Brad Pitt turned down lead role in a film for 'Spy Game'? Know more trivia

Brad Pitt and Robert Redford starrer Spy Game is an action and spy thriller film directed by Tony Scott. storyline premises around a retiring CIA nt Nathan Muir who recalls his training of Tom Bishop while working against ncy politics to free him from his Chinese captors. Spy Game was a blockbuster hit, it reportedly grossed $62 million in United States and $143 million worldwide and received mostly positive reviews from film critics. Check out film's trivia and lesser-kwn facts - 

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Intriguing Trivia and Lesser-kwn facts about Spy Game

• According to reports, director Tony Scott requested more money to film rooftop scene in Berlin to rent a helicopter for an aerial scene. However, producers refused. Scott believed that scene was important and rented helicopter with his own money.
• Brad Pitt turned down lead role in  Bourne Identity (2002) in order to star in this film.
• According to IMDB reports, some parts of film were supposed to be shot in Israel. But due to sudden escalation of Israeli-Palestinian conflict (in September-October 2000) film's location was moved to Morocco. location was also changed due to  requirements of actors' insurance companies. 
• Lead Robert Redford was confused by Tony Scott's use of helicopters to shoot intimate conversation on roof. But later, when actor saw scene, he was fascinated by how dynamic it made scene. 
• Reportedly, Tony Scott dedicated Spy Game to his mor. His bror Ridley Scott also did same with Black Hawk Down (2001).  

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• In one of scenes, filmmakers re-created Vietnam in one lush areas y could find in Moroccan mountains.
• Filmmakers of Spy Game were worried that audience would lose sight of Bishop's dilemma if y didn't see him. So y used same torture foot three times to keep Brad Pitt's face in movie. 
• Kimberly Paige, playing part of Sandy at embassy in Berlin, is wife of former US ambassador to Hungary, location where Berlin scenes were filmed.
• In an older interview, Brad Pitt joked that his hair in flashbacks looks like a "Don Johnson mullet" from '80s.
• Spy Game was called as an associate piece to Robert Redford's Three Days of Condor (1975). 

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