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  • Development Hell: As of this writing, a sequel the film is still "in development" at Netflix.
  • Fake Brit: The South African-American Charlize Theron plays the British Lorraine Broughton. Subverted in that it turns out Lorraine is actually an American agent posing as a British agent, making it a case of In-Universe Fake Brit.
  • Fake Russian:
    • Danish actor Roland Møller as Big Bad Bremovych.
    • Icelandic actor Jóhannes Jóhannesson as Bakhtin.
  • No Stunt Double: Charlize Theron did her fights' stunts herself, and broke two of her teeth doing so.
  • On-Set Injury: Charlize Theron cracked two teeth filming a fight scene.
  • Playing Against Type: Sofia Boutella has been typecast as efficient, confident Action Girls since her Star-Making Role in Kingsman: The Secret Service. Here she plays the decidedly action-less and emotionally fragile Delphine.
  • Production Posse: Much of the crew from the first John Wick film show up here along with director David Leitch: Cinematographer Jonathan Sela, composer Tyler Bates, editor Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir and actor Daniel Bernhardt (the blond KGB agent who fights Lorraine during The Oner in the abandoned building) who previously played Kirill. The stunt work is done by 87Eleven Studios, the stunt house/production company run by David Leitch and Chad Stahelski, the directors of John Wick.
  • What Could Have Been:
    • The film's aversion of Beauty Is Never Tarnished was originally going to go much further than what appeared in the final cut. Word of God states that early injury makeup tests for Lorraine had her so badly beaten that the whites of her eyes were no longer visible (though whether that was intended to be due to swelling or bleeding inside her eyes is unknown).
    • The film was originally going to include shorter cuts and less elaborate choreography in the fight scenes. Luckily, Charlize Theron proved quite adept at performing her own stunts and fight scenes, so the scenes were made into much longer, more elaborate action sequences (such as the stairwell fight.)
    • David Bowie was approached to play one of the interrogators in the framing story, but respectfully declined. This ended up being fortunate, as his death came partway through filming (which was probably the reason that he turned it down in the first place, being well aware his days were numbered and not wanting to stick them with that situation). Two of his songs, "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" and "Under Pressure", still grace the soundtrack.

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