The Hitman's Bodyguard
Everyone's out to get them... If they don't kill each other first.
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Production
Budget
$30 000 000
Box office
$183 415 183
Website
Director
Actors
Scenario
Tom O'Connor
Producer
Les Weldon, David Ellison, John Thompson, Matthew O'Toole, Mark Gill, Boaz Davidson, Jason Bloom, Christa Campbell, Tom de Mol, Scott Einbinder
Camera operator
Jules O'Loughlin
Composer
Atli Örvarsson
Artist
Russell De Rozario, Borislav Dimitrov, Louise Lannen
Audition
Elaine Grainger, Marianne Stanicheva
Editing
Jake Roberts
Whole Team (156)
Whole Team (156)
Short description
The world’s top bodyguard gets a new client, a hitman who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.
What's left behind the scenes
- Samuel L. Jackson later admitted that he only signed on to star in the film because Ryan Reynolds would be in it.
- An error occurred during a stunt involving two trams and cars, resulting in serious damage to one of the trams. The film crew received a substantial bill for its repair.
- On the 91st minute, when Samuel L. Jackson's character is driving under the bridge, his car has headlights and a hood, even though they had fallen off earlier. When he drives out from under the bridge, the headlights and hood are gone again.
- Gary Oldman learned to speak Russian fluently specifically for his role in this film. Previously, he did not know any Russian at all.
- No scenes were filmed in The Hague. Moreover, there is no subway in The Hague. Footage of The Hague's rooftops was added during post-production.
- Initially, it was intended to be a drama, but the script was urgently rewritten into a comedy over two weeks shortly before filming began. On March 9, 2016, it became known that Jeff Wadlow had left the project, and Patrick Hughes became the director.
- Samuel L. Jackson later admitted that he only signed on to the film because Ryan Reynolds was starring in it.
- At the 91st minute, when Samuel L. Jackson's character is driving under a bridge, his car has headlights and a hood, even though they had fallen off previously. When he drives out from under the bridge, the headlights and hood are gone again.
- Specifically for his role in this film, Gary Oldman learned to speak fluent Russian. He had no prior knowledge of the language.
- It was originally intended to be a drama, but shortly before filming began, the script was hastily rewritten as a comedy over the course of two weeks. On March 9, 2016, it was announced that Jeff Wadlow had left the project and Patrick Hughes had become the director.
- During the chase in Amsterdam (74th minute), Kinkade shows the killers the middle finger with his left hand, and in the next frame – with his right.
- In the original, Gary Oldman's character, Vladislav Dukovich, is a Belarusian dictator. In the Russian dub, the country was changed to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Jeff Wadlow was set to direct, but he left the project to work on the comedy "The Hitman's Bodyguard" (2016).
- The office of a large tour company in Amsterdam served as the prison where Sonia Kinkead was held. Window bars and evidence of intense police activity near the building were added to the footage during post-production.
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