Trivia / We Can Be Heroes (2020)

• Actor-Shared Background: Marcus Moreno has glasses as a civilian but loses them in his superhero costume, similarly to how Pedro Pascal has glasses, but rarely wears them while acting.
• Dueling Works: With Wonder Woman 1984; both have Pedro Pascal, superheroes, and Christmas 2020 release dates.
• No Stunt Double: The kids did their own stunts.
• The Other Darrin: JJ Dashnaw replaces Taylor Lautner in the role of Sharkboy. The movie tries to hide the actors' differences by giving Sharkboy a mask that covers most of his face and no lines in case Lautner returned for sequels.
• Playing Against Type: As Pedro Pascal's most family-friendly role this side of Disney+'s The Mandalorian, Marcus Moreno is much more pure-hearted than Pascal's previous Netflix roles, Javier Peña and "Catfish" Morales.
• Release Date Change: Netflix originally planned to release this movie on New Year's Day 2021, but it was moved up to Christmas Day of 2020.
• Role Reprise: Taylor Dooley reprises her role as Lavagirl. Christopher McDonald also reprises his role as President Amani from Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams.
• Sequel Gap: Netflix released this movie 15 years after The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl premiered in movie theaters.
• What Could Have Been: Sharkboy, Lavagirl, and Guppy didn't appear in the original draft; Rodriguez added them so that he could direct a new superhero with aquatic and lava powers, and to "legitimize" the Heroics with members his fans would recognize from somewhere else.

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