History Trivia / GoodTime

** Creator/RobertPattinson got involved into ''Good Time'' because he was enamored by seeing a banner ad for the Safdies' previous film, ''Film/HeavenKnowsWhat''. He was obsessed to a point where he offered to do anything for their next film, even catering.

** Really, this is how Pattinson and Benny got into character as Connie and Nick as they did stuff like sending letters to each other and working at a car wash together in-character as a way to develop the dynamic between the two.

** The Safdies considered using a [[DisabledCharacterDisabledActor mentally disabled actor for Nick]] for a while, but was recasted to Benny. This is mainly both because the Safdies were concerned with having such an actor in this type of movie and Benny himself said that he took the role as a challenge of his acting abilities.
** Music/IggyPop was not their first choice of guest musician for the soundtrack's big final number--that honor would have gone to Lewis Baloue, were he not so elusive that they and Lopatin all felt it would be rude to keep trying.

* CastTheExpert: The bail bondsman was originally played by Creator/EricRoberts, but the Safdies decided that the scene came across as too artificial, so they reshot the scene with a real bail bondsman. They noted with satisfaction that he added a line, "Lovely," when he knew that his character would be receiving information from the jail over the phone. The guards and inmates at Rikers are also essentially playing themselves.
** On a Downplayed and slightly darker note, Ray’s actor was formerly an ex-criminal, which explains why his character felt more like a real person.

** The Safdies considered using a mentally disabled actor for Nick for a while, but was recasted to Benny. This is mainly both because the Safdies were concerned with having such an actor in this type of movie and Benny himself said that he took the role as a challenge of his acting abilities.

** Creator/RobertPattinson got involved into ''Good Time'' because he was enamored by seeing a banner ad for the Safdies' previous film, ''Film/HeavenKnowsWhat''. He was obsessed to a point where he offered to anything for their next film, even catering.

* WordOfGod: The Safdies wrote up a complete life story for Connie, literally from his birth to the opening scene of the film. This includes backstory stuff like his relationship with family and his [[StartOfDarkness crimes as a teen]], but it was many used for Pattinson to inform his acting.

** Creator/RobertPattinson got involved into ''Good Time'' because he was enamored by seeing a banner ad for the Safdies' previous film, ''Heaven Knows What''. He was obsessed to a point where he offered to anything for their next film, even catering.

* DirectedByACastMember: Benny Safdie who plays Nick also co-directed the movie.

* ProductionPosse: The Safdie brothers re-enlist co-writer/co-editor Ronald Bronstein, cinematographer Sean Price Williams, producers Sebastian Bear [=McClard=] and Oscar Boyson, casting director Eleonore Hendricks, and actors Buddy Duress and Music/{{Necro}}.

* CastTheExpert: The bail bondsman, the guards and inmates at Rikers are essentially playing themselves.

* TheOtherMarty: Creator/EricRoberts was originally cast as the bail bondsman Connie sees at the beginning, but he was sacked because of CreativeDifferences. He was then replaced with the actual bail bondsman at the shooting location.

** Pattinson lived in a squalid basement apartment during the shoot, wore Connie's clothes and spoke exclusively in a Queens accent throughout the whole shoot.

* MethodActing: Pattinson lived in a squalid basement apartment during the shoot, wore Connie's clothes and spoke exclusively in a Queens accent throughout the whole shoot.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to Robert Pattinson, each draft was radically different than the last. The first draft was more of a comedy with Connie getting out of jail, joining an acting class with Ray, his brother in this version, and using the latex masks to rob banks, while the second draft had a FreakyFridayFlip.

* CelebrityCameo: Is that muMs da Schemer driving a hospital bus?
** Music/{{Necro}}'s role also qualifies as such, having played a bigger role in ''Heaven Knows What'', the Safdie brothers' previous film.

* ProductionPosse: The Safdie brothers re-enlist co-writer/co-editor Ronald Bronstein, cinematographer Sean Price Williams, producers Sebastian Bear [=McClard]=] and Oscar Boyson, casting director Eleonore Hendricks, and actors Buddy Duress and Music/{{Necro}}.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to Robert Pattinson, each draft was radically different than the last. The first draft was more of a comedy with Connie getting out of jail, joining an acting class with Ray, his brother in this version, and using the latex masks to rob banks, while the second draft had a FreakyFridaySwitch.

* ProductionPosse: The Safdie brothers re-enlist co-writer/co-editor Ronald Bronstein, cinematographer Sean Price Williams, producers Sebastian Bear McClard and Oscar Boyson, casting director Eleonore Hendricks, and actors Buddy Duress and Music/{{Necro}}.

** Music/{{Necro}}'s role also qualifies as such, having played a bigger role in ''Heaven Knows What'', the Safdie brothers' previous film.