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Speed Racer (2008)

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• Director Alfonso Cuarón was once attached to direct with Johnny Depp starring.
  
  
• According to producer Joel Silver, this movie is going to be largely or entirely shot in front of the green screen.
  
  
• Rose McGowan was seriously considered for the part of Trixie, but the directors felt she was too old.
  
  

• Milka Duno, who plays Kellie Gearbox, is an actual professional race car driver in the Indy Racing League.
  
  
• Danica Patrick was reportedly offered a cameo but declined secondary to racing commitments with Andretti Green Racing and the Indy Racing League.
  
  
• Peter Fernandez, the voice of Speed Racer and Racer X in the original cartoon series, plays the Race Announcer in this movie.
  
  
• Keanu Reeves turned down the role of Racer X.
  
  
• Some prints were shipped to movie theaters under the name "Race Chasers".
  
  
• All the cars in this film are computer-generated.
  
  
• In the original draft of the script, Royalton's name was Remmington.
  
  
• The view inside Speed's locker at the start of the film shows his watch to be a Heuer Monaco Sportiva, the same watch worn by Steve McQueen in the classic racing film Le Mans (1971).
  
  

• SPOILER: Scott Porter and Matthew Fox, who play the same character at different ages, have the same birthday of July 14th.
  
  

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