Trivia / Exit Wounds

• Completely Different Title: In Poland, the film was titled Mroczna Dzielnica (Dark District).
• Creator Backlash: Eva Mendes called this a "terrible movie". She would recall on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart that it wasn't until watching the movie that she discovered that her entire performance was dubbed over by an unidentified actress and upon questioning it, she was told that executives thought that she didn't sound "intelligent enough."
• Dyeing for Your Art: According to Tom Arnold, the studio wanted Steven Seagal to wear a hairpiece, but he refused to wear one that cost $100,000 and simply dyed his hair black with a sharpie.
• Fatal Method Acting: During filming in Hamilton, a van was being towed along a street upside-down as part of a chase scene; stuntman Chris Lamon and another man were supposed to roll safely out, but Lamon apparently struck his head, and died six days later. Todd Schroeder suffered a concussion in the same incident. The scene was re-shot with the van moving slower and the stuntmen placed differently.
• Hostility on the Set: DMX did not enjoy working with Steven Seagal, describing him as a "dickhead".
• Stunt Double: Joseph Billingiere served as the stunt double of Steven Seagal. According to Billingiere in an online interview, Seagal was adamant about casting him as his double, claiming he was the only one who could accurately replicate his movements. Seagal was "ready to shut down the movie" if Billingiere was not cast.
• Throw It In!: According to Stephen Quadros, the fight scene between Steven Seagal and Michael Jai White was not choreographed in advance; Seagal and White ad-libbed it during production.
• Wag the Director: Tom Arnold told a hilarious story about this backfiring on Steven Seagal.

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