FILM
1762: SNATCH
TRIVIA:
Brad Pitt,
who was a big fan of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), approached
director Guy Ritchie and asked for a role in this film. When
Ritchie found Pitt couldn't master a London accent, he gave him the role of
Mickey the Gypsy.
When Guy Ritchie told Brad Pitt that
he would be playing a boxer, Pitt became concerned because he had just finished
shooting Fight Club (1999) and did not want to play the same type
of role again. Pitt took the role anyway because he wanted to work with Ritchie
so badly.
Brad Pitt's
character and indecipherable speech was inspired by many critics' complaints
about the accents of the characters in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking
Barrels (1998). Guy Ritchie decided
to counter the criticisms by creating a character that not only couldn't be
understood by the audience but that also couldn't be understood by characters
in the movie.
Every
mistake that Sol, Vincent and Tyrone make were inspired by various late-night
TV shows about real-life crimes gone horribly wrong.
The
producers couldn't afford enough extras for the boxing match sequences.
Whenever a camera angle changed, the extras had to move around to create an
impression of a crowded house.
When
Vinny and Sol are sitting outside Brick-Top's Bookies, about to give him the
diamond, the man that approaches the car is not really Bullet-Tooth Tony, it
was a look-alike. Vinnie Jones didn't show up for shooting that day because
he was in jail for fighting the night before.
The
role of Brick Top was originally offered to Sean Connery.
Connery liked the script and was curious to see Lock, Stock and Two Smoking
Barrels (1998), so producer Matthew Vaughn hastily
arranged a screening for him at extreme short notice. Connery duly turned up
and watched the film, before emerging with his judgment: "That is a good
film", he said, "and (in a stage whisper) you're not going to be able
to afford me." Cue Alan Ford.
During
the opening credits, the Hasidic-clad diamond thieves are discussing the Virgin
Mary. This is a reference to Reservoir Dogs (1992), where during the opening scene the
thieves are discussing the Madonna song "Like a Virgin".
The
pub where Bullet Tooth Tony is accosted by Sol and company is the same Pub used
in Shaun of the
Dead (2004). The Winchester, as it was known, is where Shaun
and his friends took refuge from the flesh eating zombies.
Brick
Top is seen to be involved in dog fighting, at one point torturing a dog. In
real life, Alan Ford is a vegetarian and animal rights activist.
Director
Cameo: Guy Ritchie: In the back of the bar when we are first
introduced to Doug The Head. Ritchie is the man reading the newspaper.
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