History Trivia / Predator2

* DeletedScene: Deleted material included explicitly stating that Leona is lesbian and a few months earlier her and Harrigan got drunk at a party and ended up sleeping together. This leads to the very clear implication that she's pregnant with Harrigan's child, and helps explain why he seems so freaked out when he learns she is pregnant.

** It's implied Kevin did this [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming partly because he knew that Danny Glover was a Lakers fan]].

** The original storyline of the film was to have taken place in New York City, but Jim Thomas and John Thomas quickly changed it to Los Angeles, because of budget concerns. The scene where the Predator raises the skull during the lighting storm, was to have taken place atop the Chrysler Building.

** Robert Davi plays a cop in ''Film/ManiacCop2'' and ''Film/ManiacCop3BadgeOfSilence''.

** Morton Downey, Jr. is playing a Morton Downey, Jr. {{Expy}}.

** This isn't the first time DannyGlover has played a [[Film/LethalWeapon Los Angeles Police lieutenant]]. Ironically, his CowboyCop personality is much closer to Martin Riggs than Roger Murtaugh.

** GaryBusey would reprise his role as a LA-based federal agent in ''Film/PointBreak1991'' the following year.

** Maria Conchita Alonso had starred opposite ArnoldSchwarzenegger in ''Film/TheRunningMan''.
** BillPaxton has fought [[Film/{{Aliens}} aliens before.]]

* {{Fanon}}: Given they are played by the same actor and the films have a SharedUniverse, a lot of fans like to think Jerry Lambert was [[Film/Aliens Hudson's]] ancestor.

** This isn't the first time DannyGlover has played a [[LethalWeapon Los Angeles Police lieutenant]]. Ironically, his CowboyCop personality is much closer to Martin Riggs than Roger Murtaugh.
** Robert Davi plays a cop in ''ManiacCop2'' and ''ManiacCop3BadgeOfSilence''.
** GaryBusey would reprise his role as a LA-based federal agent in ''PointBreak'' the following year.

** Maria Conchita Alonso had starred opposite ArnoldSchwarzenegger in ''TheRunningMan''.

* {{Fanon}}: Given they are played by the same actor and the films have a SharedUniverse, a lot of fans like to think Jerry Lambert was [[Film/AlienS Hudson's]] ancestor.
* ProductionPosse: The film features a lot of the same people who worked on the ''LethalWeapon'' films.
** Director Stephen Hopkins carried over key crew members from ''ANightmareOnElmStreet5TheDreamChild'', including cinematographer Peter Levy, special effects artist R. Christopher Biggs, and makeup effects artists Howard Berger, Greg Nicotero, and Robert Kurtzman
* StuntCasting: The reason why the movie cost so make as much as it did, is because Kevin Peter Hall, who played the Predator, convinced the producers to hire the Los Angeles Lakers to portray the other Predators.

* TroubledProduction: In particular the scene where Harrigan meets King Willy. The alley the scene was filmed in was in a rough neighborhood, with disgruntled residents throwing ''feces'' at the filmmakers due to the noise they were making. They even discovered an actual dead body in the very real garbage you see in the scene.

* ProductionPosse: The film features a lot of the same people who worked on the ''LethalWeapon'' films

* ActorAllusion: Morton Downey, Jr. is playing a Morton Downey, Jr. {{Expy}}.

** Creator/JohnMcTiernan was unable to return as director, as he was busy with ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober''.

** DeletedScenes included explicitly stating that Leona is lesbian and a few months earlier her and Harrigan got drunk at a party and ended up sleeping together. This leads to the very clear implication that she's pregnant with Harrigan's child, and helps explain why he seems so freaked out when he learns she is pregnant.

* TroubledProduction: In particular the scene where Harrigan meets King Willy. The alley the scene was filmed in was in a rough neighborhood, with disgruntled residents throwing ''feces'' at the filmmakers due to the noise they were making. They even discovered an actual dead body in the very real garbage you see in the scene.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Shock television talk show host Morton Downey, Jr. as a shock television reporter. [[SocietyMarchesOn It was funny at the time.]]
** Creator/AdamBaldwin (''Series/{{Firefly}}'', ''Series/{{Chuck}}'', ''Series/{{Angel}}'' and ''Series/TheXFiles'') has a minor role as one of Keyes' men.
** [[Film/{{Aliens}} Private Hudson]] had joined the LAPD. This time he takes the situation with a cool head. Given the canon connection between the two series now, [[IdenticalGrandson perhaps he's an ancestor.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Keyes was originally going to be Dutch (once again played by Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger), and Anna was originally going to appear again. Her face is seen on the screen while Keyes show Harrigan videos of the jungle from which the first film took place. Arnold Schwarzenegger refused the role, however, because he didn't like the thought of Dutch becoming a villain.

* CameoProp: One of the trophies aboard the Predator's ship is an Franchise/{{Alien}} skull. That the two species inhabit the same universe would [[Film/AlienVsPredator later become canon]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Keyes was originally going to be Dutch (once again played by Arnold Schwarzenegger), and Anna was originally going to appear again. Her face is seen on the screen while Keyes show Harrigan videos of the jungle from which the first film took place. Arnold Schwarzenegger refused the role, however, because he didn't like the thought of Dutch becoming a villain.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Keyes was originally going to be Dutch (once again played by Arnold Schwarzenegger), and Anna was originally going to appear again. Her face is seen on the screen while Keyes show Harrigan videos of the jungle from which the first film took place. Arnold Schwarzenegger refused the role, however, because he didn't like the thought of Dutch being a villain.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Keyes was originally going to be Dutch (once again played by Arnold Schwarzenegger), and Anna was originally going to appear again. Her face is seen on the screen while Keyes show Harrigan videos of the jungle from which the first film took place.

** Creator/AdamBaldwin (''Series/{{Firefly}}'', ''{{Chuck}}'', ''Series/{{Angel}}'' and ''TheXFiles'') has a minor role as one of Keyes' men.