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Shaft - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Christian Bale and Toni Collette also appeared together in Velvet Goldmine (1998).
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Out of a production crew of 125, only 6 were African-Americans.
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Christian Bale didn't have any interest in playing the part of the villain, as he had just finished making American Psycho (2000). But he was reading through lines with Toni Collette, who has the part of the witness in the film, one day, and decided to give it a go as another villain after all.
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In 2019, three generations of the family members named John Shaft would exist, in the Warner Bros-New Line Cinema-Netflix sequel confusingly also entitled "Shaft". Further to add confusion, with three lead characters sharing the same name, from the original MGM versions, Richard Roundtree as (uncle/great-uncle) John Shaft, Samuel L. Jackson as (nephew/father) John Shaft (Senior), and Jessie T. Usher as (great-nephew/son) John Shaft (Junior/II).
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John Singleton saw the original Richard Roundtree version of Shaft (1971) when he was just 3.
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According to an interview with Christian Bale, one of the main reasons why he took the role was because of a fight scene between Walter Wade, Jr. and Shaft on an airport runway. The scene was filmed, but cut to make room for more scenes with Jeffrey Wright, who scored highly with preview audiences.
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Vin Diesel turned down the villain role that eventually went to Christian Bale.
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In one scene, Shaft says "stylin'", regarding the shirt Vanessa Williams is wearing with Pam Grier on it. Samuel L. Jackson previously co-starred with Grier in "Jackie Brown".
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Toni Collette and Samuel L. Jackson have both later appeared on xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017).
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John Leguizamo was originally cast but dropped out to work on Moulin Rouge! (2001).
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Samuel L. Jackson was unavailable to shoot the sex scene in the opening credits sequence, as he was filming The Caveman's Valentine (2001). A body double was used to film the scene.
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Lamont wears an earring with the initials "LT". These are the initials of the actor who portrayed him, former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor.
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The trailer has a scene, that is not in the film, where Shaft and his partner, Carmen are talking about Diane. Carmen: "If something happens, I'll come after you myself!" Shaft: "You won't have to. Something happens to her, it happens to me."
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John Singleton planned a sequel, where Shaft battles drug lords in Jamaica. But the film's mediocre box office returns, and Samuel L. Jackson's disappointment with the film, stopped any plans of a sequel, at least until Shaft (2019).
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The cast features a former and future Commissioner Gordon (Pat Hingle) and Jeffrey Wright and a future Batman (Christian Bale).
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Samuel L. Jackson and John Singleton had numerous disagreements with co-writer Richard Price and producer Scott Rudin over lines in the script that they found racially and sexually offensive. One scene, to which Jackson objected, featured Shaft tossing a candy bar at a sexual partner when she wants him to take her out for dinner. The lines were deleted from the script.
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Soja Sohn, (Det Shakima "Kima" Greggs), Andre Royo (Reginald"Bubbles" Cousins) & Deirdre Lovejoy (uncredited Asst.State Atty. Rhonda Pearlman) were on The H.B.O. Series "THE WIRE".
Shaft - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Shaft - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Shaft - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Shaft - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Shaft - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Shaft - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Shaft - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Shaft - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Shaft - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Shaft - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Shaft - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Shaft - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Shaft - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Shaft - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Shaft - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Shaft - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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