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Trivia: The only "Rush Hour" film not to feature a Michael Jackson song. However, there are a few nods to Jackson in the film - notably Chris Tucker refers to himself as "Bubbles" in one scene - which was the name of Jackson's pet chimpanzee for a time.

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Trivia: Some of the fake money made for the production ended up being stolen from the set by extras. Several of those extras later attempted to pass off the money as real. As a result, the FBI had to briefly investigate the film's production.

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Trivia: Zhang Ziyi's part was originally written to be a male character.

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Trivia: Don Cheadle agreed to be in the film, but only if he could fight Jackie Chan. His scene was then re-written to accommodate his request.

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Trivia: Early in pre-production, famed rapper Tupac Shakur was in consideration for the co-lead Agent Carter.

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Trivia: Several of Agent Lee's humorous gags and action beats were recycled from previous Jackie Chan films. As at the time, not too many of Jackie Chan's Hong Kong films had been released in the US, Chan and the director were able to pick and chose some of their favorite moments from his prior movies to incorporate into "Rush Hour."

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Trivia: Very early on in pre-production, Chris Farley was considered for the role that would ultimately become Detective Lee. The character would have instead been a hapless white police officer whose teamed up with a smart-talking African American officer. After Farley left, his character was re-written to be a "fish out of water" Chinese police officer whose forced to come to the US.

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Revealing mistake: After Jean kills Charles, Jean's house (which is suspended in the air) crashes downwards. Watch the scene very closely, and you can see some minor slip-ups in the computer rendering that give it away as a CGI shot. For example, some of the debris on the walkway in front of the house vanishes after landing. A very small piece of debris on the walkway is also seen "popping" upwards for no reason after having sat still for several seconds. Also, right before the shot ends, a few piece of debris in front of the middle window on the roof begin to flop about before flipping upwards in defiance of gravity. There are also several other minor issues with the shot. (Jean is no longer using her powers once the house falls, so this can't explain it).

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Trivia: Sammo Hung, who co-starred in the original "Project A," was meant to return for this film, but was unable to due to scheduling conflicts.

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Trivia: Jackie Chan hadn't originally planned on making a sequel to "Project A." However, the Japanese Emperor personally told him he was a fan of the first film and wanted to see a sequel, leading Chan to decide to make this film.

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Trivia: It took Jackie Chan a full week to build up the courage to do the clocktower stunt in which he falls from the top of the clocktower to the ground. The scene was filmed in three takes. The first time it was filmed, Chan couldn't bring himself to let go, and he had to hold onto the clock until his arms simply gave out. And to top it off, Chan almost died during the course of filming the scene. To this day almost forty years later, it's still considered one of his most dangerous and harrowing stunts.

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Trivia: The first Jackie Chan film to include outtakes during the credits. Unfortunately, the outtakes were edited out of most western releases.

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Trivia: The original title for the film roughly translated to "Pirate Patrol." The title was changed during production, however, as Jackie Chan and the producers feared that other Hong Kong studios would rush to copy the film by making similar pirate-themed adventures. Chan later chose the much more vague title of "Project A," since it gave nothing away about the plot.

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Trivia: The wood-chipper Tree leaps into is labeled "Biff's Tree Removal." This is a reference to the "Back to the Future" film series, which features a prominent character named Biff. The "Back to the Future" movies were one of the inspirations for the film.

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Trivia: Spoilers. In the end, Dr. Butler and his wife Stephanie are revealed to be the killers. They were actually the killers in the original script for the first film, but the ending was changed several times until the final version seen in theaters with Lori being the killer. The original idea was recycled into this film, since the dimension-hopping angle of the story allowed the presence of a new version of the killer.

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Continuity mistake: There are some minor inconsistencies between the original game and this prequel regarding Chloe's time at Blackwell Academy. In the original game, Chloe's dialog during episode three suggests she's never been in principal Wells' office, but in this prequel, Chloe is seen visiting the office. Additionally, this game, which is set in 2010, shows Chloe being expelled. But documentation in the original game indicated she was expelled in 2011.

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Trivia: Two of the actors in this film also have roles in the MCU's rival DC Extended Universe. Laurence Fishburne (Bill Foster) played Perry White in "Man of Steel" and "Batman V Superman," and Randall Park (Agent Woo) played Dr. Shin in "Aquaman."

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Trivia: Paul Rudd actually learned the sleight-of-hand magic tricks he performs in the film - it's not special effects as one might assume.

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Trivia: One of the film's writers has slyly suggested that in his opinion, Norman Osbourne (aka, the Green Goblin of "Spider-Man" fame) is an associate of Sonny Burch, and is the one who wants the Quantum Technology.

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Trivia: Batou is played by Pilou Asbæk. Asbæk had previously worked with Scarlett Johansson on the film "Lucy," playing the titular character's ill-fated boyfriend Richard.

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