Line #1 Trivia/KangarooJack


1	* CreatorBacklash:
2	** Creator/MichaelShannon wished he'd never been in this movie as he finds the rapping kangaroo "very disconcerting".
3	** A bit of an interesting example with Creator/JerryOConnell. In a 2017 interview with Vice about the movie, Jerry initially seemed rather ambivalent about the film, being shocked by how low its Rotten Tomatos score was and reminiscing somewhat fondly on the shooting of the film. However, in that same interview, O'Connell quickly becomes horrified hearing some of the film's jokes about his character's perceived lack of masculinity due to being a hairdresser and the joke about Anthony Anderson's character claiming that the people of Asia call him "Sun Luc Dong" which he claims translates to a "big black man pretending to be 12" but is really just gibberish. After hearing that, Jerry says that he is ashamed to admit that he didn't realize how problematic those lines were when the movie was filmed and that he plans to show the film to his kids to use as an educational experience to show them what the world used to be like. He also admits later on that even back then, he was never comfortable with his character having to grope Creator/EstellaWarren's character without her consent.
4	** Anthony Anderson looked ''very'' visibly embarrassed when his part in this movie was brought up in one episode of the ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'' reboot hosted by him.
5	* CreatorKiller: Although David [=McNally's=] directorial debut ''Film/CoyoteUgly'' wasn’t too well received either, this film completely killed his career in the theatrical realm, and he’s only written for a few TV shows since.
6	* DVDCommentary: By David [=McNally=], Anthony Anderson, Estella Warren, Jerry Bruckheimer and Creator/JerryOConnell.
7	* EditedForSyndication:
8	** The scene where Charlie grabs Jessie's breasts, believing her to be an hallucination, is cut from most cable airings. Instead, he just kind of leers at her chest for a few seconds, making her knock him out with a frying pan immediately after seem like a bit of an [[DisproportionateRetribution overreaction]].
9	** On cable airings on this movie, after the hallucination scene, Jessie's hilariously perfect, straight, deadpan delivery of telling Charlie the medicine she gave him will, "Unfortunately also make your testicles fall off" is dubbed with a much less effective and enthusiastic, "Unfortunately, it'll also make your private parts fall off!"
10	* FakeAmerican: Canadian model Creator/EstellaWarren as an American woman who moved to Australia for a semester abroad and decided to not return to the States.
11	* FollowTheLeader: The filmmakers’ decision to rework their run-of-the-mill mobster comedy into a family-friendly animal comedy film was apparently inspired by ''Film/SnowDogs'', which managed to turn quite a profit for Disney on its small budget thanks to a rather aggressive marketing campaign.
12	* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: The film was originally an adult-oriented mafia comedy in the style of ''Film/MidnightRun'' entitled ''Down and Under''. However, the producers apparently hated how this version turned out and test audiences reacted poorly to everything except the kangaroo, so fearing a potential BoxOfficeBomb, the filmmakers extensively retooled the film in both marketing and post-production into an [[NeverTrustATrailer allegedly]] family-friendly kangaroo comedy.
13	* MoneyDearBoy: Creator/ChristopherWalken admits this was the sole reason he played Sal Maggio, even before the film was retooled into its infamous final form.
14	* TheOtherDarrin: Perhaps unsurprisingly, no actor involved reprised their role for the [[WesternAnimation/KangarooJackGDayUSA the animated sequel]]:
15	** Jeff Bennet replaces Adam Garcia as Kangaroo Jack.
16	** Josh Keaton replaces Jerry O'Connell as Charlie.
17	** Ahmed Best replaces Anthony Anderson as Louis.
18	** and Kath Soucie replaces Estella Warren as Jessie.
19	* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: Was shot in March to August 2001 (with its initial cut wrapped up by that fall) but was not released until January 2003.
20	* StarDerailingRole:
21	** Creator/EstellaWarren hasn't had a supporting role in a blockbuster since the release of this film, and only had a few more acting roles overall before troubles in her personal life saw her take a break from acting (albeit she eventually made a comeback in the mid-2010s).
22	** Creator/AnthonyAnderson's career saw itself slowed down for a good while after this film's release, although his appearance in the relatively successful ''Film/ScaryMovie 3'' later that year prevented this film from causing even worse damage to his career. He has since bounced back, with critically acclaimed roles in the Creator/{{Netflix}} drama film ''Beats'' (2019) and his lead role on the family sitcom ''black-ish'' on Creator/{{ABC}} (2014-present).
23	* ThrowItIn: According to the DVDCommentary, Creator/JerryBruckheimer heard Creator/JerryOConnell and Creator/AnthonyAnderson beatboxing on set and asked O'Connell if he could do that "spit-rap thing" in the movie. Extra funny because people assume it isn't really O'Connell doing it in the movie since both the actor and character are pretty white.
24	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Aside from the obvious--the film's inception as ''Down and Under'' mentioned above--quite a few different actors were offered roles or considered for them;
25	** Creator/ScottBakula, Creator/NicolasCage, Creator/GeorgeClooney, Creator/BillyCrystal, Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/JohnGoodman, Creator/HughJackman, Creator/RayRomano, Creator/SylvesterStallone and Creator/BenStiller were all considered for the role of Charlie Carbone.
26	** Creator/RowanAtkinson, Creator/DannyDeVito, Creator/MichaelJFox, Creator/RickyGervais, Creator/EddieMurphy, Creator/MickeyRourke, Creator/WillSmith and Creator/FredWillard were all considered for the role of Louis Booker.
27	** Creator/LorraineBracco, Creator/SandraBullock, Creator/EllenDeGeneres, Creator/LisaKudrow, Creator/LeslieMann, Creator/JulianneMoore, Creator/ChristinaRicci, Creator/ReneRusso and Creator/MegRyan were all considered for the role of Jessie.
28	** Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/JoePesci and Creator/DanielStern were considered for the role of Frankie Lombardo.
29	** Creator/TommyLeeJones, Creator/FrankLangella, Creator/JohnMalkovich, Creator/NickNolte, Creator/TimRobbins, Creator/KevinSpacey and Creator/JamesWoods were all considered for the role of Sal Maggio.
30	** Jackie Legs was originally portrayed by an animatronic puppet, but a CGI model was used in the final version instead.
31	* WorkingTitle: ''Down and Under''.

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