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FILM · 2017 · USA

CHIPS

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  1. #001

    Dax Shepard performed most of his own stunts, including a stoppie during the training test.

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  2. #002

    After the trailer was released, a rumor spread that Erik Estrada, star of the original CHiPs (1977), had slammed it as "pure trash." Estrada later tweeted that he never said that, adding: "Just watched the CHIPS trailer and laughed. Dax Shepard and Michael Peña are great. Cool stunts too."

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  3. #003

    Dax Shepard initially thought the film would be a big-budget production with a PG-13 rating. After signing on, budget cuts led him to choose to make the film with an R rating.

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  4. #004

    Dax Shepard initially wanted Brad Pitt to play the villain.

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  5. #005

    The actor who played Ponch in the series appears here as the paramedic who treats Ponch and Jon in the final scene.

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  6. #006

    Parts of the theme music from the original CHiPs (1977) series were used as background music.

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  7. #007

    On the second day of filming, Jon (Dax Shepard) performed the nude scene in which Ponch (Michael Peña) throws him into the bathtub (genitals censored).

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  8. #008

    The theme music of the S.W.A.T. series (2017) plays when the S.W.A.T. vehicle appears.

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  9. #009

    In real life, Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell are married and have children. Bell had in fact recently given birth before filming, and she stated that by not breastfeeding for a while she was able to achieve a much fuller breast in her scenes than usual. She said the resulting blood flow was uncomfortable but worth the result.

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  10. #010

    Writer and star Dax Shepard wrote the role of his wife Karen specifically for Kristen Bell, his real-life wife and the mother of his two daughters.

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  11. #011

    In the final chase scene, LT rides a Harley-Davidson Street Glide Special.

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  12. #012

    Dax Shepherd, Kristen Bell and Ryan Hansen appeared together in Hit and Run (2012). Again Dax and Kristen, who are married, play a couple.

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  13. #013

    The black Chevy SS that Poncho drives at the beginning of the film is actually a rebadged Holden Commodore SS, a car made in Australia.

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  14. #014

    Dax Shepard, Josh Duhamel and Kristen Bell appeared together in When in Rome (2012).

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  15. #015

    Dax Shepard and Maya Rudolph also appeared together in Idiocracy (2006).

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  16. #016

    Kristen Bell and Ryan Hansen worked together on the Veronica Mars (2004) series and the film Veronica Mars (2014).

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  17. #017

    Dax Shepard, Mae Whitman and Rosa Salazar appeared together in Parenthood (2010).

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  18. #018

    In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the film received very little promotion because its cast lacked internationally recognized names. As a result, it bombed badly and was pulled by most cinemas there after a week.

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  19. #019

    Ed Begley Jr. and Kristen Bell had previously appeared together in the third season of Veronica Mars (2004).

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  20. #020

    Jessica McNamee also played a Chicago police officer in Sirens (2014).

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