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** According to William Zabka (Scott [=McCall=]), there were talks of a SpinOff with his character in the starring role, but it never materialized.
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** According to William Zabka Creator/WilliamZabka (Scott [=McCall=]), there were talks of a SpinOff with his character in the starring role, but it never materialized.
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* ReferencedBy: In ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', Doctor Strange tells Peter that an episode of ''The Equalizer'' was shot in the undercroft of the Sanctum Sanctorum in the 80s.
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** In ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet'', Max Belfort is first seen swearing like a sailor when a phone call interrupts his plan to watch ''The Equalizer''; the show's opening sequence is visible on his TV during this.
** In ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', Doctor Strange tells Peter that an episode of ''The Equalizer'' was shot in the undercroft of the Sanctum Sanctorum in the 80s.
** In ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet'', Max Belfort is first seen swearing like a sailor when a phone call interrupts his plan to watch ''The Equalizer''; the show's opening sequence is visible on his TV during this.
** In ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', Doctor Strange tells Peter that an episode of ''The Equalizer'' was shot in the undercroft of the Sanctum Sanctorum in the 80s.
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** Creator/GerardButler was considered for Robert [=McNall=].
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* TheCastShowoff: Very (extremely very) occasionally an episode has used, to perfect effect, Creator/EdwardWoodward's magnificent singing voice by having [=McCall=] croon a few lines of a song at tender or melancholic moments.
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* AbilityOverAppearance: Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz fought for the role of Teri when she found out it was written for someone of 24. She presented herself so well that Creator/AntoineFuqua immediately made the change.
* ActorInspiredElement: The script originally had no back story about Robert, so Creator/DenzelWashington contributed much to the character's background and back story, including his OCD. In addition to his daily physical and fight training before filming, Washington met and interviewed several real-life OCD sufferers in order to gain insights on how to play that disorder correctly.
* ActorInspiredElement: The script originally had no back story about Robert, so Creator/DenzelWashington contributed much to the character's background and back story, including his OCD. In addition to his daily physical and fight training before filming, Washington met and interviewed several real-life OCD sufferers in order to gain insights on how to play that disorder correctly.
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* ChannelHop: The series was made by Universal, but the film was produced by Columbia.
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* ChannelHop: The series was made by Universal, Creator/{{Universal}}, but the film was produced by Columbia.Creator/ColumbiaPictures.
* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: It was announced in 2010 that Creator/RussellCrowe was going to star with Paul Haggis directing.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/NicolasWindingRefn was the original director, but he left the project one month later when he could not agree to contractual terms with the producers on his deal.
** Creator/GerardButler was considered for Robert [=McNall=].
** Creator/NinaDobrev, Creator/AnnaKendrick and Creator/KellyMacdonald were considered for Teri.
* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: It was announced in 2010 that Creator/RussellCrowe was going to star with Paul Haggis directing.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/NicolasWindingRefn was the original director, but he left the project one month later when he could not agree to contractual terms with the producers on his deal.
** Creator/GerardButler was considered for Robert [=McNall=].
** Creator/NinaDobrev, Creator/AnnaKendrick and Creator/KellyMacdonald were considered for Teri.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: Sometimes while on location on the streets of New York, Woodward would add money to parking meters that he noticed were about to expire, to save complete strangers a ticket -- an act that some NYC officials called (mildly) illegal. He would often leave a small card marked "Compliments of The Equalizer." Once the show became a hit, Woodward was also approached for assistance by so many people he started carrying leaflets for organisations that could actually help people in trouble.
* IAmNotSpock: During the height of the show's popularity, Creator/EdwardWoodward was often approached on the street by people in need, with situations similar to those depicted in the show. He began carrying flyers with the phone numbers of social services organizations and legal clinics for them to contact.
* IAmNotSpock: During the height of the show's popularity, Creator/EdwardWoodward was often approached on the street by people in need, with situations similar to those depicted in the show. He began carrying flyers with the phone numbers of social services organizations and legal clinics for them to contact.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: Sometimes while on location on the streets of New York, Woodward would add money to parking meters that he noticed were about to expire, to save complete strangers a ticket -- an act that some NYC officials called (mildly) illegal. He would often leave a small card marked "Compliments of The Equalizer." Once the show became a hit, [[IAmNotSpock Woodward was also approached for assistance by so many people people]] he started carrying leaflets for organisations that could actually help people in trouble.
* IAmNotSpock: During the height of the show's popularity, Creator/EdwardWoodward was often approached on the street by people in need, with situations similar to those depicted in the show. He begancarrying flyers with the phone numbers of social services service organizations and legal clinics for them to contact.contact.
* OutOfOrder: Some networks aired the second episode "China Rain" first instead of the pilot episode "The Equalizer", presumably because it concentrates on a single case and has an action-packed climax, making it a better audience hook.
* IAmNotSpock: During the height of the show's popularity, Creator/EdwardWoodward was often approached on the street by people in need, with situations similar to those depicted in the show. He began
* OutOfOrder: Some networks aired the second episode "China Rain" first instead of the pilot episode "The Equalizer", presumably because it concentrates on a single case and has an action-packed climax, making it a better audience hook.
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* IAmNotSpock: During the height of the show's popularity, Creator/EdwardWoodward was often approached on the street by people in need, with situations similar to those depicted in the show. He began carrying flyers with the phone numbers of social services organizations and legal clinics for them to contact.
* RealLifeRelative: Creator/EdwardWoodward's second wife, Michele Dotrice, appeared as the central character in the season 2 episode, "Heartstrings". Her father, Roy Dotrice, also guest-starred on the show in season 4's "Trial By Ordeal". Edward Woodward's son, actor Tim Woodward, appeared as [=McCall=]'s father in a flashback scene in "Prisoners of Conscience", also in season 4.
* RealLifeRelative: Creator/EdwardWoodward's second wife, Michele Dotrice, appeared as the central character in the season 2 episode, "Heartstrings". Her father, Roy Dotrice, also guest-starred on the show in season 4's "Trial By Ordeal". Edward Woodward's son, actor Tim Woodward, appeared as [=McCall=]'s father in a flashback scene in "Prisoners of Conscience", also in season 4.
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** Universal requested a script for a crossover episode with ''Series/MagnumPI'' despite the objections of the crew due to the vastly different tones of the two shows. Ultimately, the crossover did not happen and the episode was re-written as "Beyond Control".
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* BeamMeUpScotty: The movie opened up with the {{Epigraph}}, "The two most important days of your life are the day you're born and the day you find out why." However, while the movie attributes the quote to Creator/MarkTwain, the actual source of the quote is unknown.
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* BeamMeUpScotty: The movie opened up with the {{Epigraph}}, "The two most important days of your life are the day you're born and the day you find out why." However, while the movie attributes the quote to Creator/MarkTwain, the actual source of the quote is unknown.
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* ColbertBump: Before the movie put the show back in the public consciousness, there was Rob Reiner's epic rant about getting a phone call right when it starts in ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet''.
* BeamMeUpScotty: The movie opened up with the {{Epigraph}}, "The two most important days of your life are the day you're born and the day you find out why." However, while the movie attributes the quote to Mark Twain, the actual source of the quote is unknown.
* BeamMeUpScotty: The movie opened up with the {{Epigraph}}, "The two most important days of your life are the day you're born and the day you find out why." However, while the movie attributes the quote to Mark Twain, the actual source of the quote is unknown.
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* ColbertBump: Before the movie put the show back in the public consciousness, there was Rob Reiner's Creator/RobReiner's epic rant about getting a phone call right when it starts in ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet''.
* BeamMeUpScotty: The movie opened up with the {{Epigraph}}, "The two most important days of your life are the day you're born and the day you find out why." However, while the movie attributes the quote toMark Twain, Creator/MarkTwain, the actual source of the quote is unknown.
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* TheCastShowoff: Very (extremely very) occasionally an episode has used, to perfect effect, Edward Woodward's magnificent singing voice by having [=McCall=] croon a few lines of a song at tender or melancholic moments.
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* StarMakingRole: Long-established in Britain, this series made Edward Woodward a well-known face on the other side of the Atlantic. When he died in 2009, many American news sites put ''The Equalizer'' in its obituary headline.
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* StarMakingRole: Long-established in Britain, this series made Edward Woodward Creator/EdwardWoodward a well-known face on the other side of the Atlantic. When he died in 2009, many American news sites put ''The Equalizer'' in its obituary headline.headline.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/MartinShaw turned down the lead role.
** According to William Zabka (Scott [=McCall=]), there were talks of a SpinOff with his character in the starring role, but it never materialized.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/MartinShaw turned down the lead role.
** According to William Zabka (Scott [=McCall=]), there were talks of a SpinOff with his character in the starring role, but it never materialized.
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* HeyItsThatGuy / HeyItsThatVoice: The series featured a large number of guest stars, some of whom would go on to achieve fame in later years such as Macaulay Culkin, Christian Slater, Kevin Spacey, Steve Buscemi, Laurence Fishburne, and Stanley Tucci. Then there's [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0843775/ Keith Szarabajka]], who kicked off an amazingly extensive genre career with this series.
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* HeyItsThatGuy / HeyItsThatVoice: The series featured a large number of guest stars, some of whom would go on to achieve fame in later years such as Macaulay Culkin, Christian Slater, Kevin Spacey, Steve Buscemi, Laurence Fishburne, and Stanley Tucci. Then there's [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0843775/ Keith Szarabajka]], who kicked off an amazingly extensive genre career with this series.series.
* StarMakingRole: Long-established in Britain, this series made Edward Woodward a well-known face on the other side of the Atlantic. When he died in 2009, many American news sites put ''The Equalizer'' in its obituary headline.
* StarMakingRole: Long-established in Britain, this series made Edward Woodward a well-known face on the other side of the Atlantic. When he died in 2009, many American news sites put ''The Equalizer'' in its obituary headline.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: Sometimes while on location on the streets of New York, Woodward would add money to parking meters that he noticed were about to expire, to save complete strangers a ticket -- an act that some NYC officials called (mildly) illegal. He would often leave a small card marked "Compliments of The Equalizer." Once the show became a hit, Woodward was also approached for assistance by so many people he started carrying leaflets for organisations that could actually help people in trouble.
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