History Trivia / BabyDriver

* AllStarCast: Aside from Creator/CJJones, You've got some well-known film and television actors as well as a famous musician among the cast. The actors in the movie include Creator/AnselElgort, Creator/LilyJames, Creator/KevinSpacey, Creator/JonHamm, Creator/JamieFoxx, Creator/EizaGonzalez, Creator/JonBernthal, and [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Flea]] of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

* InspirationForTheWork: Creator/EdgarWright's repeated listening to ''Orange'' by Music/TheJonSpencerBluesExplosion provided the impetus for the story. He also cited ''Film/VanishingPoint'', ''Film/TheDriver'', ''Film/PointBreak'', ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' and ''Film/{{Heat}}'' among others as significant influences on the film's visual hallmarks and creative direction.

** Baby is originally completely deafened by [[spoiler:Buddy shooting beside his ears]] in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zu8z4VqrtE original ending]].

* TheRedStapler: Baby's use of Apple iPod Classics (discontinued in 2014, three years before the film was made, and made obsolete by music players on smartphones)[[note]]In interviews, Edgar Wright has said that Baby has so many iPods from all of the cars he stole over the years. If he had been doing it for at least 10 years (as stated by Doc and Bats), it makes sense that he would use an older gadget for his music, in addition to the fact that using a smartphone as opposed to a burner flip phone would make him easier to track by law enforcement.[[/note]] has brought them back into the public eye. During the first week of the film's release, sales of iPods on [=eBay=] increased by ''929%''.

** Creator/LilyJames has been famous for ''Series/DowntonAbbey''f and ''Film/Cinderella2015''. This marks her first major role that's not a CostumeDrama or PeriodPiece.

* FakeAmerican: English Creator/LilyJames dons a Southern accent to portray Deborah.

* FakeAmerican: Creator/LilyJames dons a Southern accent to portray Deborah.

** Director example. Though he's best known for directing the comedic ''Film/ThreeFlavoursCornettoTrilogy' and ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', this is Creator/EdgarWright's first action film (prior to his 2014 departure from the film, ''Film/AntMan1'' was going to be his first action film) and also his most grounded and least comedic film to date.

** Director example. Though he's best known for directing the comedic ''Film/BloodAndIceCreamTrilogy'' and ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', this is Creator/EdgarWright's first action film (prior to his 2014 departure from the film, ''Film/AntMan1'' was going to be his first action film) and also his most grounded and least comedic film to date.
** Creator/LilyJames has been famous for ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' and ''Film/Cinderella2015''. This marks her first major role that's not a CostumeDrama or PeriodPiece.

* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/EdgarWright wanted all the driving and stunts to be done with practical effects, rather than CGI. Also all the cars' license plates are release dates for his other films.

* FakeAmerican: Deborah is played by English actress Creator/LilyJames.

* AllStarCast: Aside from Creator/CJJones, You've got some well-known film and television actors as well as a famous musician among the cast. The actors in the movie include Creator/AnselElgort, Creator/KevinSpacey, Creator/JonHamm, Creator/JamieFoxx, Creator/EizaGonzalez, Creator/JonBernthal, and [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Flea]] of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

** Originally only one of the robber's masks was supposed to be of Film/AustinPowers, with the other two being the correct [[Franchise/Halloween Michael Myers]] masks, but Wright couldn't get clearance to use it, so he just made them all Austin Powers.

* FakeAmerican: Deborah is played by British actress Creator/LilyJames.

* AllStarCast: Aside from Creator/CJJones, You've got some well-known film and television actors as well as a famous musician among the cast. The actors in the movie include Creator/AnselElgort, Creator/KevinSpacey, Creator/JonHamm, Creator/JamieFoxx, Creator/EizaGonzalez, Creator/JonBernthal, and [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Flea]] of the Red Hot Chili Peppers playing specific characters in the film.

* AllStarCast: Aside from Creator/CJJones, You've got some well-known film and television actors as well as a famous musician among the cast. You've got Creator/AnselElgort, Creator/KevinSpacey, Creator/JonHamm, Creator/JamieFoxx, Creator/EizaGonzalez, Creator/JonBernthal, and [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Flea]] of the Red Hot Chili Peppers playing specific characters in the film.

** Austin Powers masks ended up being extremely popular that Halloween resulting in them being sold out in many places.

** Originally only one of the robber’s masks was supposed to be of Austin Powers, with the other two being the correct Michael Myers masks, but Wright couldn't get clearance to use it, so he just made them all Austin Powers.

* AllStarCast: Aside from Creator/CJJones, You've got some well-known film and television actors as well as a famous musician such as Creator/AnselElgort, Creator/KevinSpacey, Creator/JonHamm, Creator/JamieFoxx, Creator/EizaGonzalez, Creator/JonBernthal, and [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Flea]] of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

* AllStarCast: Aside from Creator/CJJones, You've got some well-known film and television actors as well as a famous musician such as Creator/AnselElgort, Creator/KevinSpacey, Creator/JonHamm, Creator/JamieFoxx, Creator/EizaGonzalez, Creator/JonBernthal and [[Creator/RedHotChiliPeppers Flea]] of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

* AllStarCast: You've got some well-known film and television actors among the cast such as Creator/AnselElgort, Creator/KevinSpacey, Creator/JonHamm, Creator/JamieFoxx, Creator/EizaGonzalez and Creator/JonBernthal in the cast.

* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/EdgarWright wanted all the driving and stunts to be done with practical effects, rather than CGI. Also all the cars' licence plates are release dates for his other films.

* TheRedStapler: Baby's use of Apple iPod Classics (discontinued in 2014, three years before the film was made, and made obsolete by music players on smartphones)[[note]]In interviews, Edgar Wright has said that Baby has so many iPods from all of the cars he stole over the years. If he had been doing it for at least 10 years (as stated by Doc and Bats), it makes sense that he would use an older gadget for his music, in addition to the fact that using a smartphone as opposed to a burner flip phone would make him easier to track by law enforcement.[[/note]] has brought them back into the public eye. During the first week of the film's release, sales of iPods on Ebay increased by ''929%''.

* SleeperHit: A low-budget movie originally intended to release in the {{Dump Month|s}} of August, the film's release date was pushed forward to a late June release date following universal acclaim after being screened at South By Southwest. Critics and audiences shared this enthusiasm for the film once it opened, causing it to recoup nearly all of its production budget in its first week of play alone. It also broke Edgar Wright's cold streak at the American box office; it took all of six days to pass ''Scott Pilgrim'' as Wright's highest-grossing film Stateside and has easily cleared the rest of his resume to become his highest-grossing film worldwide.

** Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/ChloeMoretz and Creator/EmmaStone were all attached to the movie at some point. It's presumed that Douglas was considered for the role of Doc, Moretz was considered for the role of Debora and Stone was considered for the role of either Deborah or Monica.

* FakeAmerican: Deborah is played by British actress Lily James.

* DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: Joseph is deaf and is played by CJ Jones, who is deaf in real life.

** Director example. Though he's best known for directing the comedic ''Film/BloodAndIceCreamTrilogy'' and ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', this is Creator/EdgarWright's first action film (prior to his 2014 departure from the film, ''Film/AntMan'' was going to be his first action film) and also his most grounded and least comedic film to date.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Mercedes-Benz Stadium was under construction when ''Film/BabyDriver'' was filmed, effectively dating the film to 2016. The stadium is visible in the opening chase scene, when the APD deploys a spike strip to try and stop Baby, and he catches the strip to disable an APD Explorer.