- Other actors considered for the role of Axel Foley were Mickey Rourke, Al Pacino, James Caan and Sylvester Stallone
- Stallone was actually set to be Axel until about 2 weeks before filming began. He left taking some of his writing ideas from this film and used them for what would become the movie Cobra (1986).
- Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold and John Ashton improvised many of the comic scenes. Many takes were ruined because cast, crew, and even the director would be laughing so hard during the filming.
- Inspector Todd, Axel's boss, was actually played by Detroit Police Homicide Detective Gilbert Hill.
- This holds as one of the 3 highest grossing 'R' rated films of all time; the other 2 being The Passion of the Christ and The Hangover.
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