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Lead actor Michael Fassbender blamed in one interview the divisive reactions to The Counsellor (2013) on his performance, but he also said, that he always does that when one of his films is not a success.
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In the refurbished nightclub the camera shifts focus from the Counselor to a large b/w photo of actor Steve McQueen in a sailor's uniform. It's a still from The Sand Pebbles (1966). McQueen shot Sam Peckinpah's The Getaway (1972) in El Paso, Texas where this scene of The Counsellor (2013) is set and died nearby in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on November 7, 1980 after a risky and unsuccessful cancer surgery. Except from the still photo there is also a verbal reference to McQueen himself: He remarked once on his lifelong love of motor racing: "Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting." Screenwriter Cormac McCarthy adapted McQueen's well-known quote into the following line of dialogue: "Life is being in bed with you. Everything else is just waiting."
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The first original screenplay written by Cormac McCarthy.
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The outfit in the final scene of Cameron Diaz had no hood which was specifically added on her request.
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Javier Bardem's hair was the actor's own and inspired by film producer Brian Grazer's hairdo.
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Penélope Cruz was pregnant during filming.
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Bradley Cooper and Jeremy Renner were considered to play Reiner. Brad Pitt was also interested in the role before he was cast as Westray.
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Benedict Wong shot scenes for this film as Malkina's Hong Kong partner, but was cut from the finished film. Footage of his time on set can be seen on the Blu-ray's Special Features.
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Natalie Portman was considered for the role of Laura.
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