History Trivia / TheBourneSeries

* TheWikiRule: [[http://bourne.wikia.com/wiki/The_Bourne_Directory The Bourne Directory]]

* DoingItForTheArt: In ''The Bourne Legacy'', Creator/JeremyRenner actually entered glacier water with little protection.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://bourne.wikia.com/wiki/The_Bourne_Directory The Bourne Directory]].p

* FakeAmerican: Creator/BrianCox (Ward Abbot) is Scottish

* StarMakingRole: Creator/MattDamon has mentioned that despite getting wildly critical acclaim for previous movies, it wasn't until he proved to have Box Office clout that film offers really started to show up.

!!Movies with their own Trivia pages
* ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Trivia/TheBourneIdentity The Bourne Identity]]''
* ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Trivia/TheBourneSupremacy The Bourne Supremacy]]''
* ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Trivia/TheBourneUltimatum The Bourne Ultimatum]]''
* ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Trivia/TheBourneLegacy The Bourne Legacy]]''
* ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Trivia/JasonBourne Jason Bourne]]''

** Creator/JuliaStiles played Nicky Parsons, one of Jason Bourne's field handlers on an extremely sensitive mission and apparently has beyond Top Secret clearance given what she is involved in (monitoring all of the Treadstone field agents). In other words, significantly more dangerous to the Agency than Bourne is if she screws up, or if something was missed in her vetting and she is less than 100% loyal. When ''The Bourne Identity'' was released, Stiles was a very young looking ''21''. There's an attempted HandWave in ''The Bourne Supremacy'' when Nicky explains [[OlderThanSheLooks her cover was an exchange student studying in Paris]].

* TheWikiRule: [[http://bourne.wikia.com/wiki/The_Bourne_Directory The Bourne Directory]].
* The Bourne films 1-3 are three of the [[https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-complete-list-of-movies-and-tv-shows-on-the-interna-1782918945 533 listed movies and Tv shows on board the International Space Station.]]

* The Bourne films 1-3 are three of the 533 listed movies and Tv shows on board the International Space Station.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Doug Liman was pressured by executives at every turn to give them a more bombastic action movie than the slow-burning spy thriller he was making, and when the film tested poorly in early screenings, Universal moved it into a competitive summer window in hopes of quietly burying it and save face from a widely-publicized production battle. Despite the film becoming a critical and commercial smash despite all that, it made it very easy for Doug Liman to move on after ''Identity''.

** Julia Stiles played Nicky Parsons, one of Jason Bourne's field handlers on an extremely sensitive mission and apparently has beyond Top Secret clearance given what she is involved in (monitoring all of the Treadstone field agents). In other words, significantly more dangerous to the Agency than Bourne is if she screws up, or if something was missed in her vetting and she is less than 100% loyal. When ''The Bourne Identity'' was released, Stiles was a very young looking ''21''. There's an attempted HandWave in ''The Bourne Supremacy'' when Nicky explains her cover was an exchange student studying in Paris.

* FakeAmerican: Creator/BrianCox (Ward Abbot) is Scottish.
* FakeRussian : Russian FSB agent Kirill in ''The Bourne Supremacy'' is portrayed by New Zealand actor Karl Urban.
* InMemoriam: ''The Bourne Identity'' is dedicated to Robert Ludlum, creator of the Bourne series, and Claire Hammond, a colleague of director Creator/DougLiman.
* SleeperHit: The first film. It had tested horribly and Universal delayed it for a year to do reshoots. When it opened, it was expected to die a quick death against ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' and ''Film/{{Windtalkers}}''. However, reviews and word-of-mouth turned out to be quite positive and it managed to gross over $100 million at the box office.

** Calgary, Alberta served as Alaska, but that doesn't mean Jeremy Renner didn't actually get into glacier water with little protection.
* DoingItForTheArt: In ''The Bourne Legacy'', Jeremy Renner actually entered glacier water with little protection.
* FakeAmerican: Brian Cox (Ward Abbot) is Scottish.

* DoingItForTheArt: Jeremy Renner actually entered glacier water with little protection.

* FakeRussian : Russian FSB agent Kirill is portrayed by New Zealand actor Karl Urban.
* InMemoriam: The film is dedicated to Robert Ludlum, creator of the Bourne series, and Claire Hammond, a colleague of director Doug Liman.

* UnderAgeCasting: Julia Stiles played Nicky Parsons, one of Jason Bourne's field handlers on an extremely sensitive mission and apparently has beyond Top Secret clearance given what she is involved in (monitoring all of the Treadstone field agents). In other words, significantly more dangerous to the Agency than Bourne is if she screws up, or if something was missed in her vetting and she is less than 100% loyal. When ''The Bourne Identity'' was released, Stiles was a very young looking ''21''. There's an attempted HandWave in ''The Bourne Supremacy'' when Nicky explains her cover was an exchange student studying in Paris.
** In the latest film, unless Alicia Vikander's character is older than she is, the audience is being forced to believe that a 27-year-old could have a high-ranking position in the CIA. Her demands at the end of the film to be put in an even higher ranked position highlight this.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Aside from being Creator/MattDamon's most famous role, Nicky is Julia Stiles, the Professor is Clive Owen, Kirill is [[Film/StarTrek Bones]] & [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Éomer]], Kim is [[Film/MissionImpossible Ethan Hunt's fiance]] and Marie is [[Film/RunLolaRun Lola]].
** [[Series/TheShield Walton]] [[Series/{{Justified}} Goggins]] has a bit role in the first as one of the members working at Treadstone HQ.
** [[Creator/JeremyRenner Hawk]][[ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} eye]] is Aaron Cross.
** Albert Finney, AKA Daddy Oliver Warbucks from Annie 1982, as Hirsch in ''Ultimatum''.
** [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Celeborn]] is Jarda.
** [[Film/{{Gladiator}} Quintus]] is Marshall.
** How can [[Film/{{Predators}} Hanzo]] beat a Predator? He's actually a LARX agent!
** You'd think [[Creator/EdwardNorton Eric Byer]] would know not to assume a target is dead without witnessing it firsthand...it's not like he hasn't [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk pulled the same trick himself.]]
** Australians and foreign cinema buffs from elsewhere will recognise Shane Jacobson as Mackie in ''Legacy''.

** [[TheShield Walton]] [[Series/{{Justified}} Goggins]] has a bit role in the first as one of the members working at Treadstone HQ.

** [[Creator/JeremyRenner Hawk]][[{{Hawkeye}} eye]] is Aaron Cross.