Panic Room - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Panic Room or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Panic Room

[nora]

Nicole Kidman was originally cast in the role of Meg Altman, and Hayden Panettiere was cast as her daughter, Sarah. Before filming began, Panettiere was replaced with Kristen Stewart, who had beat out Daveigh Chase for the role, as director David Fincher found her "irritating." Then, only eighteen days into filming, Kidman had to leave the film due to a recurring knee injury suffered during the filming of Moulin Rouge! (2001). Fincher suggested that the studio close the production and collect the insurance, but the studio moved forward. Jodie Foster was offered the role. Due to having been the president of the Cannes Film Festival jury, she withdrew to work with Fincher, with whom she was originally supposed to work on The Game (1997) in the role now played by Sean Penn. Foster had only nine days to prepare for the Meg Altman role. Kidman left a small mark in the film, nevertheless: she is the voice of the girlfriend of Meg's (Foster) husband, heard answering the phone when Foster's character calls him in a desperate attempt for help.

[chad]

Originally David Fincher planned to make the film in pitch darkness but this proved too impractical.

[terry]

Mel Gibson was originally considered for the part of the ex-husband.

[jesse]

Because the sets had been designed with Nicole Kidman in mind, who is much taller than Jodie Foster, the green safety lasers on the panic room door ended up exactly at the level of Foster's eyes, constantly blinding her as she entered and exited the room.

[ruby]

Although, it's never said Kristen Stewart's character is obviously type 1 diabetic. She's seen drinking regular soda in a beginning scene which would raise her blood sugar. So the fact she gets low blood sugar earlier in the night is sketchy. Also, the fact she would have a device to monitor her blood sugar and not an insulin pump is ridiculous. Even though the insulin pump would do nothing for her low blood sugar.

[ray]

Paul Schulze and Mel Rodriguez (Officers Keeney and Morales) share a birthday, June 12th

[richard]

Writer David Koepp got the idea for the film from an article in The New York Times about "safe rooms" and getting stuck inside an elevator in his own brownstone.

[manuel]

Kristen Stewart said it was hard for her to curl her toes like she did in the movie because her toes were long and they would crack a lot.

[stephanie]

The cellular phone used by Jodie Foster in this movie is a Nokia 8890. The silver slide phone is often mistaken as the phone used in The Matrix (1999).

[fred]

After Nicole Kidman was forced to leave the production, other actresses had to be considered. Among them was Angelina Jolie who was deemed to be too young.

[manuel]

All of the indoor scenes were shot entirely in the sequence in which they appear in the finished film.

[charlie]

Having just made a film with 150 locations in the shape of Fight Club (1999), David Fincher was keen to tackle something a lot simpler for his next film.