Trivia / Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn

• Looping Lines: Daniel Cudmore played Master Chief in the suit while his lines were dubbed over by Alex Puccinelli.
• No Stunt Double: Daniel Cudmore had to perform all of Master Chief's stunts himself (despite not being a trained stunt performer) because there was only one suit and it was custom-fit to his body.
• The Other Darrin:
  • Master Chief is voiced by Alex Puccinelli rather than Steve Downes.
  • The contemporary appearance of Lasky was done by Canadian actor Ty Olsson, who also performed motion-capture for Halo 4. However, the in-game appearance of Lasky was based on US actor Jonathan Aub.
• Prop Recycling:
  • A lot of the special effect CGI models were taken directly from assets made for Halo 4's own in-game cutscenes. This can lead to some minor Continuity Snarls if a viewer is being picky.
  • Cadmon's ODST armor (along with other ODSTs shown) is reused from the live-action short "The Life", also known as the "We Are ODST" commercial for Halo 3: ODST.
  • The armor worn by Kelly-087 and Fred-104 are modifications of the armor worn for the Halo: Reach "Deliver Hope" commercial. Amusingly enough, one of the helmet's modifications was attaching the prop of an armored knee plate over the bottom of the visor.^note (Halo Cosplay enthusiasts had quite a chuckle when they saw the helmet◊.)
  • All the Warthogs shown are the same prop with different modifications. Said prop Warthog is a fully functional vehicle originally made by WETA for the long-abandoned Halo film. It was also used in the Neill Blomkamp-directed Halo 3 promotional short "Landfall".
• Saved from Development Hell: In a sense. The idea for a Halo movie had been kicked around for a long, long time, but fell through after too much studio bureaucracy. Finally Microsoft decided to fund its own movie and the result was this film.