Monster - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Monster or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Monster

[kristina]

"Gassenhauer" is played, an obvious homage to Badlands.

[bernice]

Charlize Theron's Best Actress Oscar win was this film's only Oscar nomination.

[russell]

Reese Witherspoon campaigned for the lead role.

[russell]

Charlize Theron gained between 20 and 30 pounds and shaved her eyebrows to play Wuornos. Christina Ricci also gained 20 pounds for the role and both actresses dressed in very un-glamourous clothing.

[frederick]

According to Patty Jenkins, the movie was shot in twenty-eight days. As many as four scenes, or nine pages of script, were shot in one day.

[sylvia]

At 5'10 Charlize Theron is 7 inches taller, than Aileen Wuornos who was 5'4.

[ivan]

The roller rink is Semoran Skateway in Casselberry, Florida. Fun World, where Selby and Aileen Wuornos ride the Ferris wheel, is on International Drive in Orlando, Florida.

[tamara]

Charlize Theron also did The Italian Job (2003) earlier the same year.

[kyle]

Aileen uses a very battered .22LR cal Smith & Wesson Model 617 revolver in the movie. In reality, the actual revolver used by Aileen Wournos was a High-Standard Double Nine, a .22 double action revolver.

[kenneth]

Selby is based on Tyria Moore, Aileen Wuornos's real-life girlfriend at the time of the murders.

[riley]

Charlize Theron ad-libbed the memorable line "Fuck you, Leslie!"

[sylvia]

When Lee is first shown interacting with a john, she shows him a photo of two young children, saying they're her children, and she needs some cash to get to them. According to [Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer](/category/5831/aileen-wuornos-the-selling-of-a-serial-killer) (1992), the real Aileen Wuornos actually used this method to lure her johns into paying for sexual favors because her physical appearance was starting to degrade quickly due to her wild lifestyle. She showed photos of her adoptive sister's children, claiming they were her own children. Wuornos' grandparents legally adopted her as an infant after her biological mother abandoned her.

[bernice]

At the beginning of the film, Lee tells Selby that she has a "pressure cleaning" business. The real Aileen Wuornos mentions in Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1992) that she bought an expensive pressure cleaning kit for her former lover. She left Wuornos soon after, and took the expensive kit with her.

[eli]

Charlize Theron gained thirty pounds for her role in the film.

[darrell]

Aileen Wuornos used a storage facility, like the one seen after she leaves Selby's house the morning, after they first met. Although it's shown only before the killing spree, she actually kept some of her victims' belongings there. She sold others to pawn shops, which eventually led to her thumbprint identification and subsequent arrest.

[marc]

Gene/Stuttering John's car is a 1987 Cadillac Coupe DeVille.

[liam]

Kate Hudson was originally offered the role of Selby, but turned it down.

[beth]

The biker bar scenes were filmed at The Last Resort, a bar frequented by the real-life Aileen Wuornos, and the place where she was arrested. The owner, who capitalized on Wuornos' infamy by hanging a sign in front advertising "cool beer and killer women", has a cameo as the bartender who threatens to cut off Wuornos for being over her tab limit.

[beth]

Scott Wilson turned down the small role of Horton several times before finally agreeing to play it. He thought to play the part correctly, he would have to go to a place emotionally that he didn't think he was prepared to go as an actor.