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James Gandolfini was offered the role of Detective Trupo, but turned it down.
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The film cast includes four Oscar winners: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Common; and four Oscar nominees: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ruby Dee, John Hawkes, and Josh Brolin.
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Will Smith was an alternate choice to play Frank Lucas.
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Filming duration: 83 days: 78 in the U.S., and 5 in Thailand.
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Even though he plays his father, Common is only eight years older than T.I. in real life.
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Chiwetel Ejiofor (Huey Lucas) and John Ortiz (Javier Rivera) both went on to play Othello on stage: Ejiofor in 2007 in London and Ortiz in 2009 in New York City.
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Russell Crowe and Brad Pitt were Ridley Scott's and producer Brian Grazer's first two choices to portray Richie Roberts.
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In the late 1980s, screenwriter Thomas Lee Wright wrote an outline of The Godfather Part III (1990) for Francis Ford Coppola. Included in Wright's version was a character based off of famed Harlem gangster Leroy 'Nicky' Barnes (portrayed by Cuba Gooding Jr. in this film). During the time that Coppola was considering this idea, Wright discussed the role with Eddie Murphy, who immediately accepted the role without reading a script.
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Frank Lucas was excited about the film; however, he admitted that only a small portion of the film was true, and that much of it was fabricated for dramatic effect. Similarly, Richie Roberts criticized the film for its inaccuracy, and said it made Lucas too noble.
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In the much-forgotten science fiction action thriller Virtuosity (1995), Denzel Washington starred as a heroic policeman while a then-unknown Russell Crowe was cast as the villain.
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Rapper Jay Z was invited to a screening of the film. He was so impressed with the film he made an album called "American Gangster".
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David Fincher was interested in making the film back when the script was still titled "Superfly," but he and the studio could not agree on an appropriate budget for the film.
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Screenwriter Terry George was brought on to rewrite the script, in order to downsize the project's budget to $50 million, when it was first revitalized in March 2005. George had planned on reuniting with his Hotel Rwanda (2004) lead, Don Cheadle, to portray Frank Lucas. After George's screenplay was turned down, Steven Zaillian was re-hired to write another draft of his own screenplay.
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Not only did the real Richie Roberts serve as Frank Lucas's lawyer after he went into private practice, he was godfather to Lucas's son.
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Ridley Scott previously directed Russell Crowe in Gladiator (2000), A Good Year (2006), and Robin Hood (2010).
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Ray Liotta was originally a choice for the role of Richie Roberts.
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Peter Berg met briefly with producers to direct this, and was given the okay by Denzel Washington.
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Ridley Scott recalls that this production was one of the most massive undertakings of his career. There were 360 scenes filmed in over 180 different locations.
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Clarence Williams III portrays the character Bumpy Johnson. In the film Hoodlum (1997), Clarence goes head to head with Bumpy Johnson (portrayed by Laurence Fishburne) as the character Bub Hewlett.
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