Matt Damon trained in the Filipino martial art Kali for the movie. Kali involves using the aggressor's energy against him and conserving your own energy.
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Robert Duvall is rumored to have been considered for the role of Dick Cheney.
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When reciting the names of the fraternity brothers during his hazing at Yale, the second and third surnames of people he names are "Hill" and "Hotchkiss". Oliver Stone and James Cromwell attended the Pennsylvania-based boarding school for boys The Hill School, and one of the Hill's rival preparatory schools is Hotchkiss.
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A cut scene featured Michael Shannon as Arthur Blessitt, who first converted Bush to Born-Again Christianity.
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When W. tells his father about the Yale football game over the phone, he mentions "Hill" and "Dowling". These are Yale football running back Calvin Hill and quarterback Brian Dowling, who were the stars of the undefeated 1968 Yale team. Hill, a fraternity brother of Bush's, went on to a career in professional football and now consults with several NFL teams; he married Janet Hill, who had been Hillary Clinton's college roommate. Their son, Grant Hill, is an NBA player. Dowling also had a stint in the NFL, albeit a briefer one than Hill's. Dowling is now best known as the inspiration for the "Doonesbury" comic strip character B.D., which cartoonist Garry Trudeau started while he, Dowling, and Bush were all Yale students.
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Oliver Stone and George W. Bush were both in Yale's class of 1968, though Stone dropped out after one year and went to Vietnam instead of graduating, while Bush graduated with his class.
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This movie was filmed sequentially. Josh Brolin lost a considerable amount of weight to play W. in his youth and had to quickly gain it back to play him middle-aged.
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James Cromwell also appeared in The Green Mile (1999) with Sam Rockwell, who played George W. Bush in Vice (2018).
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James Cromwell's George H W Bush calls Josh Brolin's George W Bush "Boy'o' in the movie W. Cromwell as Cheif Dudley in LA Confidential used the same nickname for Kevin Spacey's Jack Vincennes.
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Marley Shelton, who portrays W's fiancé Fran, previously appeared with Josh Brolin in the 2007 film Planet Terror. They played a married couple who were also both doctors.
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As a former Marine, Scott Glenn is the only actor playing a member of the Bush administration who has actual military experience.
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Brad Sham, long-time radio voice of the Dallas Cowboys, makes a brief appearance as a White House reporter near the end of the movie. He's asks the question about 9/11 in which "W" struggles to answer.
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Elizabeth Banks, Jeffrey Wright and Toby Jones all played characters in the Hunger Games franchise.
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During the wrap party at a local bar, a fight broke out involving one of the crew members, and Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright were among those present who were arrested by the responding officers. All charges were dismissed.
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Christian Bale was initially cast as George W. Bush, and even underwent weeks of prosthetics tests before filming began. However, he withdrew from the production at the last minute, prompting Oliver Stone to immediately look for a replacement. Josh Brolin was subsequently given the role following his notable performances in No Country for Old Men (2007) and American Gangster (2007). Bale would play Bush's Vice President, Dick Cheney, ten years later in Vice (2018).
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Colin Hanks appeared with James Brolin in the series Life in Pieces (2015), and Josh Brolin in this movie.
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Josh Brolin and Toby Jones who are in the film would play villains in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Brolin, who played Bush would play Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War (2018). Jones who was in the film would play Dr. Armin Zola in the Captain America films.
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According to James Cromwell (who plays George H.W. Bush), Oliver Stone originally offered the role to Warren Beatty and Harrison Ford. Interestingly, all three actors are known for their support of liberal political causes.
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Ellen Burstyn appeared in The Exorcist (1973) with Lee J. Cobb, father of James Cromwell's wife, Julie Cobb.
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