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The crew originally wanted Winona Reid to play the first lady, but it failed.
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The character of Secret Service Director Jobs in the film was originally a male. After Angela Bessett auditioned, the director specially modified the script for her.
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Because the weather was too hot during the shooting in Louisiana. The Animal Protection Association ordered the crew to provide air conditioning for the German Shepherd in the film between shooting.
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During the time when Morgan Freeman was filming the episode where all the White House staff entered the air-raid shelter, news that he had died was circulating on the Internet.
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Before Gerald Butler starred in this film, there is a film about to be in hand. The film was adapted from Vince Flynn's novel "Legal Killing". He is expected to play a character named Mickey Lepp in it. Later the movie was aborted. In fact, the plot of that movie is almost the same as that of the film. It tells the story of an agent played by Butler who rescued the president alone.
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The film was originally scheduled to be released on April 5th, 2013, but it crashed with Paul Feige's "Hot Police Flower" at this time, so it was released on March 22nd.
Olympus Has Fallen behind the scenes gags
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Kang: I underestimated you. It will not happen again.
Mike Banning: There is no again. You're gonna die down there. Alone. Cut off from the rest of the world. My advice - save the last bullet for yourself. Because if you don't, I'm gonna stick my knife through your brain. But don't worry. I'm going to leak the photos of your body to the press. You know, because I know you like that kind of shit.
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Ray Monroe: [giving abort code] Hashtag.
Mike Banning: What?
Ray Monroe: Hashtag.
Secret Service Director Lynn Jacobs: Shift 3!