Natural Born Killers/Trivia

• Deleted Role: Peter and David Paul (of The Barbarians fame) as the Hun Brothers.
  • Irony: This is one of the few moments of the (uncut) movie more-or-less faithful to Quentin's original script. Doubly ironic when you realize that Quentin himself had only written this scene because the real-life bodybuilders on whom the Brothers are based had been interested in funding the film (long before Quentin had sold the script off), on the condition that they'd have a cameo...and that, therefore, Quentin wasn't particularly fond of the moment.
• Fake Nationality: Australian reporter Wayne Gale is played by American Robert Downey, Jr.
• Playing Against Type:
  • Rodney Dangerfield as the sexually abusive father.
  • This film also kept Woody Harrelson from being typecast as "That idiot from Cheers," and instead started his current typecasting as the Crazy Prepared insane wingnut.
• Revival by Commercialization: This film is pretty much single-handedly responsible for the success of the Cowboy Junkies version of Sweet Jane.
• Throw It In: Wayne Gale's Australian accent. Robert Downey, Jr. observed and spent time with Steve Dunleavy, an Australian shock-TV host, and returned to filming with the accent. Not the last time he would use this accent, by the way.
• Wag the Director: Very little of this film is derived from Tarantino's screenplay. Tarantino says that the only aspect of the film he'll acknowledge as being his are the character names Mickey and Mallory.
• What Could Have Been: As this Cracked article points out, had Tarantino directed, using his original script, the film would have been a phenomenal success, in the style of Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs, along with launching his career a few years early. Michael Madsen has commented that, had Tarantino retained ownership of the project, he would likely have starred as Mickey.