- The handwriting of Old Boy in the title of the film was written by Josh James Brolin himself.
- In the original Old Boy, Cui Minzhi swallowed an octopus alive. In the remake, Josh James Brolin just "nods his head" to an octopus.
- Samuel L. Jackson played the role of Channing in this movie. This is his first collaboration with Spike Lee since "Jungle Fever" in 1991.
- Christian Bale, Colin Firth, and Cliff Owen were all candidates to play Adrian, but they all gave up the role.
- Will Smith and Daniel Craig used to be candidates for the lead roles, but they declined the crew’s invitation.
- Rooney Mara and Mia Huasikovska were originally the actors of the heroines, but they also refused the invitation of the crew. Lily Collins also came to the crew to audition for a role.
- Elizabeth Olsen never knew what the ending of the film was. She didn't know what kind of ending the director had arranged for the film until after she watched the film's premiere in New York .
Oldboy behind the scenes gags
2022-01-02 08:02
Extended Reading
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Emanuel 2022-04-21 09:02:49
Spike Lee is still good at filming himself. The more you like the original work, the more you hate this one. Only the idea of "the TV effect is to deceive people" is not bad. I like the original work in other places. It's really unbearable.
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Carmela 2022-01-02 08:02:26
I don't see the meaning of such a remake. Brother-sister love is replaced by father-daughter love, but what's the difference?
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Chaney: [as Joe straps him down and interrogates him with a knife blade] Wait. What?
Joe Doucett: Hold still...
Chaney: Cocksucker!
[Joe continues to cut his neck]
Chaney: Ow! Ow! Motherfucker. OW! SHIT!
Joe Doucett: [smirks] Heh, heh.
Chaney: YOU NO-DICK, ASS-LICKING SON OF A BITCH! FUCK YOU!
Joe Doucett: No, fuck you!
[Joe cuts him more]
Chaney: OH! YOU BOOGER-EATING, PISS-DRINKING MOTHERFUCKER! If you stop now you may get out of here alive!
Joe Doucett: I'm gonna keep going till I can pull your head off with my bare hands! Okay?
Chaney: [frantic] Listen to me. LISTEN TO ME! I only run this place, all right? I was hired to keep you here!
Joe Doucett: Who hired you?
Chaney: I can't tell you that!
Joe Doucett: Then do me a favor and shut the fuck up! Who hired you?
Chaney: I don't know his fuckin' name!
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Burly Man: [playing crossword puzzle] 39 across, alter ego to Edmund Dantes.
Joe Doucett: Count of Monte Cristo
[Joe smashes his hammer in Marco's skull and screams]