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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/ShaneBlack felt that the final film focused too much on comedy.
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** Creator/ShaneBlack felt that the final film focused too much on comedy.
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** In later years, Joss Ackland would say while he still liked the movie, he grew tired of people going up to him on the street every day and saying, "Diplomatic immunity."
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: Joss Ackland (Rudd) had lived with his wife in South Africa for two years in the the mid-1950's, but they left because they grew disgusted by the apartheid regime.
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* FakeNationality: None of the [[AmoralAfrikaner Amoral Afrikaners]] are played by actual South Africans. Joss Ackland (Rudd), Patsy Kensit (Rika), and Jim Piddock (Steyner) are English, Derrick O'Connor (Pieter) is Irish, and Creator/MarkRolston (Hans) is American.
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* FakeNationality: None of the [[AmoralAfrikaner Amoral Afrikaners]] are played by actual South Africans. Joss Ackland (Rudd), Patsy Kensit (Rika), and Jim Piddock Creator/JimPiddock (Steyner) are English, Derrick O'Connor Creator/DerrickOConnor (Pieter) is Irish, and Creator/MarkRolston (Hans) is American.
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* CreativeDifferences: Creator/ShaneBlack quit the film after working on it for six months. He wanted the film to focus on action and heroics, while Creator/RichardDonner, Joel Silver and Creator/WarnerBros wanted to focus on comedy.
* CreatorBacklash: Creator/ShaneBlack felt that the final film focused too much on comedy.
* CreatorBacklash: Creator/ShaneBlack felt that the final film focused too much on comedy.
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* SparedByTheCut: {{Inverted}}. An alternate ending had Riggs still with Rika, who is killed in the theatrical cut.
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* FocusGroupEnding: Creator/RichardDonner said in the Blu-ray commentary that the film was shot in such a way that it could be edited with two different endings, one in which Riggs dies and one in which he lives. Test audiences responded well to Riggs' survival, and this was kept, though the last shot with the camera moving away from Murtaugh holding Riggs was shot for the ending in which he dies.
* SparedByTheCut:{{Inverted}}.Originally, Rika was not going to die and in fact one of the earliest scenes shot was a different ending where she attended Thanksgiving with the Murtaughs. Creator/RichardDonner changed his mind on this, as he wanted a bigger reason for Riggs to kill the diplomats. An alternate ending had Riggs still with Rika, who is killed in the theatrical cut.
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** The original script was different. Leo Getz being only a minor character and having only one scene and few lines of dialogue. Lot more violence throughout like South African villains, who were even more vicious in original script than in the final film, torturing Shapiro, a female police officer working with Riggs and Murtaugh (the one who is killed by a bomb in the pool in the film) to death in a very nasty scene. There was also a scene where Riggs is tortured by South Africans in a similar way like he was in the first film but much worse. The script also included an action sequence in which plane full of cocaine gets destroyed causing for cocaine to fall all over L.A like snow. The ending of the script included climactic battle which took place at hills engulfed with big brush fire, and after the destruction of the stilt house, Riggs chases Benedict (original name of the villain Pieter Vorstedt from the movie) who was different and lot more dangerous character in original script and Riggs' "arch-nemesis, his worst nightmare" as Black himself said, into the fire. After the final battle with Benedict, Riggs dies very slowly after he gets stabbed by him. The last scene in Black's script was Murtaugh watching the video tape that Riggs made earlier since he had a premonition that he was going to die and in which he says his goodbye to Murtaugh.
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** The original script was different. Leo Getz being only a minor character and having only one scene and few lines of dialogue. Lot more violence throughout like South African villains, who were even more vicious in original script than in the final film, torturing Shapiro, a female police officer working with Riggs and Murtaugh (the one who is killed by a bomb in the pool in the film) to death in a very nasty scene. There was also a scene where Riggs is tortured by South Africans in a similar way like he was in the first film but much worse. The script also included an action sequence in which plane full of cocaine gets destroyed causing for cocaine to fall all over L.A like snow. The ending of the script included climactic battle which took place at hills engulfed with big brush fire, and after the destruction of the stilt house, Riggs chases Benedict (original name of the villain Pieter Vorstedt from the movie) who was different and lot more dangerous character in original script and Riggs' "arch-nemesis, his worst nightmare" as Black Creator/ShaneBlack himself said, into the fire. After the final battle with Benedict, Riggs dies very slowly after he gets stabbed by him. The last scene in Black's script was Murtaugh watching the video tape that Riggs made earlier since he had a premonition that he was going to die and in which he says his goodbye to Murtaugh.
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** Originally Rika was [[spoiler: not going to die]], and in fact one of the earliest scenes shot was a different ending where she attended Thanksgiving with the Murtaughs. Director Donner changed his mind on this, as he wanted a bigger reason for Riggs to kill the diplomats.
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* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Creator/ShaneBlack and Warren Murphy's treatment was deemed too dark and depressing and was heavily rewritten by Jeffrey Boam, who had served as an uncredited script doctor on the first film. However, Donner and producer Joel Silver insisted on near-constant on-set revisions, necessitating an uncredited Robert Mark Kamen to rewrite much of the characters' dialogue mere minutes before filming. Almost all of the villains' dialogue exchanges were penned by Kamen during principal photography.
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* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Creator/ShaneBlack and Warren Murphy's treatment was deemed too dark and depressing and was heavily rewritten by Jeffrey Boam, who had served as an uncredited script doctor on the first film. However, Donner Creator/RichardDonner and producer Joel Silver insisted on near-constant on-set revisions, necessitating an uncredited Robert Mark Kamen to rewrite much of the characters' dialogue mere minutes before filming. Almost all of the villains' dialogue exchanges were penned by Kamen during principal photography.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film centers around South Africa still being an apartheid state.
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* FakeNationality: None of the [[AmoralAfrikaner Amoral Afrikaners]] are played by actual South Africans. Joss Ackland (Rudd), Patsy Kensit (Rika), and Jim Piddock (Steyner) are English, Derrick O'Connor (Pieter) is Irish, and MarkRolston (Hans) is American.
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* FakeNationality: None of the [[AmoralAfrikaner Amoral Afrikaners]] are played by actual South Africans. Joss Ackland (Rudd), Patsy Kensit (Rika), and Jim Piddock (Steyner) are English, Derrick O'Connor (Pieter) is Irish, and MarkRolston Creator/MarkRolston (Hans) is American.
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* SparedByTheCut: {{Inverted}}. An alternate ending had Riggs still with Rika, who is killed in the theatrical cut.
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* BadExportForYou: The UK DVD cuts the scene where Riggs kills the henchmen after they try to drown him. Unfortunately, they did so in such a way that it ruins the scene.
* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Creator/RichardDonner, Creator/MelGibson and Creator/DannyGlover all named this as their favorite entry in the series.
* TheDanza: In the second film, the carpenter is named [=McGee=]. This is the actual surname of the actor portraying him, Jack [=McGee=].
* FakeNationality: None of the [[AmoralAfrikaner Amoral Afrikaners]] are played by actual South Africans. Joss Ackland (Rudd), Patsy Kensit (Rika), and Jim Piddock (Steyner) are English, Derrick O'Connor (Pieter) is Irish, and MarkRolston (Hans) is American.
* ThrowItIn: Jack [=McGee=] ad-libbed his line about the condom commercial during rehearsals. The cast and crew liked it so much it was kept in the film.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film centers around South Africa still being an apartheid state.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The original script was different. Leo Getz being only a minor character and having only one scene and few lines of dialogue. Lot more violence throughout like South African villains, who were even more vicious in original script than in the final film, torturing Shapiro, a female police officer working with Riggs and Murtaugh (the one who is killed by a bomb in the pool in the film) to death in a very nasty scene. There was also a scene where Riggs is tortured by South Africans in a similar way like he was in the first film but much worse. The script also included an action sequence in which plane full of cocaine gets destroyed causing for cocaine to fall all over L.A like snow. The ending of the script included climactic battle which took place at hills engulfed with big brush fire, and after the destruction of the stilt house, Riggs chases Benedict (original name of the villain Pieter Vorstedt from the movie) who was different and lot more dangerous character in original script and Riggs' "arch-nemesis, his worst nightmare" as Black himself said, into the fire. After the final battle with Benedict, Riggs dies very slowly after he gets stabbed by him. The last scene in Black's script was Murtaugh watching the video tape that Riggs made earlier since he had a premonition that he was going to die and in which he says his goodbye to Murtaugh.
** Creator/JoePantoliano was the first choice to play Leo, but he turned it down, due to a schedule conflict with ''The Last of the Finest''. Creator/DannyDeVito was also considered
** Originally Rika was [[spoiler: not going to die]], and in fact one of the earliest scenes shot was a different ending where she attended Thanksgiving with the Murtaughs. Director Donner changed his mind on this, as he wanted a bigger reason for Riggs to kill the diplomats.
* WorkingTitle: ''Play Dirty''
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Creator/ShaneBlack and Warren Murphy's treatment was deemed too dark and depressing and was heavily rewritten by Jeffrey Boam, who had served as an uncredited script doctor on the first film. However, Donner and producer Joel Silver insisted on near-constant on-set revisions, necessitating an uncredited Robert Mark Kamen to rewrite much of the characters' dialogue mere minutes before filming. Almost all of the villains' dialogue exchanges were penned by Kamen during principal photography.
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* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Creator/RichardDonner, Creator/MelGibson and Creator/DannyGlover all named this as their favorite entry in the series.
* TheDanza: In the second film, the carpenter is named [=McGee=]. This is the actual surname of the actor portraying him, Jack [=McGee=].
* FakeNationality: None of the [[AmoralAfrikaner Amoral Afrikaners]] are played by actual South Africans. Joss Ackland (Rudd), Patsy Kensit (Rika), and Jim Piddock (Steyner) are English, Derrick O'Connor (Pieter) is Irish, and MarkRolston (Hans) is American.
* ThrowItIn: Jack [=McGee=] ad-libbed his line about the condom commercial during rehearsals. The cast and crew liked it so much it was kept in the film.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film centers around South Africa still being an apartheid state.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The original script was different. Leo Getz being only a minor character and having only one scene and few lines of dialogue. Lot more violence throughout like South African villains, who were even more vicious in original script than in the final film, torturing Shapiro, a female police officer working with Riggs and Murtaugh (the one who is killed by a bomb in the pool in the film) to death in a very nasty scene. There was also a scene where Riggs is tortured by South Africans in a similar way like he was in the first film but much worse. The script also included an action sequence in which plane full of cocaine gets destroyed causing for cocaine to fall all over L.A like snow. The ending of the script included climactic battle which took place at hills engulfed with big brush fire, and after the destruction of the stilt house, Riggs chases Benedict (original name of the villain Pieter Vorstedt from the movie) who was different and lot more dangerous character in original script and Riggs' "arch-nemesis, his worst nightmare" as Black himself said, into the fire. After the final battle with Benedict, Riggs dies very slowly after he gets stabbed by him. The last scene in Black's script was Murtaugh watching the video tape that Riggs made earlier since he had a premonition that he was going to die and in which he says his goodbye to Murtaugh.
** Creator/JoePantoliano was the first choice to play Leo, but he turned it down, due to a schedule conflict with ''The Last of the Finest''. Creator/DannyDeVito was also considered
** Originally Rika was [[spoiler: not going to die]], and in fact one of the earliest scenes shot was a different ending where she attended Thanksgiving with the Murtaughs. Director Donner changed his mind on this, as he wanted a bigger reason for Riggs to kill the diplomats.
* WorkingTitle: ''Play Dirty''
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Creator/ShaneBlack and Warren Murphy's treatment was deemed too dark and depressing and was heavily rewritten by Jeffrey Boam, who had served as an uncredited script doctor on the first film. However, Donner and producer Joel Silver insisted on near-constant on-set revisions, necessitating an uncredited Robert Mark Kamen to rewrite much of the characters' dialogue mere minutes before filming. Almost all of the villains' dialogue exchanges were penned by Kamen during principal photography.
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