Half-Assed Internet Research
Dark cheap sets; improvised scenes; 'I love you too' argument; fake urine recipe; Bay-funded explosion; Leoni knocked out on set
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- An early step into research: Bay convinced Smith to run with his shirt open in the hotel lobby shootout, telling him it would make him a movie star, and later said he should get half of Smith's salary.
- The research says the sets were cheap, with the heroin heist the biggest example, and anything dark in the movie was to save money.
- The research reports improvisation: Smith unexpectedly calling Lawrence a bitch so Lawrence actually got mad, Leoni's gay-couple assumption, and the whole liquor store scene.
- According to Bay, Smith didn't want to say 'I love you too' at the end; they argued for half a day until Bay guilt-tripped him into it.
- For the Club Hell urinal gag, the research says Bay used Gatorade crossed with Coca-Cola as urine.
- The big explosion reportedly cost $25,000 from Bay's pocket, and Leoni was accidentally knocked out by Martin Lawrence's stunt double and went to the hospital, slowing filming.