DeSean Jackson, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Marcedes Lewis and six other future NFL players went to Long Beach Poly; Butler gained 20 to 30 pounds, ate a real donut across 20 takes and took up smoking; Pablo Schreiber used his prior weapons training; Big Nick is loosely based on technical advisor Jay Dobyns
Going beyond Wikipedia, the research is who else went to Long Beach Poly: Deshaun Jackson (as transcribed), Juju Smith-Schuster, Mercedes Lewis and six other future NFL players, while nobody famous went to South Torrance.
Long Beach is called the most underrated part of California, right on the water and no different from Orange County or Manhattan Beach, and big things are predicted for it; whether Jake in Training Day went to the same school is wondered.
Butler gained twenty to thirty pounds for the role, ate the real donut on every one of twenty takes, and picked up smoking; Pablo Schreiber used weapons training he had received.
Big Nick is loosely based on Jay Dobbins (as transcribed), a technical advisor on set, whose Slashfilm interview described police work as a nasty, grimy, scab of a life rather than Miami Vice, which the film tried to honor in its details even though the story is fantastical.
More is wanted on whether the Fed really destroys money and whether it could be taken right before shredding, a device Logan Lucky also uses; a giant feature on it is requested.
