History Trivia / Speed2CruiseControl

* StarDerailingRole: Jason Patric's career as a leading man was effectively ended by this film, with all his subsequent roles either being supporting ones, on TV or in low-budget films. Creator/SandraBullock was also sent into a brief career slump, but was able to pull herself out of it a few years later with ''Film/MissCongeniality''.

** Creator/KeanuReeves turned down the movie to tour with his band Dogstar. He was exhausted from filming ''Film/ChainReaction'' and was still financially secure from the first ''Speed'' film, so he declined to return when he didn't like the script.

* ShootTheMoney: Jan De Bont really didn't want to make this movie but the studio was willing to put up a huge amount of money to try and replicate the original ''Speed'''s success. Since Fox was going to pay for whatever he came up with, De Bont shot the climactic sequence of the cruise ship ramming its way into Saint Martin at full scale. The five-minute sequence cost $25 million in 1997, took weeks to complete, and required an entire fake town to be built, a full-scale ship's bow, and dozens of stunt performers who were genuinely fleeing for their lives. The final product features every bit of carnage and destruction De Bont to capture on film.

* CreatorBacklash: In a 2000 interview, Creator/SandraBullock jokingly referred to this movie as "the biggest piece of crap ever made." In 2022, it turns out her opinion on the film hadn't changed over years as she told Creator/StephenColbert, after learning that he tried and failed to get an audition for the film, that it was good he didn't get close to the movie and that the script was terrible.

** Jason Patric only agreed to make the film contingent on some major script changes being made. However, when he eventually arrived on set three months later, he found that the script hadn't changed at all, and he was contractually obligated to make the film. He found the whole experience to be thoroughly miserable and depressing.

** Very ''narrowly'' averted when Patric performs a motorcycle stunt, flying ''30 feet into the air''.
** Also narrowly averted with Bullock, who was nearly decapitated by the cruise ship's rudder during the water sequences.

%%* OldShame: For Bullock and Patric.
* OneForTheMoneyOneForTheArt: Bullock did the movie to get the financing for ''Film/HopeFloats'', while Patric used his entire salary to finance his film ''Film/YourFriendsAndNeighbors''.
* StarDerailingRole: Jason Patric's career as a leading man was effectively ended by this film, with all his subsequent roles either being supporting ones, on TV or in low-budget films. Sandra Bullock was also sent into a brief career slump, but was able to pull herself out of it a few years later with ''Film/MissCongeniality''.
* ThisIsGoingToBeHuge: Creator/KeanuReeves received a ''lot'' of mockery in the press at the time for turning this film down, since everyone was sure it was going to be a hit and he was stupid for turning down an easy pay-day. [[VindicatedByHistory A lot of people quickly took back those words when the film was actually released]].

* CreatorBacklash: In a 2000 interview, Creator/SandraBullock jokingly referred to this movie as "the biggest piece of crap ever made."

** Creator/KeanuReeves turned down the movie to tour with his band Dogstar. He was exhausted from filming ''Film/ChainReaction'' and was still financially secure from the first ''Speed'' film, so he declined to return when he didn't like the script. The press mocked him at the time, but quickly took those comments back when the movie actually came out.

* OneForTheMoneyOneForTheArt: Bullock did the movie to get the financing for ''Film/HopeFloats'', while Patric used his entire salary to finance his film ''Your Friends & Neighbors''.

* NoStuntDouble: Instead of using stunt doubles, Jan De Bont persuaded Creator/SandraBullock, Jason Patric, and Creator/WillemDafoe to perform their own stunts, so the scenes would appear more realistic; the lead actors were required to engage in physical exercise sessions before and during filming. According to Bullock, she performed all of her own stuntwork "except for a quarter of one stunt"; her stunt double worked for only three days during production.[

* CreatorBacklash: On top of his commitments to Dogstar, Keanu Reeves expressed disapproval with the film's script when presented with it, further prompting his refusal to reprise his role.

** The script of the film was originally written for a third ''Franchise/DieHard'' film.

** Creator/MatthewMcConaughey was offered the lead role. [[Music/BonJovi Jon Bon Jovi]], Patrick Muldoon, and Creator/ChristianSlater were also considered.

** The film was written with the expectation that Keanu Reeves would reprise Jack Traven. They were forced to substitute him with Jason Patric after Reeves declined to return. Given how the film ended up being a massive critical and commercial failure, and how it set back Bullock and Patric's careers, most agreed that Reeves dodged one bullet [[Franchise/TheMatrix before went on to dodge many.]]

** The film was written with the expectation that Keanu Reeves would reprise Jack Traven. They were forced to substitute him with Jason Patric after Reeves declined to return. Given how the film ended up being a massive critical and commercial failure, and how it set back Bullock and Patric's careers, most agreed that Reeves dodged one bullet [[TheMatrix before went on to dodge many.]]

** The film was written with the expectation that Keanu Reeves would reprise Jack Traven. They were forced to substitute him with Jason Patric after Reeves declined to return. Given how the film ended up being a massive critical and commercial failure, and how it set back Bullock and Patric's careers, most agreed that Reeves dodged one bullet [[TheMatrix before he dodged many.]]

** The film was written with the expectation that Keanu Reeves would reprise Jack Traven. They were forced to substitute him with Jason Patric after Reeves declined to return. Given how the film ended up being a massive critical and commercial failure, and how it set back Bullock and Patric's careers, most agreed that Reeves probably dodged a bullet.

** The film was written with the expectation that Keanu Reeves would reprise Jack Traven. They were forced to substitute him with Jason Patric after Reeves declined to return. Given how ended up being a massive critical and commercial failure, and how it set back Bullock and Patric's careers, most agreed that Reeves probably dodged a bullet.