Kick Ass facts
While investigating facts about Kick Ass, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Chloe Grace Moretz (Kick Ass) faked a British accent when she auditioned for her role in 'Hugo' because she heard that Martin Scorsese was looking to cast a British actress. When she got the part, she had to come clean.
After Sinéad O'Connor refused to performed in New Jersey if 'The Star Spangled Banner' was played prior to her appearance, Frank Sinatra threatened to "kick her ass"
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 38 of the best facts about Kick Ass I managed to collect.
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Chloë Moretz, Hit-Girl from Kick-Ass, did all her own stunts and trained with Jackie Chan's Stunt Crew for 3 months prior to filming
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In 1990 Sinéad O'Connor refused to give a concert in New Jersey, because the organizers insisted on playing the American National Anthem before her act. Frank Sinatra then threatened to "kick her in the ass" and New Jersey prohibited her from ever singing in that concert hall again.
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The iconic Duke Nukem catchphrase, "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all outta gum" originally came from the 1988 sci-fi flick "They Live", directed by John Carpenter and starring wrestling star Rowdy Roddy Piper.
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In the comic book "Kick-Ass" was based on, when Kick-Ass reveals to Katie (the love interest) that he is not actually gay, she has her boyfriend beat him up, and later sends Kick-Ass pictures of her performing oral sex on her boyfriend. This is unlike the movie, where they get together.
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Chloë Grace Moretz blames piracy for Kick-Ass 3 not happening. She claimed Kick-Ass 2 was the most pirated movie of 2013, but it didn't even crack the top 10. By contrast, Kick-Ass 1 was the second most torrented film of it's year.
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Chloë Grace Moretz didn't have a stunt double in the movie Kick Ass
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Producer Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman, Kick Ass, and the upcoming Eddie The Eagle, made his production company logo (MARV) in the style of a colorblindness test. Matthew Vaughn is colorblind himself and therefore can't see his company logo when he screens his own movies.
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Daddy long legs spiders in your house hunt, kill, and eat other spiders, including poisonous ones like the redback. They walk like dorks, but actually kick major ass.
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Kick-ass and Kingsman take place in the same universe.
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US President Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) nearly got his ass kicked for demeaning a deaf patent clerk. The clerk went on to become the first deaf lawyer in the US.
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The popular Duke Nukem quote "It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum... and I'm all outta gum." is in reference to a 1988 Science Fiction movie called They Live.
Between songs during the the last show The Eagles did before breaking up, Glen Frey and Don Felder kept telling each other how badly they were going to kick each other's asses once they got off stage. - source
In Kick-Ass Nicolas Cage didn't bother telling anyone that he was going to model his character on Adam West's Batman until the cameras started rolling. The director then had to explain to Chloe Moretz who Adam West was. - source
Kick-Ass started out as a comic written by Mark Millar only 2 years before it was adapted into a movie. Millar also wrote the comics for Civil War and Kingsman: The Secret Service, which were both turned into highly successful movies as well.
In LOTR: The Two Towers when Aragorn angrily kicks a helmet, Viggo Mortensen actually broke two toes. But because he's such a bad-ass he did another take without letting on about his injury. That's the one used, and the scream of pure agony is genuine. - source
There is a thrash metal band composed by 3 muslim schoolgirls in Indonesia and they are kicking ass
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who played Quicksilver in "Avengers: Age of Ultron", and Evan Peters, who played Quicksilver in "X-Men: Days of Future Past", both starred together in "Kick-Ass".
Ed O'Neill AKA Al Bundy will kick your ass. He is a high-ranking Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighter trained by the Gracie family.
Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, Kick-Ass, The American and The Twilight Saga: New Moon have all been nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Horror Film
Danny Trejo is opening a resteraunt. Chances are, it will kick ass !
In 2012, Justin Trudeau, then the leader of the liberal party, kick Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau's ass in a charity boxing match
