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Rush Hour (1998) More at IMDbPro »

• At Grauman's Chinese Theater, Carter shows Inspector Lee the foot prints of John Wayne. In Shanghai Noon (2000) Jackie Chan plays a character called Chon Wang - which is a play on John Wayne.
  
  
• According to director Brett Ratner, during the scene at Grauman's where Detective Carter bribes Stucky for information, there was so much improvisation between Chris Tucker and John Hawkes that they almost didn't think they could edit it together as a coherent conversation. There are still continuity errors in the dialogue for this reason.
  
  
• Brett Ratner was a big fan of Jackie Chan's Hong Kong movies. He felt that American audiences would not be familiar with the jokes in Jackie's other movies, and deliberately re-used some of his gags. For example, the scene where Inspector Lee accidentally grabs Johnson's breasts is a reference to Jackie Chan's film _Yatgo ho yan (1997)_.
  
  
• The afro and mustache in the photo on Detective Carter's badge were added as an afterthought in post-production.
  
  
• Chris Tucker improvised much of his dialogue as he normally does in his films.
  
  
• Elizabeth Peña played a prank on Brett Ratner in which she appeared on the set wearing nothing but her character's bomb squad vest. According to Peña, she thought Ratner would laugh and howl but instead he was extremely nervous and embarrassed.
  
  
• Martin Lawrence was the original choice for Carter.
  
  
• Carter's Vette's license plate has the same three-letter combination as the license plate of the van that the consul's daughter is held in.
  
  
• Dave Chappelle was considered for Carter.
  
  
• According to director Brett Ratner, this film is the first one released in the U.S. featuring 'Jackie Chan' in an English-speaking role without any kind of dubbing. According to Ranter, before 'Rush Hour', Jackie always had his voice dubbed over in his English-speaking roles because of his uncertainty in speaking the language. For this movie; however, Ratner convinced Jackie to forgo the voice-over as it would lend to the authenticity of the character.
  
  
• When Lee (Jackie Chan) is getting food from a Chinese vendor Carter (Chris Tucker) says "Damn Chan this some greasy shit."
  
  
• Eddie Murphy was offered the role of Carter, but turned it down to make Holy Man (1998) instead.
  
  

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