Trivia
Stunt player Harry O'Connor was killed when he hit a pillar of the Palacky Bridge in Prague, para-sailing during one of the actions scenes. The accident occured while filming the second take of the stunt; O'Connor's first attempt was completed without incident and can be seen in the completed film.
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Many of the action sequences were shot with a 20mm Panavision anamorphic lens, of which there were only two in existence.
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When the smoking sniper pins down the officers, the rocket launcher Xander uses is actually a modified video camera painted green.
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When Xander is climbing the rocks and infiltrating the castle, he is wearing a special jacket. It's actually a textile motorcycle jacket, produced by Joe Rocket, and its called the "Phoenix" series. It uses padding and ballistic nylon weaving to reduce the impact and abrasion damage caused in a motorcycle crash.
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Vin Diesel performed many of his own stunts. However, according to the DVD commentary, Vin was sick for the Corvette base jump, and pro Tim Rigby performed the stunt wearing a Vin mask.
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In one scene, two cops who are heard speaking in Czech are saying, quite clearly, something along the lines of "How's it going?" - "Oh, it's cold as s**t." - "Yeah, f**king weather." The dialogue is not subtitled.
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According to director Rob Cohen, there are over 20,000 individual sound effects in the avalanche sequence.
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The shirt that Kolya is wearing in the metal club in the beginning is a t-shirt of the very band playing on stage, Rammstein.
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The DJs in the futuristic night club are the members of British trance group Orbital. They also composed the song playing in the background: "Technologicque Park".
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XXX's car is a 1967 Pontiac GTO. The first car purchased by the studio to build up for the film still wore its original GM/Pontiac paint color known as Montreux Blue, which, after 30-plus years in the California sun, had severely faded.
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The Corvette jump was filmed, simultaneously with 18 cameras, at the Foresthill Bridge in Auburn, CA. At 730 feet it is the tallest bridge in California and the third tallest in the United States.
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Yorgi's club in the opening sequence (with "Rammstein" concert) was actually an abandoned church north of Prague. The club where "Orbital" performs is actually a high-voltage electrical testing facility just outside of Prague.
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In the action scene on the drug farm, Vin Diesel and/or his stunt driver were wearing bulky helmets, which were replaced with a CG version of Diesel's head created by the people at Digital Domain, who also repainted parts of the clothing which were obscured by the helmet(s).
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The motorcycle that Xander is riding after the Corvette base jump is a 1999 MV Agusta Serie ORO (Gold Series). It's one of only 300 produced worldwide. Its a 750cc, in-line 4-cylinder engine which produces 125 hp and a top speed +175 mph.
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In the DVD extras, Vin Diesel comments that before his 3-month preparation for Triple-X, he'd never ridden a motocross bike; he was trained by the world's top motocross bikers.
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In Columbia, Xander (Vin Diesel) jumps a motocross bike over the barn where he'd been tied up. The building explodes with careful pyrotechnics, and Xander makes it safely to the other side. This stunt had never been done before for any film.
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The punk song Yorgi quotes when he talks to Xander about freedom is 'Anarchy Burger (Hold the Government)' by The Vandals.
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Director Cameo
Rob Cohen:
as the horse-riding Colombian and later as the voice of the telephone caller who informs Yorgi that XXX is a spy.
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Spoilers
The closing scene with Xander and Yelena sunbathing in Bora Bora was filmed at the Sofitel Motu Bora Bora, in their over water bungalow #115.
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