| 1 | * ActorInspiredElement: Creator/RebelWilson, an avid nunchucks user, brought her own nunchucks for the sex scene, to "spice things up." |
| 2 | * AllStarCast: Creator/MarkWahlberg, Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, Creator/AnthonyMackie, Creator/EdHarris, Creator/TonyShalhoub, Creator/RobCorddry, Creator/RebelWilson, and even Creator/PeterStormare as OneSceneWonder. |
| 3 | * CreatorsOddball: Creator/MichaelBay, a director known for his over-the-top action films. directing a true-crime/dark comedy film. Likewise for the films screenwriters, Christopher Markus and Stephen [=McFeely=], who normally write films for the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and wrote the Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia film trilogy. |
| 4 | * TheDanza: Creator/EdHarris plays Ed Du Bois, who is a real person involved with the story. |
| 5 | * DoingItForTheArt: This has been a pet project of Bay's for a while, something he has been wanting to do for years but kept getting pushed to crank out more Film/TransformersFilmSeries sequels (the studio rushed them out in two year intervals). All the major players, including Bay, forfeited their up-front fee in order to keep the budget down, instead getting a cut at the box office. |
| 6 | * DyeingForYourArt: |
| 7 | ** Wahlberg is no stranger to exercise or being in good shape regardless, but he really packed on muscle to convincingly portray a bodybuilder. |
| 8 | ** [[http://imgur.com/gallery/zpUQ0 As did Dwayne Johnson]], who could have played the role without doing so. |
| 9 | ** Creator/AnthonyMackie put on seventeen pounds of muscle for his role, and bulked up to 213 pounds. He had only three weeks to train before filming began. |
| 10 | * HeyItsThatPlace: When Adrian presents a dog to his girlfriend Robin, apartment building from ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' can be seen in the background. |
| 11 | * MarketBasedTitle: Was released as ''No Pain No Gain'' (in English) in France. |
| 12 | * OneForTheMoneyOneForTheArt: Bay did ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'' just so this movie could get made. |
| 13 | * PlayingAgainstType: Wrestling/DwayneJohnson almost back out of the role of Doyle, not because it wasn't an interesting character to play but it was so removed from where his comfort zone was. Even as an AntiHero he would still have some noble and heroic qualities so playing someone who goes so far south was intimidating. |
| 14 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/AlbertBrooks was considered for Victor Kershaw, but a deal could not be reached, and Creator/JohnTurturro was cast instead. Turturro dropped out due to scheduling conflicts, and Creator/TonyShalhoub was cast. |
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