- Even when the director called cut on the set, Miles Teller often played the drums and didn't let himself stop until he was exhausted.
- The filming cycle of the film is only 19 days, and the entire production cycle is ten weeks (days), so hastily to be able to catch up with the registration deadline of the Sundance Film Festival.
- Dane De Haan dropped the role of Andrew in the film and was later replaced by Miles Teller.
- Miles Teller has been playing drums since he was 15 years old. During the filming process, the calluses on both hands were worn out, and the drumsticks and skeleton were stained with blood.
- In the slapped scene, J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller were doing things in the rehearsal process, but they slapped them firmly in the last shot.
- At first, Damien Chazele could not find the funds, so he could only make the film story into a short film. In 2013, the short film won the Sundance Film Festival Short Film Jury Award before receiving investment.
- The film was adapted in part based on Damien Chazerley’s real experience of joining the band in high school. He was afraid of their band teacher at the time.
Whiplash behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Terence Fletcher: Either you're deliberately out of tune and sabotaging my band, or you don't know you're out of tune, and that's even worse.
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Terence Fletcher: For the record, Metz wasn't out of tune. You were, Erickson, but he didn't know and that's bad enough.