History Trivia / EightMile

--> "I can't remember who they cast for that role in the end, but he did a better job than we would have."

* Papa Doc shares his background with Creator/AnthonyMackie: he grew up middle class, went to a private school, and his parents stayed married and in love.

* BreakawayPopHit: Not that the movie itself wasn't popular, but "Lose Yourself" is still a routine pick for Em's best song to this day while the film is mostly seen as a product of its time.

* UnderageCasting: Creator/MichaelShannon, who plays Greg, Rabbit's mother's abusive boyfriend, is actually almost two years younger than Music/{{Eminem}}.

* DyeingForYourArt: Music/{{Eminem}} lost twenty-four pounds for the role. He also dyed his famously bleached blond hair to black at the request of the director - so that people would [[IAmNotLeonardNimoy see him as Jimmy and not Eminem]].
* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Music/{{Eminem}} improvised his lyrics and changed the lyrics in the battle rap scenes. This threw off the other rappers.

* RealitySubtext: The sheet of paper that Jimmy writes on the bus is the real paper that Eminem wrote "Lose Yourself" on.
* ReleaseDateChange: The film's release date was pushed back from July 8, 2002, to November 8, 2002.

* StillbornFranchise: The film ''Film/{{Southpaw}}'' was originally imagined as a direct sequel with Eminem reprising his role - now as an out-of-luck boxer trying to regain custody of his daughter. Along the way, things changed and the script was reworked into the Creator/JakeGyllenhaal film it became - Eminem staying on to write the soundtrack. Interestingly, Creator/RogerEbert said in his review that he would be interested in seeing a sequel showing Rabbit entering the music industry.

* BreakawayPopHit: Not that the movie itself wasn't popular, but "Lose Yourself" is still considered Em's best song by a wide margin while the film is mostly seen as a product of it's time.

* AFIS100Years100Songs:
** #93, "Lose Yourself"

** Creator/ElizaDushku, Creator/SarahMichelleGellar, and Creator/ChristinaRicci were considered for Alex.

** Proof was originally supposed to play Future, who is an {{Expy}} of him. They then decided to cast a more experienced actor, and Proof was given the smaller role of Lil' Tic. Taryn Manning was going to play Alex but ended up playing Janeane instead. Creator/GiovanniRibisi was also slated to play Wink, but got recast.

* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Eminem had very little time to work on "Lose Yourself" while shooting the film and used any given opportunity to have a pen and paper in front of him to scribble down lyrics. In some cases, he was writing ''as he was being filmed'', such as Jimmy's ride home on the city bus after his first rap battle.

* BreakawayPopHit: Not that the movie itself wasn't popular, but "Lose Yourself" is still considered Em's best song by a wide margin while ''8 Mile'' is mostly seen as a product of it's time.

* RomanceOnTheSet: Creator/BrittanyMurphy later revealed that she had become romantically involved with Eminem during production.

* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Before becoming an Avenger]] and getting his ass handed to him by [[Film/AntMan a petty burglar turned superhero who can change sizes on the fly]], [[Creator/AnthonyMackie Sam Wilson]] first got his ass handed to him (metaphorically that is) by Not-Eminem.

* DyeingForYourArt: Eminem lost twenty-four pounds for the role. He also dyed his famously bleached blond hair to black at the request of the director - so that people would [[IAmNotLeonardNimoy see him as Jimmy and not Eminem]].

** Quentin Tarantino was very interested in directing, but was too busy with ''Film/KillBill''. Danny Boyle was also considered as a potential director.

** Proof was originally supposed to play Future, who is an {{Expy}} of him. They then decided to cast a more experienced actor, and Proof was given the smaller role of Lil' Tic. Taryn Manning was going to play Alex but ended up playing Janeane instead. Giovanni Ribisi was also slated to play Wink, but got recast.
** The film ''Southpaw'' was originally imagined as a direct sequel with Eminem reprising his role - now as an out-of-luck boxer trying to regain custody of his daughter. Along the way, things changed and the script was reworked into the Creator/JakeGyllenhaal film it became - Eminem staying on to write the soundtrack.

* BreakawayPopHit: While the movie itself is well respected, Music/{{Eminem}}'s "Lose Yourself" is considered to be this by a lot of people.

* BreakawayPopHit: While the movie itself is well respected, "Lose Yourself" is considered by a lot of people to be Music/{{Eminem}}'s MagnumOpus.

* BreakawayPopHit: While the movie itself is well respected, "Lose Yourself" is considered by a lot of people to be Music/{{Eminem}}'s MagnumOpus.