Kick-Ass - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

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

[claude]

Christopher Mintz-Plasse originally auditioned for the role of Kick-Ass.

[ethel]

When Dave and his friends are watching a news report on "Red Mist", Chris D'Amico can be seen in the background.

[bessie]

The first name Damon is given to Nicholas Cage's character for this movie. In the original comic, the character is only addressed as Macready.

[elmer]

When the bad guys are about to burn Kick-Ass and Big Daddy during a live broadcast, one of them says "Fire is good! Fire is our friend!". This is a quote from a scene in the Mel Brooks movie Young Frankenstein (1974), which is in turn a parody of a scene in Bride of Frankenstein (1935).

[wallace]

The "bazooka" in the film is based on the U.S. Marine Corps' SMAW (Shoulder-Launched, Multipurpose Assault Weapon), which fires an 83mm rocket.

[victoria]

A pair of screenprints seen in D'Amico's apartment depicting a revolver is a 1981-82 piece titled "Gun" by Andy Warhol, depicting how the gun has become a significant part of the American society, following an attempt on his life by Valerie Solanas in 1968. This piece was produced only with the revolver (similiar to what Solanas used in the nearly fatal attack) shown on the right side.

[kyle]

Joseph Gilgun was offered a role in this, but had to pass, because of his Emmerdale schedule.

[manuel]

Nicolas Cage (Damon Macready) and Lyndsy Fonseca (Katie Deauxma) both share the same birthday (January 7th).

[bryan]

In the comic, Big Daddy's backstory about being an ex-cop was a lie. He was an accountant who was bored with his life and kidnapped his daughter and made her into a vigilante. Many fans preferred the film version, including Mark Millar, who said that it "would have messed up the structure of the movie". The comic's artist John Romita, Jr. stated that Big Daddy's story in the film "works better stopping short...You love him better in the film".

[stephanie]

The opening guitar notes of track "The Corridor", played before Hit-Girl kills the thugs in the corridor, is based on "Kryptonite" by rock band Three Doors Down.

[leo]

Stan Lee: man watching news footage.

[gabriel]

When Todd (Evan Peters) and Marty (Clarke Duke) first watch the Youtube clip of Kick-Ass in an the comic book cafe, a poster for the Avengers comic series can be seen in the background. Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Dave) would later go on to star as Quicksilver in the Avengers movie series.

[marc]

The credits give descriptive names to several of D'Amico's "goons" for correct character attribution. Five of these goons, listed as "Posh", "Scary", "Sporty", "Ginger", and "Baby", were named for each of the Spice Girls.

[addison]

After Kick-Ass first meets Hit-Girl, we see Big Daddy standing in front of a billboard featuring Claudia Schiffer, wife of Matthew Vaughn.

[janice]

In the night vision Hit-Girl scene, it is set up to look exactly like an FPS (first-person shooter) game.

[marc]

In the original comic, Mark Strong's character is named "John Genovese". Genovese is one of the most powerful "Five Families" (Bonano, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Luchese) of the mob, and to avoid any trouble with them, the name was changed to Frank D'Amico, at the same time doing a nod to The Simpsons (1989), because the mob boss of Springfield, Fat Tony, is called Anthony D'Amico.

[mathew]

Dexter Fletcher plays a gangster called Cody, who drives a yellow Range Rover. In Matthew Vaughn's previous film Layer Cake (2004), he also plays a gangster called Cody, who drives a yellow Range Rover. It is unclear if they are the same character.

[veronica]

Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Evan Peters both have the unique honor of playing the same comic book character, Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver, in two different simultaneously produced franchises. Taylor-Johnson's portrayal for Marvel studios in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and Peters' portrayal for 20th Century Fox in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) and X-Men: Apocalypse (2016).

[gabriel]

A cameo scene, starring Glen Michael, was edited out.