Skin Trade

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1. #001

   Dolph Lundgren wrote the screenplay before Taken (2008) was released or even filmed, after reading a newspaper article about human trafficking.

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2. #002

   The open ending was not written with a sequel in mind.

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3. #003

   Ron Perlman signed on to the film because he was interested in appearing in a Tony Jaa movie. Perlman also said he had been a Dolph fan since Rocky IV.

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4. #004

   When Dolph Lundgren was asked to appear alongside Tony Jaa in Ai Noom Gangnam, an unfinished Thai western, he struck a deal with Jaa in 2013 to appear in Skin Trade (2014) in return, which would be Jaa's first American film.

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5. #005

   Dolph Lundgren has 2 daughters, and while researching and shooting he became deeply involved with the Actors organization, a nonprofit group for rescued trafficking victims. Dolph said that because of the film's subject matter he found himself getting emotional on set.

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6. #006

   Lundgren notes that Michael Jai White and Tony Jaa used very few stunt doubles. Lundgren also joked that his own stunt double got more rest than ever.

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7. #007

   Dolph Lundgren first wrote the screenplay in 2006-2007 and planned to direct the film himself before deciding to let someone else take the director's chair so he could focus on his producing duties. He searched for a director, first considering having John Hyams take over directing while polishing the script, then chose Thai art-house and stage director Ekachai Uekrongtham after watching Beautiful Boxer (2003).

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8. #008

   Tony Jaa and Lundgren's fight scene was shot over 4 nights in sweltering heat. Lundgren said it was the most brutal part of the shoot.

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9. #009

   In 2010 Lundgren said Steven Seagal was considered for a role for a very short time, but no serious talks took place about it.

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10. #010

    Ron Perlman and Peter Weller also appeared in Sons of Anarchy (2008).

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11. #011

    During production the film had to change many locations at the last minute because of anti-government protests in Thailand.

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12. #012

    The screenplay was originally written to be set between New York and Moscow.

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13. #013

    Director Ekachai Uekrongtham was struck by the screenplay's emotional courage and by the difficulty of balancing the action with the human story.

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14. #014

    In 2012 Dolph Lundgren revised the screenplay with the possibility of John Hyams directing the film.

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15. #015

    Tony Jaa attended the wedding of Michael Jai White and Gillian Waters, which can be found on YouTube.

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16. #016

    Michael Jai White's Agent Reed marks the second time in his career that he has played a corrupt law enforcement officer. The first was as Sergeant Lewis Strutt in Exit Wounds in 2001.

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17. #017

    Chloe Babcook's debut.

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