-
The film is first-person subjective shots from beginning to end, using GoProHERO3 Black Ultimate Edition, an extreme sports selfie camera to shoot.
-
In the film, she plays Daya Chakusha, a girl from the Furious Girl Speeding Party, and she is also the composer of the soundtrack for the film.
-
The film premiered at the 2015 Toronto Film Festival and was one of the earliest popular films at the festival. Lionsgate, Universal and STX Entertainment competed, and STX won the film for $1 million. The title was changed from the original "Hardcore" to "Hardcore Henry" .
-
The protagonist in the film does not have a single line from beginning to end.
-
A stunt scene in the film is a highway chase with an explosion interspersed with it. The whole scene lasted only three minutes, but it took four and a half days to shoot.
-
After the film was shot but there was no money to do the post-production, the director had no choice but to launch a crowdfunding on the website, using the money raised to make sound effects and CG special effects .
Hardcore Henry behind the scenes gags
-
Jimmy: Like my father always said, a grenade a day keeps the enemy at bay.
-
Estelle: [inside a helicopter, after shooting Henry several times, Henry falls and she kneels down to him] How could you do this to me, Henry? How could you fucking do this to me? Answer me! Answer me!
Henry: [places a bloody palm on wall and writes over his blood 'EZ']
Estelle: [stands up, angrily] Motherfucker!
[shoots Henry one more time, Henry blocks the bullet with his hand and it ricochets, hitting her on her chest]
Estelle: [surprised] What happened, Henry?
[drops gun, starts to walk, stumbles]
Estelle: [weak and faintly] You were supposed to love me.
[keeps walking, trips, screams and is now hanging on the exterior part of the edge of the helicopter where the entrance to the door is]
Estelle: [begging and pleading] Henry! Henry! Listen to your heart.
Henry: [ignores her, slides helicopter door down to close it where her fingers are and she is heard screaming as she falls to her death]
[film ends]