Free Fire

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1. #001

   No CGI was used for the scene in which Sharlto Copley's character Vernon is set on fire. The actor performed the stunt himself, protected by a fire-resistant suit, with four men standing by with fire extinguishers.

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2. #002

   The stunt in which the van drives over Stevo's head was performed practically. It relied on a Penn and Teller trick in which one side of the vehicle is heavily weighted down while the other is not; the tires are then replaced with softer rubber or foam ones. Ben Wheatley performed the stunt himself to prove it was safe.

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3. #003

   Armie Hammer said that on the second day of shooting, police came to the film set after concerned calls from members of the public who heard gunshots in nearby shops.

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4. #004

   This film contains the longest gunfight in cinema history, as roughly 55 minutes pass between the first shot fired with lethal intent and the last.

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5. #005

   Ben Wheatley said that one of the inspirations was a real F.B.I. report about a shootout in Miami.

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6. #006

   Ben Wheatley cited games such as Half-Life: Counter-Strike (2000) as inspirations for the film.

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7. #007

   Luke Evans was cast as Vernon but left due to a scheduling conflict with Beauty and the Beast (2017). When Sharlto Copley was cast, the role was reworked for him.

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8. #008

   Early in the film, Justine (Brie Larson) wonders aloud what they are doing in the factory where the deal takes place. Chris (Cillian Murphy) says that whatever it is, nobody wants it anymore. Later in the film, as the sprinkler system soaks the entire factory floor, Chris is seen pulling himself toward a wall bearing a sign that reads "Watson's Umbrellas."

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9. #009

   Sara Dee appears in Free Fire and in all of Ben Wheatley's previous films, which she directed for their theatrical releases. She plays the phone voice.

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10. #010

    Olivia Wilde was cast in a leading role but dropped out.

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11. #011

    Enzo Cilenti, who plays Bernie, and Sam Riley, who plays Stevo, are both from Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

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12. #012

    Chris is displeased that the guns are "AR70s" rather than what was ordered. In fact, the folding stocks indicate that they are SC70s, a version made by Beretta for use by special forces.

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13. #013

    Cillian Murphy and Jack Reynor played the same character. Murphy played Josef Gabcik in Anthropoid (2016), and Reynor played him in The Man with the Iron Heart (2017). Both films tell the story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the architect of the genocide during World War II.

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14. #014

    Free Fire was Brie Larson's first action film role; she had previously appeared in comedy and drama projects.

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15. #015

    The IRA wanted to procure the M16 rifle, still regarded today as the best all-round weapon, but the arms dealers were supplying the more modern yet generally inferior Beretta model used by NATO and the Italian armed forces. It is a more agile ergonomic choice but lacks some of the robustness of the American model. Beretta developed the sc70-223 together with SIG after Colt refused its request to produce the M16 under licence.

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16. #016

    The film has no connection whatsoever to the popular battle royale role-playing game Free Fire (2017).

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17. #017

    Michael Smiley, Enzo Cilenti and Babou Ceesay all appeared in Luther (2010).

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