Underworld: Evolution - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

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[elmer]

Zita Görög (Amelia) had to have her lines dubbed over because the microphones didn't pick up her voice.

[sylvia]

William's name is from the Old Norman form Williame, corresponding to the French spelling Guillaume, and is a cognate from the German Wilhelm, and of Germanic origin: wil = "will or desire". Given that William's "appetite for destruction" was insatiable, it is an appropriate name. It has never been revealed whether William or Marcus is the older twin and if they are fraternal or identical twins. Before his mutation or transformation into the first Werewolf/Lycan, William, along with his twin brother Marcus, is the first born Immortal in the Underworld franchise. William's human form is never shown in the films; however, since he and Marcus are twin brothers, it is likely they were identical before William's transformation, meaning William's natural hair color would be red. William is the only Werewolf/Lycan in the main canon with white fur and eyes; all other Werewolves/Lycans have black fur and black eyes. William is the only Werewolf/Lycan that proved to be a challenge for Michael Corvin, who would typically kill Werewolves/Lycans with ease. It would not be a stretch to assume that, had William been well-fed and nourished prior to their encounter, he might have been able to defeat Michael. It is likely that William was capable of entering a state of suspended animation or hibernation that is similar, but superior to those of Vampire Elders. This is shown by lower Lycans who lost their furs due to constant starvation, and Vampire Elders who became desiccated from blood fasting and require hours of blood infusion to regain their strength. By comparison, William showed no signs of physical deterioration or loss of furs from his long imprisonment, which implies he was perfectly preserved. William was the first Immortal whose victims turned or transformed after they died. In the novelization of Underworld: Evolution, Selene deduces that despite his savage nature, William must possesses great cunning as he managed to evade the original Death Dealer army for 600 years. William is the only character that participated in the final battle of Underworld: Evolution who was not hybridized or given enhanced powers from the blood of another Immortal species. Of all known immortal children and descendants (either born or turned) of Alexander Corvinus, William is the only one that has never been turn into a hybrid. William's actor, Brian Steele, appears as an enslaved Werewolf/Lycan in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. GalleryEdit

[jessie]

The love scene between Michael and Selene ran longer, and was shot with full nudity from both performers on-set. Kate Beckinsale then requested not to feature any shot that showed her fully nude. This is why there are lots of fades in and out.

[ethel]

This is the only movie in the Underworld film franchise so far that the music wasn't composed by Paul Haslinger, who did the score for Underworld (2003). He was replaced by Marco Beltrami, who Director Len Wiseman wanted because he was impressed with his score on I, Robot (2004). Paul was brought back for Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009).

[chad]

Kate Beckinsale's chair had, instead of her name, "My Sweetie" on it surrounded by tiny hearts.

[ken]

Had a seventy-one-day shooting schedule.

[morris]

(At around twenty-four minutes) During the pub sequence, the presenter is reading out news on the television in Hungarian. The text explicitly refers to cheating discovered during the elections. In 2006 (the production year) there were general elections in Hungary with the two largest parties accusing each other of criminal activity.

[tammy]

The name Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman) was originally the intended name for the main character in The Crow: City of Angels (1996), which was changed to the name Ashe Corven.

[ken]

Tony Curran who portrayed the first vampire Marcus, portrayed a pure-blooded vampire named "Priest" in Blade II (2002).

[violet]

Selene wields a pistol-grip Remington 870 Express Magnum with synthetic furniture and a tactical flashlight fixed to the end of the magazine tube, which she unloads into Marcus at point-blank range, to no avail.

[russell]

The mysterious key taken from Lucian's neck has doubled in size.

[claude]

While filming a scene where Selene and Michael look at each other longingly, Director Len Wiseman surprised the cast and crew by playing Bryan Adams' song "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)", at which everyone started laughing.

[ava]

According to Tony Curran, he stipulated in his contract that he wanted to be able to keep his vampire fangs in at all times, even when he wasn't filming.

[jamie]

In Underworld (2003) Victor says that the elders began their sleep rotation cycle fourteen centuries before the present day. Yet, in the opening battle sequence for this movie, all three elders, Victor, Marcus, and Amelia, are awake even though the subtitle places the scene in the year 1202.

[scarlett]

Body Count: sixty-two.

[fred]

In the first cut of the movie that was put together sometime around spring of 2005, and which didn't include almost all of the visual and CGI effects, didn't have proper sound mixing, and which was said to be over two hours long, the sex scene between Michael and Selene was longer, and it included more nudity from Kate Beckinsale. The scene also included a part where right after Selene has an orgasm (this is the part where scene stops and fades to black in final version of it) she gets on top of Michael and they continue to make love. Reportedly, this part was cut right after the rest of the scene was heavily edited because of Beckinsale's demands not to include any shot that would show her completely nude. The scene was filmed with her and Scott Speedman being fully nude, which is why it required some big cuts during later editing. This also explains use of fade outs in between the shots of the scene and some bad edits of it.However, because of these reasons, a later part of the scene where Selene is on top of Michael and they continue to have sex until she has another orgasm couldn't be re-edited to look proper, which is why it hit the cutting room floor. But, if the later scene where Marcus stabs Selene and starts drinking her blood and seeing her memories is slowed down (this scene takes place about an hour into this movie), one or two single frame shots can be seen which show a bit more nudity from Selene and her starting to get on top of Michael. These shots were part of the original sex scene, and were accidentally left in during editing.Director Len Wiseman said in the commentary for the theatrical cut of the movie recorded in 2006 how there were some scenes that were deleted from the movie and how there might be an extended version of this movie released sometime after the DVD release, just like the first movie had, but that never happened. He also mentioned in some interviews when the movie was released in theaters how the original cut almost got an NC-17 rating, mostly due to the level of violence and gore, but it was also hinted that one of the other reasons why the original version of the sex scene between Michael and Selene was cut down is because that scene alone would probably earn the movie an NC-17 rating.

[ivan]

Kate Beckinsale wanted to use movies like Aliens (1986) and The Terminator (1984) as the basis for her role as an action heroine, but when they first talked about the movie, Director and husband Len Wiseman suggested that she check out Russell Crowe in L.A. Confidential (1997) instead.

[lena]

Sir Derek Jacobi (Corvinus) and Tony Curran (Marcus) have a Doctor Who (2005) connection. Jacobi as The Master in the episode Doctor Who: Utopia (2007) and Curran as Vincent Van Gogh in the episode Doctor Who: Vincent and the Doctor (2010). Bill Nighy (Viktor) also appears in this same episode with Curran as a museum curator.

[sara]

The little girl that plays young Selene is Lily Mo Sheen, the daughter of Kate Beckinsale and Michael Sheen.