Trivia / Fury (2014)

• Bilingual Bonus: The driver's nickname is "Gordo". The direct Spanish translation is "Fatso".
• California Doubling: The film's setting of Germany is filmed at England. This is because the Bovington Tank Museum was understandably reluctant to allow any of their priceless and irreplaceable vehicles to be shipped abroad.
• Dawson Casting: Brad Pitt was born in 1963, making him about 50 during filming. Possibly slightly older than the average combat soldier. At the same time, his obvious age and physical scars suggest that he's a WWI veteran, which was common enough among officers and NCOs at the time (such men were commonly called "re-treads" in the US Army). A Deleted Scene explains why Wardaddy enlisted despite being old for it: he's a convicted felon who enlisted for the war mostly because at his trial the judge encouraged him to die for his country instead of spending the rest of his life taking up space in prison and Wardaddy (who was in a Death Seeker frame of mind because he'd accidentally gotten his little brother and wife killed), decided that was damn good advice.
• Deleted Scene: About 50 minutes worth.
  • One is an alternate pacing of the dialogue.
  • One has Gordo explain to Norman the vulnerability of the Sherman tanks, and also shows the hatch Norman uses to escape in the finale.It also features Wardaddy telling Norman NOT to shoot without his clearance, which would've created a plot hole for the later event when Lt. Parker's tank got hit.
  • Another explains the story behind Wardaddy's back scars
• Dyeing for Your Art: Not in the usual sense of hair dye in that Shia LaBeouf actually cut his face, pulled out a tooth, and refused to bathe to get himself more into character. This backfired when he smelled so bad and behaved so oddly that he was kicked out of the cast accommodations.
• Fake American: Englishman Jason Isaacs as a US Army Captain.
• Hostility on the Set:
  • Scott Eastwood nearly got into a fist-fight with Brad Pitt and Shia LaBeouf by spitting tobacco on the tank (which was called for in the script) and arguing with the other two about his habits. Though when asked about this supposed incident, he denied that it happened.
  • LaBeouf's method acting didn't endear him to the cast and crew, particuarly his personal hygiene. It got to the point that he was set up in a nearby bed and breakfast away from everyone for the duration of filming,
• Method Acting:
  • David Ayer encouraged the main cast to spar in-between takes to better understand the sense of conflict and help tighten their camraderie on-screen.
  • As mentioned in Dyeing for Your Art, Shia LaBeouf cut his face and stopped grooming to better portray the part of Bible.
  • The actors were made to live in the tank they used for filming for an extended period of time. Which kind of heightens the words "That's home" when Wardaddy refers to Fury.
• No Stunt Double: Michael Peña did his own stunt driving for the tank.
• On-Set Injury: During filming Oxfordshire, a stuntman was accidentally stabbed in the shoulder by a bayonet during rehearsals.
• Produced By Castmember: Brad Pitt is not only one of the leads, but also executive produced it as well.
• The Red Stapler:
  • Wargaming.net released a special pack that includes a virtual model of the tank, and even the likeness of the characters as the crew. It charges double for what a comparable tank would normally cost.
  • After the film was released, the undercut saw a surge in popularity among young men - after Brad Pitt's hairstyle in it. Type 'Fury' into YouTube and half the search results will be tutorials on how to pull off the style.
  • After the movie was released, most pictures of Sherman Easy Eights on scale model groups and sites had at least a few elements of the Fury tank incorporated in them. The German helmet on the front was especially featured.

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