Co-writer Neil Cuthbert was credited under the pseudonym "Derek Spencer" in the film's international prints.
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Mark Wahlberg stated that this role was the most challenging of his career.
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Mark Wahlberg said the running sequence at the end of the film was the hardest scene of the movie. He said it was because of all the weight he lost, he just didn't have that much energy.
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In this movie, Mark Wahlberg's character is Jim Bennett. While in Ted (2012) and Ted 2 (2015), his character is John Bennett.
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Jim Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) eats cereal three times in the film.
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James Toback, who wrote the original 1974 version directed by Karel Reisz, was openly critical of this remake.
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Leonardo DiCaprio was originally slated to star when the project was first announced.
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Two of the songs featured in the film, "Another Wave From You" and "Outro" are performed by the same artist, M83.
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Paramount originally planned to release this on a limited basis in the run-up to Christmas in order to qualify for awards but, after generally indifferent reviews, they shelved those plans and released the film wide in December 2014.
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Brie Larson's role had to be substantially beefed up because Rupert Wyatt felt that the part was too undernourished.
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This is another remake for Mark Wahlberg following Planet of the Apes (2001), The Truth About Charlie (2002) and The Italian Job (2003).
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Brie Larson and John Goodman were also in Kong: Skull Island (2017) together.
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Leland Orser had a role that was cut from the final film, a scene of which can be glimpsed in the film's trailer.
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Despite prominent billing in the opening credits, George Kennedy has only about two minutes of screentime.
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Mark Wahlberg dropped sixty-one pounds for his role, going from one hundred ninety-eight pounds to one hundred thirty-seven pounds, by doing a diet consisting of mostly liquid food and vegetables, and a workout of strictly cardio. Wahlberg claimed that he deliberately set one hundred thirty-seven pounds as his goal, because the thinnest he had ever been for a role previously was Boogie Nights (1997), in which he played a teenager, and weighed one hundred thirty-eight pounds.
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Each day Jim's shirt color gets lighter, starting with a black shirt and ending with a white shirt
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Rupert Wyatt also directed Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011). A franchise in which Mark Wahlberg made an appearance, starring in Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes (2001).
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While Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) is waiting for Big Ernie (Domenick Lombardozzi), a Rodriguez song is playing, and a reflection of a sign, Sugar Man, is seen in a passing vehicle. It's a Rodriguez album name.
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This version of The Gambler is the same length as the first adaptation.
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Martin Scorsese was considered to direct this film.
The Gambler - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Gambler - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Gambler - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Gambler - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Gambler - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Gambler - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Gambler - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Gambler - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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The Gambler - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Gambler - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Gambler - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Gambler - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Gambler - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Gambler - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Gambler - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Gambler - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Gambler - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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