History Trivia / SinCity

** Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall was considered for Dwight.

** Creator/AngelinaJolie was Rodriguez's original choice for Ava Lord in the sequel, so much so that he was delaying production to correspond with her pregnancy. Creator/AmyAdams, Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/SalmaHayek, Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/JenniferLawrence, Creator/RoseMcGowan, Creator/RachelWeisz and Creator/MichelleWilliams were also considered.

* CastingGag:
** Ava and Damien Lord as an estranged husband and wife. They're played by Eva Green and Marton Csokas, former lovers who had already broken up.
** Creator/AlexisBledel plays a young woman with deep love and concern [[Series/GilmoreGirls for her mother]].

* AwesomeDearBoy: Some of the cast of ''Sin City'' signed on after seeing the test footage which would eventually become the opening scene. In the making-of it's noted that a lot of them had wanted to play FilmNoir characters for a long time, such as Creator/BruceWillis. Also, many cast members signed on due to other actors being in talks. Considering the [[AllStarCast large cast of famous faces]], this seems reasonable.

!!These comicbooks and films [[ImageSource provide the page image]] for:

* Comicbooks:
** ArrowGram
** DecapitationPresentation
* Films:
** CradlingYourKill
** FourEyesZeroSoul
** GratuitousSpecialEffects

* ActorAllusion:
** When one cop advises another to kill Hartigan without hesitation, they're quickly dispatched and Hartigan quips "Good advice". In ''Film/DieHard'', a terrorist who tells John [=McClane=] to kill without hesitation is offed, with [=McClane=] snarking "Thanks for the advice". Both played by Creator/BruceWillis, lying on his back and shooting upwards both times. Frank Miller even said that he thought of that very scene from ''Die Hard'' when he drew that scenario in "That Yellow Bastard". Little did he know…
** In the film of ''A Dame to Kill For'', the way Hartigan's ghost talks to Nancy is very reminiscent of Creator/BruceWillis's role in ''Film/TheSixthSense''.
** Creator/ChristopherMeloni playing a cop with marital problems, anger issues, has a dim view of rape and eventually JumpsOffTheSlipperySlope? Gee, [[Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit where have we seen this before?]]
** Gail calls Dwight 'Lancelot.' Around this time Creator/CliveOwen had also starred in ''Film/KingArthur'', though playing Arthur and not Lancelot.
** Creator/JamieChung takes up a sword to become a fearsome warrior in the second movie, around the time she was doing it in [[Series/OnceUponATime another show]].
** Creator/MichaelMadsen amusingly shows up right after someone else gets their [[Film/ReservoirDogs ear blown off]]. Although this time ''he's'' the cop.

** Creator/JohnnyDepp was the first choice for the role of Jackie Boy. But Creator/RobertRodriguez saw Creator/BenicioDelToro at the Academy Awards with long hair and immediately knew he was perfect. Creator/AdrianBrody auditioned for the role. Depp is, however, still in consideration for the role of Wallace if ''To Hell and Back'' is adapted.
** Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio was in talks for the role of Junior. But he eventually declined, and Nick Stahl was cast instead.
** Creator/SteveBuscemi was considered for Junior.
** Creator/MichaelDouglas turned down the role of Hartigan. Creator/MattDillon was also considered.

** Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall was considered for Dwight.
** Creator/KateBosworth was the first choice for Gail.

** The first film was planned to include the "Hell And Back" sequence with Johnny Depp as Wallace. It was eventually scrapped and didn't materialize in the sequel.

** Jamie Chung takes up a sword to become a fearsome warrior in the second movie, around the time she was doing it in [[Series/OnceUponATime another show]].

* CastTheExpert: Jamie Chung had only a day to prepare for her role as Miho in the second film, but had already undergone weapons and fight training for ''Film/SuckerPunch'' and ''Series/OnceUponATime''.

** Dennis Haysbert replaces Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan as Manute.
** Jamie Chung replaces Devon Aoki as Miho, due to the latter being pregnant while filming was going on.

* TypeCasting: Mickey Rourke as an ugly, down on his luck bruiser with a heart of gold? He was born to play Marv. In fact, when Creator/FrankMiller met Rourke, the only thing he wrote down in his notes was, "Met Mickey Rourke -- HE IS MARV."

* ContractualPurity: It appears as if Creator/ElijahWood and Alexis Bledel were attempting to break out of it, respectively playing a cannibal and a hooker. Wood had just come off playing Frodo Baggins, while Bledel had been known for ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' and ''Film/TheSisterhoodOfTheTravellingPants''. The sequel also features a cameo from Alexa Vega as a stripper - Vega had been a child star best known for ''Film/SpyKids'', also directed by Creator/RobertRodriguez.

** Creator/RobertRodriguez originally asked Creator/HansZimmer to score the music, but Zimmer couldn't accept it, as he was in England at the time preparing ''Film/BatmanBegins'.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Creator/JessicaAlba signed on not knowing that Nancy dances completely naked. She asked for the nudity to be removed. Creator/RobertRodriguez and Creator/FrankMiller agreed, feeling there was no need for it.
* SelfAdaptation: Creator/FrankMiller was a co-director on ''Sin City'', as Creator/RobertRodriguez felt that being such a direct adaptation of the original comics (the visual compositions usually being directly lifted from the panels) meant that most of his directorial work had already been done for him by the creator.

** Creator/UmaThurman, Creator/SarahJessicaParker, Creator/AshleyJudd, Creator/CarrieAnneMoss and Creator/NaomiWatts were considered for Lucille.

** Creator/AngelinaJolie was Rodriguez's original choice for Ava Lord in the sequel, so much so that he was delaying production to correspond with her pregnancy. Creator/AmyAdams, Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter, Creator/SalmaHayek, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/JenniferLawrence, Creator/RoseMcGowan, Creator/RachelWeisz and Creator/MichelleWilliams were also considered.

** Creator/JohnnyDepp was the first choice for the role of Jackie Boy. But Creator/RobertRodriguez saw Creator/BenicioDelToro at the Academy Awards with long hair and immediately knew he was perfect. Creator/AdrianBrody auditioned for the role.

* DevelopmentHell:
** The movie sequels, until 2012.
** In the past Frank Miller has promised several new stories, including a Hartigan prequel, a Jackie Boy prequel, a story set in 1940, and a story set in the Sin City's founding during the Gold Rush. So far, the only new stories written are the two featured in ''Sin City 2''.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - Budget, estimated between $60 million to $70 million. Box office, $35,093,856. The nine-year-long gap between the original movie and the sequel and the controversy over Ava Lord's semi nude movie poster most likely contributed to this.

** The first film was planned to include the "Hell And Back" sequence with Johnny Depp as Wallace. It was eventually scrapped and didn't materialise in the sequel.

* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Ron Swanson]] is Schlubb!

** Creator/RobertRodriguez originally asked Creator/HansZimmer to score the music, but Zimmer couldn't accept it, as he was in England at the time preparing Film/BatmanBegins.
** Creator/SalmaHayek, Creator/RoseMcGowan, Creator/AngelinaJolie, Creator/RachelWeisz, Creator/MichelleWilliams, Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter, Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/AnneHathaway and Creator/JenniferLawrence were all considered for Ava Lord in the sequel.

* PropRecycling: Miho's swords belonged to the Crazy 88s and her katana was The Bride's from ''Film/KillBill''. Creator/QuentinTarantino, director of Dwight and Jackie Boy's car ride, kept them in his garage and loaned them to the production.

* FakeShemp: Used a lot due to how the movie was shot. Since most of it was green screen, characters could be added in after certain scenes had already been shot. For example, when Marv takes Wendy to Nancy's apartment, Jessica Alba had not been cast yet - so she was added in later. Likewise, Mickey Rourke and Elijah Wood never met until the premiere - despite their characters interacting prominently in the movie.

* ContractualPurity: It appears as if Creator/ElijahWood and Alexis Bledel were attempting to break out of it, respectively playing a cannibal and a hooker. Wood had just come off playing Frodo Baggins, while Bledel had been known for ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' and ''Film/TheSisterhoodOfTheTravellingPants''. The sequel also features a cameo from Alexa Vega as a stripper - Vega had been a child star best known for ''Film/SpyKids''. Ironically both films were directed by Creator/RobertRodriguez.

* ContractualPurity: It appears as if Elijah Wood and Alexis Bledel were attempting to break out of it, respectively playing a cannibal and a hooker. Wood had just come off playing Frodo Baggins, while Bledel had been known for ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' and ''Film/TheSisterhoodOfTheTravellingPants''. The sequel also features a cameo from Alexa Vega as a stripper - Vega had been a child star best known for ''Film/SpyKids''. Ironically both films were directed by Robert Rodriguez.
* CreatorCameo: Creator/FrankMiller himself appears as the corrupt priest Marv kills in confession.

* ContractualPurity: It appears as if Elijah Wood and Alexis Bledel were attempting to break out of it, respectively playing a cannibal and a hooker. Wood had just come off playing Frodo Baggins, while Bledel had been known for ''Gilmore Girls'' and ''The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants''.

** Jamie Cheung replaces Devon Aoki as Miho.

* PlayingGertrude: Hartigan tells Nancy that he's old enough to be her grandfather. There's only twenty six years between him and Creator/JessicaAlba.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The sequel is finally going to be in [[http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2012/04/sin-city-2-is-go-at-last.html production.]]

* CreatorInJoke: Both Nancy and Wendy drive cars with the licence plate 'LEV 311'. Robert Rodriguez gives that to his favourite female characters in all his movies. It's a reference to his wife Lynn Varley, whose birthday is March 11th.

** Creator/RobertRodriguez originally asked Creator/HansZimmer to score the music, but Zimmer couldn't accept it, as he was in England at the time preparing ''Film/BatmanBegins.