nearly identical to one Tony Scott visited in Mil [...]	D
Mexico City Police Chief Marcelo Ebrard helped with the movie and hoped it would shine a light on th [...]	D
Dakota Fanning was missing her front teeth during filming. The filmmakers debated whether they shoul [...]	D
Carmen Salinas, credited as 'Guardian Three', passed away on 12/9/21. She was 82 years old.	D
Bollywood film Ek Ajnabee (2005) ("A Stranger") starring Amitabh Bachchan and Arjun Rampal is inspir [...]	D
The kidnappers are modeled after the infamous Arizmendi gang, which made $300 million in ransom in s [...]	D
Tom Cruise, Robert De Niro, Will Smith, and Bruce Willis were offered the role of Creasy.	D
Denzel Washington spent ten days with advanced weapons training specialists to prepare for this role [...]	D
In his commentary for The Taking of Pelham 123, screenwriter Brian Helgeland recounted the filming o [...]	D
Even though it wasn't mentioned in the film, John Creasy was a Force Recon Marine prior to working f [...]	D
Denzel Washington was so impressed with Dakota Fanning's acting that he'd watch her and forget he wa [...]	D
Radha Mitchell had three bodyguards protecting her, when she was in Mexico for filming. She said the [...]	D
Two sex scenes were filmed, but then cut. One was between Creasy and Lisa, and the other between Lis [...]	D
Dakota Fanning's first day of shooting was for the scene where Creasy takes Pita to school for the f [...]	D
Christopher Walken and Mickey Rourke would later work together again the following year in True Crim [...]	D
Creasy's quote about arranging a meeting between the kidnappers and God is similar to a quote incorr [...]	D
Marlon Brando was the original choice to play Rayburn.	D
While in the film Pita survives the kidnapping and Creasy dies at the end, in the novel Pita is kill [...]	D
A deleted scene showed Samuel cutting off his lawyer's head with the sword.	D
Christopher Walken was originally chosen for the role of Samuel Ramos' lawyer, Jordan Kaufus, but Wa [...]	D
Tony Scott decided to make Pita a swimmer after watching his nieces at a meet.	D
Ricardo DarÃn turned down a role. He refused to play a Mexican drug lord.	D
Antoine Fuqua was offered the chance to direct the movie but he was already busy with production on [...]	D
The production hired 70 local actors and 11,000 extras during more than three months of filming.	D
Mexico City police told Tony Scott that his crew was targeted for kidnapping. Several crew members w [...]	D
Tony Scott had Marc Anthony look at a photo of his real daughter to get him more emotional.	D
Denzel Washington kept a low profile in Mexico. He was surrounded by bodyguards at all times.	D
In an interview with "The Sunday Times", Tony Scott revealed that he offered the role of Creasy to R [...]	D
The actor who played Aurelio (Gero Camilo) didn't speak English at all.	D
Denzel Washington worked with a voice coach for three months to learn American-accented Spanish.	D

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