History Trivia / HardcoreHenry

** Creator/TimRoth often plays antagonistic characters such as in ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}'' and ''Film/TheHatefulEight''. Here he’s subverts that and plays [[spoiler:Henry’s loving father who gives him a motivational speech whilst dealing with bullies.]]

** The film was originally titled ''Hardcore''.

** [[Creator/TimRoth Tim Roth]] often plays antagonistic characters such as in [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk The Incredible Hulk]] and [[Film/TheHatefulEight The Hateful Eight]]. Here he’s subverts that and plays [[spoiler:Henry’s loving father who gives him a motivational speech whilst dealing with bullies.]]

** In the Japanese dub, [[spoiler:Estelle]] is voiced by [[spoiler:Creator/MaiNakahara]], a voice actress well known for voicing heroic roles, TheCutie or the TokenMiniMoe. Here, [[spoiler:she voices the one of the members of the BigBadDuumvirate]].

** In the Japanese dub, [[spoiler:Estelle]] is voiced by Creator/MaiNakahara, a voice actress well known for voicing heroic roles, TheCutie or the TokenMiniMoe. Here, [[spoiler:she voices the one of the members of the BigBadDuumvirate]].

* PlayingAgainstType: Danila Kozlovsky, who's usually cast as heroic characters in Russian films, playing the gleefully psychotic BigBad Akan.

* TruthInTelevision: Akan claiming that a 100,000 baseball bats were sold in Russia compared to 50 baseballs actually has some truth to it, though the apparent numbers are skewed closer to [[http://tass.com/non-political/819571 500,000:1!]]

* SpectatorCasualty: Fortunately averted, but barely. When ''Hardcore Henry'' was screened in Spain during the Fanter Film Festival 2017, which was hosted in a theater, a spectator in the upper balcony got dizzy while watching the film, toppled against the balustrade and almost fell down.

*** Are you implying that non-western audiences WOULD?

* ProductionPosse: Much of the film's crew was carried over from the ''Bad Motherfucker'' music video that Ilya Naishuller worked on before Hardcore Henry. Oleg Poddubnyy, who played the unnamed antagonist in the music video, is Akan's [[TheDragon Dragon]], Yuri.

** The scene where Henry finds a horse and attempts to ride it was originally planned to have Henry ride it out, only for the horse to be attacked by rabid dogs and Henry [[ShootTheDog having to put it down]]. This was changed as western audiences [[DudeNotFunny weren't likely to have found it amusing]].

* CastTheExpert: The three mercenaries of Akan's who burst into the lab during the start of the film were played by actual Russian SWAT personnel, as Ilya Naishuller wanted the mercenaries to look believable for the first time the audience sees them.

* ThrowItIn: The scene where Henry accidentally knocks down a woman on a escalator during a foot chase wasn't planned. She was an extra who missed her mark and was genuinely knocked to the ground. When they stopped to check on her, she reportedly popped up and asked if they'd gotten the shot

* PlayingAgainstType: Danila Kozlovsky, who's usually cast as heroic characters in Russian films, playing the gleefully psychotic BigBad Akan here.
* ProductionPosse: Much of the film's crew was carried over from the ''Bad Motherfucker'' music video that Ilya Naishuller worked on before Hardcore Henry. Oleg Poddubnyy, who played the unnamed antagonist in the music video, is Akan's [[TheDragon Dragon]] Yuri here.