Trivia / Kung Fu Hustle

• Dawson Casting: Sing and the mute girl (Huang Shengyi) are supposed to be about the same age, but Stephen Chow is visibly much older than her (there's a 20-year gap between them in real life), and could charitably be chalked up as Beauty Equals Goodness while Sing's lifestyle has been harder on him.
• Development Hell: Apparently what's happening to the sequel. Although Stephen Chow has also stated there is no sequel in the works, so it's hard to tell if there's even any development.
• Dyeing for Your Art: Yuen Qiu (Landlady) ate midnight snacks to gain weight for her role.
• Irony as She Is Cast: Fong, the mute girl, is played by Eva Huang Shengyi, who is a professional singer^note This film was her debut as a movie actress. She even did the vocals for the theme song.
• Production Posse:
  • At least three of Stephen Chow's co-stars from Shaolin Soccer are in this movie. Averted with Stephen's best known partner-in-crime Ng Man Tat (Fung in Shaolin Soccer), who would be absent from Chow's movies starting from this one.
  • While Yuen Wah (Landlord) is not new to Stephen Chow's works, it's not often that he works on the same project with his kung fu alumni besides Jackie Chan or Sammo Hung; this time, it's with Yuen Qiu (Landlady) and Yuen Cheung-yan (the Beggar).
• Troubled Production: Sony didn't quite understand Stephen Chow's usual habit of going into shooting with barely having a script and made him go through four full drafts before shooting. Once shooting started Sammo Hung was the fight choreographer but he eventually quit amid clashes with Stephen Chow, tough working conditions and creative differences. Shooting apparently went much smoother after Yuen Woo-Ping replaced Hung, though.
• Typecasting: Coolie's actor, Shi Yanneng, would go on to play another Kicking Master in the 2014 Donnie Yen film Kung Fu Jungle and Stephen Chow's Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons. His characters doesn't fare much better there, either.

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