Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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

[terry]

In an interview for this film, Ryan Gosling stated that he "always wanted to act out a superhero role, but the good ones were taken." The Driver character is a something of a superhero, with the Scorpion jacket as a costume. Gosling later turned down the role of Batman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) due to his 'no-sequel' rule.

[kylie]

The Driver and Irene actually say very little to each other, primarily because Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan felt that their scenes should be more focused on the mood and refused to say many of the scripted lines. Mulligan summarized making the film as "staring longingly at Ryan Gosling for hours each day."

[wallace]

Casting director Mindy Marin, production designer Beth Mickle and costume designer Erin Benach have all worked with Ryan Gosling before "Drive." The latter has designed distinctive clothes for Gosling in Half Nelson (2006) and Blue Valentine (2010), as well as this film.

[sophie]

The police officer name tag worn by Driver in the movie set scene reads "McCall", referring to assistant property master Dana McCall.

[bryan]

Despite the elaborate and realistic images of Los Angeles, Nicolas Winding Refn has no knowledge of the city. Refn spent most of his time with Ryan Gosling to get to know the city.

[oscar]

Christina Hendricks (Blanche) has less than 10 minutes of screen time despite prominent billing.

[kristen]

This was the first film Carey Mulligan signed on to after being nominated for an Academy Award for her role in An Education (2009).

[nora]

After a lot of speculation from people on the possibility of a sequel or a spin off to Drive, on a 2016, when asked about it, Nicolas Winding Refn said: "No, there will never be a second Drive movie. [...] It ends too imperfectly. And that's why it works.".

[eli]

Although fake blood was used on the set, most of the gore effects were added in post-production.

[oscar]

Originally planned as a blockbuster, the movie was eventually re-labelled as an independent film.

[ronnie]

The mask worn by Driver is from SPFX Masks, which sells ultra-realistic masks to the public.

[sandra]

Ryan Gosling replaced Hugh Jackman.

[bryan]

Director Nicolas Winding Refn's apartment in LA was an important place during the developing and making of the film. The editing took place there, all the actors used to hang out there during the making of the film, writer Hussain Amini lived in the attic while developing the script with Refn, and Carry Muligan lived there too. Also, The actors did readings there while developing and suggesting further ideas to the story.

[ivan]

Throughout the film, Driver (Ryan Gosling) can be seen chewing on Diamond-brand toothpicks (L'Elegance model).

[mathew]

According to Nicolas Winding Refn, the head stomp scene was severely edited because the ratings board thought it was "too violent."

[kylie]

Pornstar Bobbi Starr originally had a cameo as the abused wife of Bernie Rose's (Albert Brooks) neighbor, Lenny. This scene was cut.

[ivan]

Ryan Gosling's character wears a jacket with a scorpion on the back. Gosling also happens to be a Scorpio (born November 12, 1980).

[victoria]

Driver references the fable of The Scorpion and the Frog: the frog agrees to carry the scorpion across the river; the scorpion stings the frog, saying "it's my nature" and both drown. Driver can be seen as The Frog of the story - he drives/carries criminals (scorpions) around in his car, but is inevitably dragged into their destructive world (stung) leading to everybody's downfall. Driver's jacket has a scorpion on the back, just as the frog carried the scorpion on its back.

[kylie]

Bryan Cranston was one of the first actors Nicolas Winding Refn looked to cast, as he was a fan of Breaking Bad (2008). Knowing Cranston had other opportunities, Winding Refn tried to interest him by asking how he would like to develop the role. After not hearing back, Winding Refn called him, at the very same time that Cranston was writing on a piece of paper the pros and cons of doing the film. Moved by Winding Refn's interest, he accepted the part.