- Although many complex and dangerous action scenes were designed in the film, no actor was injured during the filming process.
- The names of the two DDS soldiers who broke into Scotland were "Miller" and "Carpenter". The reason is that George Miller's " Mad Max " series of films and John Carpenter's " Escape From New York " have had a huge impact on the creation of the film.
- The Scottish Film Industry Association donated 300,000 pounds for the film.
- Alexander Siddig, who plays the British Prime Minister in the film, is the nephew of actor Malcolm McDowell. McDowell also played an important role in the film.
- Although the film was shot in London and Scotland. But the source of most of the scenery is South Africa.
- The military armored vehicles that appear in the film are made of real steel and bulletproof glass. According to the director, this is done to make the film look more real, and also to allow the actors to enter the show better. The crew spent 4-5 weeks designing these vehicles, and then another 10 weeks to make these vehicles.
- The weapons used by DDS soldiers are the Vektor CR-21 rifle, a standing weapon of the South African military.
- The sporty sports car in the film was produced by Bentley in 2008. The retail price of each car is about $150,000 .
- The film borrowed a lot of material from "Warriors" and "Escape From New York". At the same time, it also draws on many other films such as " 28 Days Later ", " 28 Weeks Later ", " Planet Terror ", " Cabin fever ", "Mad Max" and so on .
Doomsday behind the scenes gags
2021-12-30 17:21
Extended Reading
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[first lines]
Kane: Like so many epidemics before, the loss of so many lives began with a single microscopic organism. It's human nature to seek even the smallest comfort in reason, or logic for events as catastrophic as these. But a virus doesn't choose a time or place. It doesn't hate or even care. It just happens.
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Bill Nelson: [as Sinclair puts her fake eye in her socket] I'll never get used to that.