The Punisher - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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

[nicholas]

Lions Gate purchased Artisan Entertainment midway through production.

[toni]

Unlike the comics, The Punisher's signature symbol, the skull is given a backstory: In the film, Castle's son Will gives Castle a black t-shirt he bought for him as a gift and Will tells Castle that the skull wards off evil spirits. The skull inspires Castle to become The Punisher and Castle makes the skull his signature symbol as The Punisher.

[cameron]

The house used as Howard Saint's mansion belonged to ex NBA player Matt Geiger at the time of filming.

[kenneth]

(at around 1h 35 mins) The scene when Howard Saint visits Quentin Glass in his home at night was actually shot in the middle of the afternoon. The evening effect was achieved by tenting up the real-life house that was being used as Glass's home.

[duane]

Scenes were constantly scaled back or cut to meet budget requirements. Effects scenes were almost always done the old-fashioned way with old tricks replacing new CGI. Jonathan Hensleigh discusses this in the commentary track of the original DVD edition

[miriam]

Pro wrestler Kevin Nash had to cut his hair for his role. To explain the haircut to his wrestling fans, he "bet" his hair in a match against wrestler Chris Jericho.

[kristina]

Thomas Jane trained for nearly 7 months with the United States Navy SEALs and gained more than 20 pounds of muscle in doing so.

[sandra]

Jonathan Hensleigh did not want superhero music for the ending scene where Frank is on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, making his vow as The Punisher, because "The Punisher is not a superhero."

[steve]

Frank's tenement building was located at the corner of N. Nebraska Ave. and E. Zack St., directly across the street from the Tampa Amtrak station. It was a fairly well known local landmark due to it's unusual shape, but has since been demolished.

[tammy]

Castle's sidearm for the climactic firefight is a modified 1911-style .45 equipped with a compensator, extended safeties and slide stop, beveled magazine well, and adjustable sights.

[claude]

Total body count = 45.

[lena]

In one scene, John Travolta's character visits an autopsy bay to see the dead body of his son. In a horrible twist of irony, five years later in real life, Travolta lost his eldest son, Jett Travolta, who died prematurely at the age of 16.

[ella]

The only Punisher film thus far where Frank Castle engages the murderers of his family rather than him tackling other foes after the genesis of him becoming The Punisher.

[nora]

Jonathan Hensleigh wanted the music to be very emotional. When scoring the film, composer Carlo Siliotto saw Frank Castle as a tragic figure stating, "This man, Frank Castle, is somebody who has a slaughtered family. He comes through that slaughter, and becomes a punisher. But he's a sad man - he drinks, and he has bad memories always coming to him. There's a lot in the film, and at times it is like a modern version of classic tragedy like "Othello."

[sandra]

(at around 34 mins) The earrings that Howard Saint gives to his wife are not props but real Harry Winston diamonds, valued at $1 million.

[nicholas]

The bourbon Castle drinks throughout the film is "Wild Turkey". In the Jimmy Weeks subplot, we see Jimmy drinking the same brand.

[manuel]

The scene with the explosion in front of the Bank of America building was not adequately publicized and hundreds of people called 911 thinking it was an actual explosion.

[francisco]

Despite never actually interacting, Thomas Jane and John Travolta both starred in Face/Off (1997). Jane played one of the inmates at the federal prison in which Sean Archer as "Castor Troy" infiltrates.

[norma]

In the script, Livia Saint was supposed to commit suicide and not be killed by Howard Saint. She died the same way showed in the movie, but in the script she willingly threw herself off the bridge.