Trivia / Action Jackson

• Production Posse:
  • Carl Weathers, Bill Duke, Sonny Landham, and producer Joel Silver had all previously appeared in/worked on Predator.
  • Dennis Hayden, De'voreaux White, Robert Davi, Mary Ellen Trainor, Al Leong and producer Joel Silver, and co-composer Michael Kamen^note he and Herbie Hancock share "music by" credit also appeared in/worked on Die Hard.
• Stillborn Franchise: The studio hoped to turn the film into a franchise, but it never happened. Dangerous Passion, a totally unrelated film which also starred Carl Weathers, was re-titled Action Jackson 2 in some countries.
• Underage Casting: According to his stolen police ID, Jericho's date of birth is 3/13/38. Which would make him about 50. Carl Weathers was born in 1948, and only 39 when filming started.

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