FILM · 2016
Triple 9
20 archived facts 3 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
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- #001
Despite having the highest billing, Norman Reedus has less than ten minutes of screen time.
- #002
Shia LaBeouf was initially cast but had to leave. Charlie Hunnam was then cast, but was later replaced by Casey Affleck.
- #003
Michael B. Jordan was originally cast as Marcus Belmont but left the production due to scheduling conflicts.
- #004
Russell has a dog-paw tattoo, the emblem of the private military contractor Blackwater. He and Michael were former special forces soldiers who worked for the company in Iraq. Blackwater was banned from operating there after an incident in which 17 Iraqi civilians were killed, and it has since rebranded several times (Xe Services, Academi, now Constellis), though it maintains a shadowy presence in the Middle East and Africa.
- #005
Christoph Waltz was cast for a role but dropped out.
- #006
Cate Blanchett was cast as Irina Vlaslov but left due to a scheduling conflict.
- #007
The police code "999" that gives the film its title does not exist. In real life, the Atlanta police use "Signal 63" to indicate that an officer is down or needs help.
- #008
Chris Pine and Jeff Bridges were attached to the project during its early stages.
- #009
Casey Affleck and the production team shadowed the Atlanta Police Department's Gang Unit. Many of its members were used as extras throughout the film and even consulted on the tactics used by the Unit in Atlanta.
- #010
Casey Affleck chews gum in nearly every scene.
- #011
In interviews promoting the film, Norman Reedus said that while shooting parts of Consumed (2014) they saw the Triple 9 set from above.
- #012
At one point in the film a road sign reading "ZOMBIES AHEAD" is visible. Norman Reedus starred in The Walking Dead (2010), which was also filmed in and around Atlanta, Georgia. (E. Roger Mitchell appeared in The Walking Dead (2010).) Woody Harrelson starred in the zombie comedy Zombieland (2009). Teresa Palmer also starred in Warm Bodies (2013), a love story featuring a zombie.
- #013
The film's cast includes two Oscar winners, Casey Affleck and Kate Winslet, and two Oscar nominees, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Woody Harrelson. It also includes three Prime Time Emmy winners, Aaron Paul, Woody Harrelson and Kate Winslet, and four Prime Time Emmy nominees, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Clifton Collins Jr. and Michelle Ang.
- #014
Director John Hillcoat edited the film's Red Band trailer himself. It was two minutes and nineteen seconds long, matching the film's original release date of February 19, but the release date was pushed back to February 26.
- #015
While scolding Gabe Welch (Aaron Paul) about the booby-trapped money, Marcus Belmont (Anthony Mackie) turns his back and delivers the line "bitch!", the catchphrase Paul frequently used in Breaking Bad (2008).
- #016
Michael Kenneth Williams's character in the film is named Sweet Pea, which may be a nod to his role as Omar Little in The Wire. While attacking Marlo Stanfield's corners, Omar tells Michael Lee (Tristan Wilds): "Make sure the man know who dropped Savino last night. Feel me? Tell that man I'll drop every muscle until he dare come out on the street and dance. You gonna remember that, sweet pea?"
- #017
Norman Reedus and Clifton Collins, Jr. appeared in The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009).
- #018
Casey Affleck and Woody Harrelson starred in Out of the Furnace (2013).
- #019
Several actors and one actress from comic book films and television shows appear in the cast: Norman Reedus played Daryl Dixon in The Walking Dead (2010) and Frank Castle/The Punisher in Iron Man: Rise of Technovore (2013); Gal Gadot played Diana Prince/Wonder Woman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Wonder Woman (2017), Justice League (2017), Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021); Chiwetel Ejiofor played Baron Mordo in Doctor Strange (2016) and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022); Anthony Mackie played Sam Wilson/Falcon in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Ant-Man (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021); and Woody Harrelson played Cletus Kasady in the end credits of Venom (2018), Kasady being the second personality of the supervillain Carnage.
- #020
Aaron Paul and Norman Reedus both appeared in major AMC series. Aaron Paul starred alongside Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad (2010), and Norman Reedus starred alongside Andrew Lincoln in The Walking Dead (2010).
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