RED (film)/Trivia

• Actor Allusion: Marvin comments to Victoria that he remembers the Secret Service being tougher. John Malkovich, who played Marvin, also played the would-be presidential assassin Mitch Leary in the movie In the Line of Fire.
  • Frank declares a lock to be Unbreakable.
  • Mary-Louise Parker's character briefly gets high.
  • Victoria is played by Helen Mirren, and was the name of a Queen of England.
• All-Star Cast: One of the best and most impressive of the year, only surpassed by that of The Expendables and Inception.
• Awesome, Dear Boy: Helen Mirren loved working on Red so much, thanks to the action-heavy role she had in the film, that she has said "I'm there!" to any planned sequel.
  • Warren Ellis agrees. Saying that despite minimal input on the loosely-adapted film, getting to write something that led to Helen Mirren with an M60 is a career highlight.
• Hey, It's That Guy!: Probably the most radical example out there: The Queen is a beast with firearms.
  • And for a true "that guy," Brian Cox (William Stryker, the original Hannibal) is the russian agent.
  • David Addison is Frank Moses.
  • Easy Reader is Joe.
    • Alternately, Joe is God.
  • Cooper is both Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy and Eomer of Rohan.
• Lzherusskie: Brian Cox (a Scot) as Ivan.