10 mental facts about Predator (1987)
- OnPoints Media
- Jan 13, 2021
- 2 min read
Predator...let's be honest, most of us have seen it. Not all of us will say we liked it, but my god is it entertaining!
Other then "The Terminator" it's probably Arnold Schwarzenegger's most iconic role to date.
So. many. quotes.
"You're one uuuugly motherf****r"
"I ain't got time to bleed"
"If it bleeds, we can kill it"
"Stick around"
"Dillon...you son of a b*tch"
"GAAAAAAH....GET TO THE CHOPPER"
It might as well be a montage of classic 80's one liners!
To celebrate how much we at OnPoints Media love the first movie (not ANY of the prequels, they all suck") we decided to put together a list of 10 mental facts about the 87' classic.
1. The role of Billy was originally the lead role in the movie, once Schwarzenegger came on board that all changed, for the better.
2. It had the second biggest opening box office weekend of 1987, beaten by Beverly Hills Cop II.
3. Writer Shane Black was featured in the film as Hawkins, while he was filming the project he spent his free time writing the script for "The Last Boy Scout".
4.The Predator suit weighed around 90kg, during a scene with Dutch the actor in the suit, Kevin Peter Hall was struggling to see and accidently struck Arnold Schwarzenegger in the face...
5. Speaking of the Predator suit, Kevin Peter Hall was not the original actor. Yep, Jean Claude Van Damme filmed quite a bit of the movie as the original Predator, unfortunately being only 5'9 the production team believed he wasn't scary enough. "Alleged" rumours also suggested that he wanted to feature his famous roundhouse kick in the movie...they said no.
6. The working title for the movie was not originally "Predator", it was "Hunter". We're glad it was changed.
7.Jesse Ventura and Arnold Schwarzenegger had a who's arms bigger competition...Jesse didn't win. Obviously.
8. When designing the familiar Predator look, Stan Winston was inspired by a painting of a Rastafarian warrior in the production office.
9. The Predators green blood is a mixture of glow sticks and KY jelly.
10. The famous "Stick around" line from Dutch was completely improvised.
Predator eventually made $98 million worldwide, which compared to todays standards is pretty terrible. Back in 1987 it was a huge feat for such a violent film to make so much money during a theatrical release.
Since then the franchise has churned out some pretty awful reboots, even joining the Alien universe for "Alien vs Predator", ironically one of the better versions (but please don't watch it, it's not good).
Anyway, we're off to force our partners to watch Predator... "Dillon...you son of a b*tch".
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