History Trivia / REC

* ChannelHop: In the U.S. the rights to the first movie are owned by Sony via Screen Gems (who produced ''Film/{{Quarantine}}'' and released this after the former hit DVD), while the rest are owned by Magnolia Pictures. Then in late 2018, got another release through Shout Factory, with all the movies.

** Two alternate endings were shot, one where Ángela used the night vision to leave the attic and walk down the stairs to the outside, as the infected couldn't see her in the dark, and another were she was killed halfway by Mrs. Izquierdo. The first one was just intended to make Velasco believe that Ángela would survive the movie and [[EnforcedMethodActing scare her for real]] when Mrs. Izquierdo attacked, though (which angered Velasco).
** Related to that, the first attempt to film it failed because Velasco managed to run back into the attic and closed the door behind her, "saving" herself. So the writers had to step in and tell her that, no, Ángela was not going to escape the building.

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** Related to that, the first attempt to film it failed because Velasco managed to run back into the attic and closed the door behind, "saving" herself. So the writers had to step in and tell her that, no, Ángela was not going to escape.

** It was agreed that the main character would be named after the first person who phoned the writer. This ended being one Ángela Vidal, a friend of Paco Plaza's wife and future star of ''[REC]3'', Leticia Dolera.

* Leandro's zombie appears in ''2'''s making-of wandering freely around the building, but is not in the final film.

** It is rumored that there were deleted scenes in ''[REC]2'' that showed Leandro as a zombie roaming the building, but they have not been released unlike the above.

* ChannelHop: In the U.S. the rights to the first movie are owned by Sony via Screen Gems (who produced Film/{{Quarantine}} and released this after the former hit DVD), while the rest are owned by Magnolia Pictures. Then in late 2018, got another release through Shout Factory, with all the movies.

** In ''[REC]2'', one showed the civilian intruders finding Álex as a bald and bloated zombie. Though still chained to the table and apparently calm, he would bite [[spoiler:Jorge]] when he mistook his zombie moans for words and lowered his head to listen. In the final film, Álex is closer to his ''[REC]'' appearance, and [[spoiler:Jorge]] is killed by Mari Carmen.

** At one point, Balagueró and Plaza considered [[CastingGag Mercedes Milá]], the Spanish hostess of ''Series/BigBrother'', to star in the film. Just one year later, the UK kind of pulled off the same thing with ''Series/DeadSet''.

** The interviews originally went for longer, showing the Asian couple (both) to be more fluent in Spanish, and César saying that he was a hairstylist and accused Mari Carmen of being unfaithful to her husband.

** In ''[REC]2'', a deleted scene showed the civilian intruders finding Álex as a bald and bloated zombie. Though still chained to the table and apparently calm, he would bite [[spoiler:Jorge]] when he mistook his zombie moans for words and lowered his head to listen. In the final film, Álex is closer to his ''[REC]'' appearance, and [[spoiler:Jorge]] is killed by Mari Carmen.
** It is rumored that there were deleted scenes showing Leandro as a zombie roaming the building, but they have not been released unlike the above.

* TheDanza: Pablo is played by Pablo Rosso. Who is a cameraman in RealLife.

** Two alternate endings were shot, one where Ángela used the night vision to leave the attic and walk down the stairs to the outside, as the infected couldn't see her in the dark, and another were she was killed halfway by Mrs. Izquierdo. The first one was just intended to make the Velasco believe that Ángela would survive the movie and [[EnforcedMethodActing scare her for real]] when Mrs. Izquierdo attacked, though (which angered Velasco).

** During one of the takes of the scene where the handcuffed zombie tries to reach the other characters, the actress managed to jump over the railing and reach the stairs.
** The interviews originally went for longer, showing the Asian couple (both) to be more fluent in Spanish, and César said he was a hairstylist and accused Mari Carmen of being unfaithful to her husband.

** The interviews originally went for longer, showing the Asian couple both) to be more fluent in Spanish, and César said he was a hairstylist and accused Mari Carmen of being unfaithful to her husband.

** At one point, Balagueró and Plaza considered [[CastingGag Mercedes Milá]], the Spanish hostess of ''Series/BigBrother'', to star in the film. Just one year later, the UK kind of pulled off the same thing with ''Series/DeadSet''.

** Manu didn't act as if he hurt his ankle. That actually happened during the filming, and he didn't stop.

* ChannelHop: In the U.S. the rights to the first movie are owned by Sony via Screen Gems (who produced Film/{{Quarentine}} and released this after the former hit DVD), while the rest are owned by Magnolia Pictures. Then in late 2018, got another release through Shout Factory, with all the movies.

* ChannelHop: In the U.S. the rights to the first movie are owned by Sony via Screen Gems (who produced Film/{{Quarentine}} and released this after the former hit DVD), while the rest are owned by Magnolia Pictures.

* CastingGag: Manuela Velasco (Ángela) was best known in her native Spain as "[[CastingGag that silly Canal+ TV presenter]]" before this movie. Americans, picture Maria Menounos starring in a film like this.

** Manu didn't act as if he hurt his ankle, that actually happened during the filming, and he didn't stop.