Trivia / Rapid Fire

• Actor-Shared Background: Jake is of mixed race Chinese and caucasian descent, just like Brandon Lee.
• Mid-Development Genre Shift: It was originally envisioned as a Heroic Bloodshed film, but the studio wanted it to be a martial arts film.
• Missing Trailer Scene: Some lobby cards and theatrical and TV trailers show parts of a deleted fight scene in an army office between Jake and couple of soldiers after he tries to steal files about his dead father.
• Reality Subtext: Jake is struggling with the loss of his father. Brandon Lee lost his own father at a young age.
• Stillborn Franchise: Brandon Lee was reportedly in talks with 20th Century Fox about making Rapid Fire 2, prior to his death.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Brandon Lee originally wanted John Woo to direct, but the studio wanted a straightforward martial-arts film rather than a Heroic Bloodshed film.
  • Kim Basinger, Jennifer Beals, Lorraine Bracco, Kate Capshaw, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jodie Foster, Melanie Griffith, Mariel Hemingway, Madonna, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sharon Stone, Madeleine Stowe, Uma Thurman, Marisa Tomei and Sean Young were all considered for the role of Karla Withers.
  • Alec Baldwin, Jeff Bridges, James Caan, Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Richard Gere, Jeff Goldblum, Mark Harmon, Don Johnson, Michael Keaton, Harvey Keitel, Val Kilmer, Christopher Lambert, Matthew Modine, Michael Nouri, Al Pacino, Alan Rickman, Kurt Russell, John Saxon and Tom Selleck were all considered for the role of Mace Ryan.
• Working Title: Moving Target.

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