Trivia for
Danny the Dog (2005) More at IMDbPro »

• The role of Bart was originally written for Albert Finney, who dropped out to do Big Fish (2003). Other actors who were offered the role were Anthony Hopkins, Michael Caine, and Brian Cox who had all turned it down.
  
  
• Morgan Freeman's character Sam was at first not blind at all. After hearing from a piano school for the blind (with a very high reputation, and where the scholars developed their hearing), Freeman had the idea of making his character blind because like this it is easier for Sam to "see" the child in Jet Li's character, and not the brutal killer.
  
  
• The screenplay was written by Luc Besson exclusively for Jet Li.
  
  
• Bob Hoskins actually cut Jet Li's hair at the start of the movie, as his character would have done it in the movie.
  
  
• The role of Sam was written for Morgan Freeman. He was the first and only choice to play the character.
  
  
• Before Bob Hoskins was given the role of Bart, it was to be played by Billy Connolly who had to drop out due to other projects overrunning. Some scenes were shot prior to the change, this is why Morgan Freeman mentions being in Glasgow in the film.
  
  

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