Kick-Ass - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[liam]

In Dave's fight with Rasul, he pulls out a taser and hits him in the forehead. This may be a reference to Batman Begins (2005), where, in a scene where Rachael Dawes is startled by Batman, she pulls out a taser and hits him in the chest, but is probably just similar and not a direct reference.

[dustin]

In the original comic, Kick-Ass does not get the girl in the end.

[ivan]

Daniel Craig and Mark Wahlberg were considered for the role of Big Daddy, before Nicolas Cage was cast.

[aaron]

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Even Peters, Nicolas Cage, and Lyndsy Fonseca all have played roles based on Marvel characters. Taylor-Johnson played Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver as a cameo appearance in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and then again in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), albeit his character gets a larger role. Peters coincidentally played the same character in the X-Men universe in both X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) and X-Men: Apocalypse (2016). Cage portrayed the part of Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider in Ghost Rider (2007) and then again in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011). Lyndsy Forseca went on to portray Angie Martinelli in Agent Carter (2015).

[maureen]

According to Mark Millar, the "C-word" moment, in issue three of the comic, ultimately convinced Matthew Vaughn that it was a worthy project.