Trivia / Logan Lucky

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• Acclaimed Flop: The film was very well received critically, but was a Box Office Bomb.
• Actor-Shared Background: Clyde's hand was blown off during his deployment in Iraq. In Real Life, Adam Driver was a Marine before becoming an actor; he was supposed to be deployed to Iraq, but broke his sternum before it happened and was medically discharged.
• All-Star Cast: Quite a bunch of famous names here: Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Seth MacFarlane, Daniel Craig, Katie Holmes, Hilary Swank, Sebastian Stan, and Katherine Waterston (who became known in the mainstream with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them the year prior). Riley Keough is well known for her work in independent films (she's also the granddaughter of Elvis Presley), and Brian Gleeson and Jack Quaid are both sons of famous actors (the latter starred in The Hunger Games before this film).
• Box Office Bomb: The movie cost $29 million to produce, and grossed $27 million in the US and $41.5 million globally. It was released at the tail-end of one of the most apathetic summer box offices in years.
• Casting Gag: Jack Quaid and Brian Gleeson are both sons of famous actors, Dennis Quaid and Brendan Gleeson respectively.
• Deleted Scene: A "Positive / Negative" bit with the Logan brothers visiting Joe Bang in prison and a prisoner tap dancing on a table during the Prison Riot.
• Dyeing for Your Art:
  • Though he's already a natural blond, Daniel Craig got his hair bleached to play Joe Bang.
  • Sebastian Stan had to cut his hair short after Captain America: Civil War wrapped filming in order to star in this film, as well as two others.
• Fake American: The English Daniel Craig as Deep South Joe Bang. Ditto with Brian Gleeson, an Irish actor playing Joe Bang's even more redneck brother Sam.
• Fake Brit: The American Seth MacFarlane as British businessman Max Chilblain.
• Missing Trailer Scene: The "Positive / Negative" bit when Jimmy and Clyde visit Joe in prison doesn't appear in the theatrical version of the movie.
• Playing Against Type: For his then-latest non-James Bond role since 2011 ^note not counting his small cameo in The Force Awakens, Daniel Craig plays something as unusual for him as a Bunny-Ears Lawyer Deep South Tattooed Crook. He would continue that trend with Knives Out.
• Production Posse: Steven Soderbergh, Channing Tatum, and Riley Keough get a sort of mini-Magic Mike reunion.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Michael Shannon and Matt Damon were approached to star in the movie. Both dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
  • Katherine Heigl was originally cast as Bobbie Jo Chapman, but dropped out due to her pregnancy.

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