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Sucker Punch
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- #001
Jena Malone was so upset by the film's poor reception that she nearly quit acting.
- #002
According to director Zack Snyder, Emily Browning's character Babydoll, who is presumed to be naive about guns, shows far more experience with firearms than she should have. She had already received intensive weapons training for the action scenes, and for the opening scene she could not forget her earlier experience.
- #003
Each of the lead girls had to undergo a strict physical training regimen several months before shooting that included deadlifting up to 96 kilograms (about 211 lbs.). Vanessa Hudgens called that period "tormenting" and broke down several times. In the scenes where she is seen crying, she was actually drawing on moments from those sessions.
- #004
Despite playing the lead character, Emily Browning has no dialogue at all until roughly eighteen minutes into the film.
- #005
Emily Browning claims she seriously considered quitting acting, but working with Zack Snyder convinced her to continue on that path.
- #006
There was originally a scene between High Roller (Jon Hamm) and Babydoll (Emily Browning) in which he seduces her and has sex with her. The MPAA demanded it be cut, and the scene made it look as though she was being taken advantage of. Zack Snyder felt it sent the wrong message and eventually cut the scene entirely, later releasing it in full in the Director's Cut version. Zack Snyder and Emily Browning voiced their displeasure with the situation.
- #007
Jamie Chung said this is her favorite among her own films.
- #008
Body count: four hundred twenty-one (including the creatures in the girl's dreams).
- #009
Emily Browning dyed her hair platinum blonde for the role, and the dye damaged her hair, which had to be cut very short in a fairy style after filming.
- #010
The role of the Wise Man was written specifically for Scott Glenn.
- #011
Vanessa Hudgens said she looked forward to being seen by a brand-new audience that might not be familiar with her work in the High School Musical (2006) films.
- #012
It was the first live-action film to receive an R rating in the United States only once Zack Snyder's Extended Cut, which earned the R rating, was released.
- #013
In the opening scene where Babydoll runs away and drops her gun, the gun kept hitting the ground and the walls. Getting it right took about sixty takes.
- #014
Despite the intensive training she and the other actresses received, Emily Browning did not receive any dance training, because Babydoll is never shown dancing on screen at any point in the film.
- #015
Before filming began, the lead actresses underwent 12 weeks of fight training.
- #016
During a fight scene, Abbie Cornish was struck on the head with a bayonet. The metal clip holding her hair in place took most of the blow.
- #017
Evan Rachel Wood was the first choice for Rocket, but due to scheduling conflicts she dropped out and Jena Malone took her place.
- #018
Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Thirlby and Mia Wasikowska were also set to take on the role of Babydoll and left the cast before Emily Browning was chosen.
- #019
In a 2021 interview with Vanity Fair, Zack Snyder stated that this film has a Director's Cut that has not yet been released.
- #020
Angelina Jolie was considered for the role of Dr. Vera Gorski.
- #021
On August 30, 2021, Jena Malone expressed interest in a prequel in an Instagram post.
- #022
The Last Will and Testament shown at the beginning of the film and the lawyers who prepared it (Macintosh, Weinsapp and Spye) are all apple varieties.
- #023
WILHELM SCREAM: During the castle raid, while the dragon is destroying a bridge.
- #024
Emma Stone and Freida Pinto were considered for the role of Amber, which went to Jamie Chung.
- #025
Zack Snyder initially planned to make the film much earlier, but decided to make Watchmen (2009) first.
- #026
Before making a decision, Warner Brothers planned to release the film in post-conversion 3D.
- #027
During the raid on the dragon's castle, the girls' plane was a World War II-era US B-25 Mitchell medium bomber, clearly visible with its twin engines and twin tail fins.
- #028
It was shot over a four-month period in Vancouver.
- #029
Lennox House is located in Brattleboro, Vermont. In real life, the town is also home to Brattleboro Retreat, a well-known mental health and addiction hospital.
- #030
Zack Snyder told Vanessa Hudgens that this feature would be her first action film, even though 300 (2006) is regarded as an action film.
- #031
Emily Browning and Jena Malone both appeared in films with Liam Aiken in which each played the older sister of his character: Browning as Violet Baudelaire in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) and Malone as Anna Harrison in Stepmom (1998).
- #032
In the World War I scene where Baby Doll and her team reenact fighting German soldiers, the German commander bears some resemblance to the infamous Marvel villain known as Red Skull due to his facial disfigurement and skin color. Director Zack Snyder was asked to direct at least two X-Men films (Last Stand and the first Wolverine solo film) and expressed interest in directing a solo Hulk film in an interview.
- #033
Brie Larson auditioned for a role.
- #034
Brie Larson turned down the role of Sweet Pea.
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