Line #1 Trivia/Collateral


1	* AwardCategoryFraud: When Creator/JamieFoxx was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, a few people protested that he should have been considered the star of the movie, and that Creator/TomCruise only got top billing because he's better known. Another reason for Foxx getting campaigned there was because he was the frontrunner to win Best Actor for ''Film/{{Ray}}'' that same year, and the studios wanted to avoid potentially splitting the votes for his performances.
2	* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/TomCruise went SilverFox to play Vincent. He also went through intense firearms training and practiced going incognito (by successfully spending a day going around in public as a [=FedEx=] delivery man, with only a hat and sunglasses as a disguise, and not having a single person recognize him) to properly portray a character who's both extremely deadly and capable of slipping away in a crowd.
3	* FakeNationality: Creator/JavierBardem, Spanish born, plays a Mexican cartel gangster.
4	* InspirationForTheWork: Australian Screenwriter Stuart Beattie was only seventeen when he took a cab home from the Sydney airport. It was on that ride that he had the idea of a homicidal maniac sitting in the back of a cab, with the driver nonchalantly entering into conversation with him, trusting his passenger implicitly. Beattie drafted his idea into a two-page treatment. Later, when he was enrolled at Oregon State University, he fleshed it out into his first screenplay. Titled ''The Last Domino'', he put the script away, taking it out occasionally for revisions and re-writes over the following years.
5	* MethodActing:
6	** According to Creator/MichaelMann, Vincent is a man able to get in and out of anywhere without anyone recognizing or remembering him. To prepare for the movie, Creator/TomCruise had to make [=FedEx=] deliveries in a crowded Los Angeles market without anyone recognizing him.
7	** In preparation for his role, Creator/JamieFoxx trained as a cab driver.
8	** Although he never uses his gun in the film, Creator/MarkRuffalo nevertheless underwent rigorous weapons training so he would look believable wielding a gun.
9	* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: Creator/JavierBardem dubbed his character for the Spanish dub of the film.
10	* OnSetInjury: Creator/TomCruise got into a very real car accident on-set. Creator/JamieFoxx was supposed to crash into Cruise's vehicle but slammed into the car a little too hard, causing him to crash into a wall, with Cruise getting a concussion and a gash on his head.
11	* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/TomCruise in only his [[Film/InterviewWithTheVampire second]] ''villain'' role.
12	* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: This movie sat on [=DreamWorks=] development books for three years. Mimi Leder was initially attached to direct until it passed on to Janusz Kaminski. It wasn't until Creator/RussellCrowe became interested in playing Vincent that the project started generating any heat. Crowe brought Creator/MichaelMann on board, but the constant delays pushed Crowe off the project. Mann immediately went to Creator/TomCruise with the idea of him playing the hitman and Creator/AdamSandler as the cabbie.
13	* ThrowItIn: The part at the end where Vincent, in pursuit of Max and Annie, jumps over the chair after smashing the glass with it was a genuine blooper by Cruise. It was left in because Mann thought it looked good for his character.
14	* UncreditedRole: Creator/JasonStatham has a brief uncredited cameo. The character is only credited as “Airport Man” in the credits leading some viewers to suspect the character was meant to be a [[https://screenrant.com/jason-statham-transporter-cameo-collateral-tom-cruise-explained/ Frank Martin cameo]].
15	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
16	** Believe it or not, the original idea was to cast Creator/AlPacino as Vincent and ''Creator/RobertDeNiro'' as Max. Yes, [=DeNiro=]'s casting was to be in [[CastingGag direct homage]] to ''Film/TaxiDriver'' (and possibly to ''Film/{{Heat}}''). Eventually, it was decided to go with younger leads.
17	** Creator/SpikeLee, Creator/MartinScorsese and Creator/StevenSpielberg were all offered the chance to direct the movie. Scorsese and Lee both showed interest before passing on the offer.
18	** The original draft was set in Manhattan, New York. When Creator/MichaelMann came on board, he shifted the setting to LA.
19	** Creator/EdwardNorton, Creator/ColinFarrell and Creator/JohnTravolta were considered for Vincent. Creator/RussellCrowe came close to playing the role, but couldn't commit to the picture because he was busy preparing for the doomed ''Eucalyptus''. Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio was considered, but he was too busy with ''Film/TheAviator''.
20	** Creator/AdamSandler was originally considered for Max, but he dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with ''Film/{{Spanglish}}''. Creator/JohnnyDepp, Music/IceCube were also considered. Creator/CubaGoodingJr met with Mann about the role but Mann turned Gooding down, because he and Cruise had already worked together in ''Film/JerryMaguire''.
21	** Creator/ValKilmer was cast as Detective Fanning, but pulled out before filming began due to schedule conflicts with ''Film/{{Alexander}}''.
22	** Creator/DennisFarina was considered for Frank Pedrosa.
23	** Music/HansZimmer was attached to the film, in an early stage. He was replaced by Music/JamesNewtonHoward, probably by scheduling conflicts.

Context Trivia / Collateral