Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

[jessie]

Noel Clarke had a cameo role that was removed from the film in post-production.

[sylvia]

Shot in Romania and Turkey over a period of four months.

[lynn]

There are two references to Prince Vlad III of Wallachia a.k.a. Vlad the Impaler. His portrait is seen as one of the devil's personas and later the side of the tow truck reads 'Vlad's Recovery". Vlad inspired the Bram Stoker's book "Dracula", who also appears in various Marvel Comics, including as a foe to Ghost Rider.

[gerald]

Matt Long did not return to play the younger version of Johnny Speed. Instead, the role was played by Ionut Cristian Lefter.

[harry]

Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor: (at around 28 mins) In the sequence where Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) is explaining the deal with the devil, the film's directors are pictured shaking hands while one of them is on fire, mirroring the cover to Pink Floyd's album "Wish You Were Here."

[carl]

Christopher Lambert underwent three months of sword training and shaved his head for his role.

[alyssa]

Christopher Lambert first major role in a major Hollywood theatrical film since Highlander: Endgame (2000).

[miriam]

Wilhelm Scream at about 1:21 when Ghost Rider throws a truck driver out of the vehicle.

[leo]

The Ghost Rider's skull has been redesigned for this sequel. The new skull appears to be black and charred, indicating that the skull is actually on fire as opposed to the clean fleshless skull simply cloaked in fire in the previous film.

[alyssa]

Christopher Lambert was required to wear makeup that depicted heavy tattoos covering his entire head. It took so long to take off that he decided to keep it on when he returned to his hotel each night, until his filming schedule was complete.

[jeffrey]

Blackout's abilities in the film are nothing like in the comic books. The only similarity is in the way he looks.

[caroline]

Idris Elba wears contact lenses similar to the ones Heimdall, his other Marvel character, sports in the Thor franchise.

[bryan]

Eva Mendes turned down the option to reprise her role.

[lena]

The motorcycle Johnny rides is a Yamaha VMax.

[ella]

After this film, the live action film rights to Ghost Rider went back to Marvel Studios.

[stephanie]

Danny is named after Daniel Ketch, the second Ghost Rider and Johnny Blaze's long lost brother.

[albert]

In the first film the caretaker tells Johnny to stay in the shadows, as his power vanishes in daylight. Towards the end of this film, the sun rises yet Johnny functions as the Ghost Rider. He later tells Nadya that he can feel the angel inside him. Presumably, this gives him the power to function in daylight.

[ethel]

(at around 51 mins) One villain is brought back to life and changed so that everything he touches decays. Later, when he is driving the ambulance, everything that he takes out of the lunchbox decays except for the Twinkie. The preservatives used in Twinkies give them such a long shelf life that the joke is that they will literally stay fresh forever, which is why his powers don't work on them.