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Assassins (1995) More at IMDbPro »

• Also, Julianne spray paints fur coat in Marriott elevator and an Adopt a pet sign on pet store door.
  
  
• The lead role was originally written with Sean Connery in mind but he was unavailable due to scheduling conflicts.
  
  
• Almost every gunshot in the movie is "silenced" (near the beginning in the cemetery scene a bodyguard fires an unsilenced shot at Miguel).
  
  
• Woody Harrelson and Tom Cruise were considered for the role of Miguel Bain.
  
  
• Michael Douglas and Arnold Schwarzenegger were considered for the role of Robert Rath.
  
  
• Christian Slater turned down the role of Miguel Bain.
  
  
• Director Trademark: [Richard Donner] [Political Statements] The customer at the end is wearing a Pro Choice T-shirt and the buses all have anti NRA signs on them.
  
  
• During the cemetery shootout Banderas hides behind a fake tombstone labeled RHODES, a gag reference to Morgan Rhodes, a production assistant on the film.
  
  
• Electra's cat seen in the film is a Maine Coon.
  
  
• The "Dutch" buyers in the Marriot hotel actually speak German (with accent) instead of Dutch.
  
  
• Richard Donner was talked into directing the film by Joel Silver, who really wanted him on the project.
  
  
• Michael Kamen originally composed the score for this film. His score was rejected by director Richard Donner, who felt Kamen's score was heavy, dreary and made the film feel slow. Donner felt the film needed a fast, slick sounding score, but he didn't want to let go of Kamen as the two were close friends and had worked together on many films. Donner even tried to give Kamen a chance to recompose the score, but Kamen had already begun work on Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) for director John McTiernan. Donner then went to composer Mark Mancina, who provided him with the fast, slick score he wanted for the film. Due to time constraint Mancina couldn't come up with a main theme for the film, as he only had five weeks to produce the score for final approval. The time constraint was caused by the film's original June '95 release date, which was later pushed back to October 1995.
  
  
• Sylvester Stallone's paycheck was $15 million.
  
  
• Mel Gibson was initially interested in directing the film. He mentioned to his friend Richard Donner that it was a really great script. Then, when Gibson got heavily involved with _Braveheart_, the project found its way to Donner.
  
  
• The buildings used for the "bank" and the "abandoned hotel" don't really face each other. They are not even on the same street in San Juan, PR.
  
  

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