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1* ActingInTheDark: To aid her performance as the oblivious wife, Creator/WinonaRyder removed all the pages of the screenplay that didn't involve her.
2* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: $13.5 million. Box office: $4.6 million.
3* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/JamesFranco was originally cast as Robert Pronge before being cast as Marty Freeman.
4* CompletelyDifferentTitle:
5** Bulgaria: ''The Cold-Blooded''
6** Canada: ''The Hitman''
7** Portugal: ''A Family Man''
8** Taiwan: ''Frozen Killer''
9* TheForeignSubtitle:
10** Japan: ''The Iceman: Cold Executioner''
11** Poland: ''Iceman: The Story of a Murderer''
12* TheOtherMarty: Before production began, director Ariel Vromen shot a test scene with Creator/MichaelShannon as Richard Kuklinski and Creator/MichaelWincott as Robert Pronge. Shannon kept his role in the feature version, while Creator/ChrisEvans was cast as Robert Pronge because Vromen wanted someone younger for that part. The director offered Wincott another role but he wasn't happy with it and amicably refused.
13* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/DavidSchwimmer shows up as trigger happy gangster Josh Rosenthal. Same goes for Creator/ChrisEvans as Mr Freezy.
14* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
15** Creator/BenicioDelToro was originally cast as Roy Demeo.
16** Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal was cast as Deborah Kuklinski, but dropped out due to pregnancy.

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