Trivia / 2 Fast 2 Furious

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• Awesome, Dear Boy: John Singleton had seen the first film and was awed by it, saying:
  When I saw The Fast and the Furious, I was like, "Damn, why didn't I think of that?" Growing up in South Central L.A., we had street races all the time.
• B-Team Sequel: Neither Vin Diesel nor director Rob Cohen returned for this film, as they worked on xXx at the time.
• Irony as She Is Cast: Before production of the film began, Devon Aoki did not have a driver's license, nor any driving experience.
• No Stunt Double: When Brian wins the first race, he powerslides toward the crowd. Paul Walker actually performed this stunt himself, among many other in this film and the prequel, as he was a big fan of street racing and a good driver.
• One-Take Wonder: The stunt wherein 1969 Yenko Camaro SYC crashes onto Carter Verone's boat was performed in one take. Beforehand, John Singleton predicted the sequence would take multiple shots to complete.
• The Danza: Roberto, one of Verone's bodyguards, was dubbed in Latin Spanish by Roberto Mendiola.
• The Other Darrin:
  • In the Canadian French dub of the first film, Agent Bilkins was voiced by Hubert Gagnon. Here, he's instead voiced by Yves Corbeil.
  • In the Latin American Spanish dub, Víctor Hugo Aguilar replaces Carlos Aguila as Agent Bilkins.
• Prop Recycling: The cars Brian races against at the beginning are the same models that won the major races in the first film and they reach the bridge in reverse order of their appearance in the first movie. The stunt crew actually reused some of the stunt cars from the original (they were, of course, modified to resemble the cars in the sequel).
• Real-Life Relative: In the Latin American Spanish dub, Enrique is voiced by Victor Covarrubias, the nephew of Brian's voice actor, Jesús Barrero.
• Throw It In!:
  • To keep the feel of the movie interesting, John Singleton often encouraged the actors to improvise during filming. Many of the humorous moments on screen are ad-libbed.
  • The scene wherein the red car was crushed under the wheels of a truck was an accident that occurred during filming.
• Wag the Director: There was originally a love scene between Brian and Monica, but Eva Mendes requested that it be removed.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Universal had two different scripts commissioned. The first script featured Toretto, while the second script did not, in case Vin Diesel decided not to return.
  • The first draft of the script actually had the character of Markham being in cahoots with Carter Verone the entire time.
  • John Singleton originally wanted Ja Rule to reprise his Edwin character from the original. Ja turned it down feeling, as Singleton put it, "He was too big" for the role. This led Singleton to create the Tej Parker character. 50 Cent was considered for the role.
  • Early drafts of the script featured a scene where Brian played a game of pick up basketball with Roman's cousins Flip and Samuel. Flip was to be played by rapper Fabolous and Samuel was was to be played by Alonzo Mourning.
• You Sound Familiar: In the Latin American Spanish dub, Roman Pearce is voiced by Salvador Delgado, who voiced Dominic Toretto in the first movie.

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