Gangs of New York - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[lynn]

The original budget was $83 million.

[mathew]

Martin Scorsese was a big fan of the film O Lucky Man! (1973), and considered casting Malcolm McDowell as Amsterdam. Had Scorsese been able to make this film in 1978, he planned to cast Robert De Niro as Bill the Butcher.

[stephanie]

When Boss Tweed considers sex with a prostitute, Bill The Butcher warns him that she's been "frenchified," a 19th-century term for venereal disease.

[sylvia]

During filming Daniel Day-Lewis talked with his film accent during the entire time of production, even when he was not on the set.

[jim]

Jim Broadbent and John C. Reilly share the same birthday, 24th May.

[jim]

In one scene, Boss Tweed describes to a few men the city's need for a grand new courthouse before being interrupted. It's a reference to the infamous New York County Courthouse, now known as the Tweed Courthouse. Tweed and Tammany Hall stole millions from the city that was earmarked for the construction of the building, making it the most expensive civic building of the 19th century.