In an Aug. 2014 interview with Elle magazine, Eva Green was asked if she ever had any trepidation about being naked so much in the movie. She said "Any actor and any actress are very nervous when we have to do that kind of scene. It is not gratuitous [with Ava], the way she uses sexuality to get men and use men is part of her character. But also it's not realistic. It is art. Robert lights it in such a way. He promised me there would be lots of shadows and stuff and things would be added in post. That was very important. But on the day you feel nervous. It's very strange. You're so stressed that it's like, 'I'm not naked. I'm not naked. I'm not naked.' And then you kind of forget that you're naked." She then talked about what she did to prepare for being naked in front of cast and crew. "A lot of actors get drunk. But I was cast a week before shooting so I didn't have time to do much prep at all: So no time to go to the gym. I put myself in the hands of Robert and asked him to remove the cellulite in post-production ... I mean, can you imagine a femme fatale with really bad cellulite? That would be another version of 'Sin City'!" She joked. When asked what she thought about Americans being so prude when it comes to nudity and sex, she replied "It's very subjective. In this movie it's so not pornographic. It's very decent, I think."
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Although many stunt drivers are credited, Ryan Gosling did a number of stunts himself, after completing a stunt driving car crash course.
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Locations were picked by Nicolas Winding Refn while Ryan Gosling drove him around the city at night. Refn chose Los Angeles as the shooting site due to budget concerns.
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The title sequence is hot-pink, which was inspired by Risky Business (1983)' editing table.
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The film premiered on May 20, in competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. At its first showing to the media, it received abundant praise and received "some of the best responses of the festival", but one positive review said it "can't win, won't win" Cannes's top prize. It was greeted with hoots and howls of joy from the media, with viewers cheering on some of the scenes featuring extreme violence. It also received a 15-minute standing ovation from the crowd.
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"Trying to work in a more reality arena for a character like that," Nicolas Winding Refn originally auditioned porn stars for Blanche. He was unable to find anyone with the necessary acting talent. After meeting with Christina Hendricks, he decided to cast her, feeling her "powerhouse" persona would click with the character.
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Nicolas Winding Refn replaced Neil Marshall as director. Refn was hand-picked by Ryan Gosling for the project.
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Ron Perlman won the role of Nino after explaining to Nicolas Winding Refn that he wanted to play "a Jewish man who wants to be an Italian gangster because that's what [he is], a Jewish boy from N.Y."
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Bryan Cranston revealed in a 2012 interview that he ad-libbed many of his scenes in this film.
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Although this is a quiet crime thriller, the trailers gave the impression that it was a car chase film like the "Fast and Furious" films. One woman even sued because she did not get that sort of film.
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The movie's tagline is the same tagline that was used for No Country for Old Men (2007) ("There are no clean getaways").
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There are many references to Taxi Driver (1976) in this film. One is the scene in which Driver sits alone eating pie. This is the same thing the protagonist, Travis Bickle, did in Taxi Driver. Refn has expressed an esteemed admiration for Taxi Driver director Martin Scorsese.
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After Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn removed much of the Driver's dialogue, Bryan Cranston felt that his character, Shannon, should make up for the lack of talking in the film, and thus made Shannon a motormouth. Much of his dialogue is improvised.
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Drive (2011) was the inspiration for the incredibly popular indie game," Hotline Miami," according to its creator, Jonatan Söderström.
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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