Trivia: Was the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time for nearly twenty years until "The Matrix Reloaded" upseated it on June 3, 2003. In the history of R-rated films, it held the longest record for high grosser (19 years).
Trivia: The role of Axel Foley originally went to Sylvester Stallone. The producers decided to go with Eddie Murphy though after Stallone wrote in too much action, and they wanted it to be more of a comedy.
Trivia: Gil Hill, who plays Inspector Todd, was a real-life Inspector for the Detroit Police Department. He was still on the force when he appeared in Beverly Hills Cop 1 and 2 (he had retired before the release of BHC 3).
Trivia: During the "supercops" scene, you'll notice that Sergeant Taggart (actor John Ashton), with a very pained look on his face. That's because Eddie Murphy improvised this whole scene and John was pinching his thigh, desperately trying not to laugh out loud.
Trivia: The gay waiter who gives Foley the bananas is Damon Wayans, in a very early role. Wayans, years later, will portray a gay co-host of a public-access TV program on the early 1990s FOX variety show "In Living Color."
Trivia: Max Weinberg, the drummer for Bruce Springsteen and Conan O'Brien, has an unbilled cameo as one of Victor Maitland's guards.
Answer: Axel gets knocked out by one of the thugs as soon as he opens the door. His boss later make mention of the fact that he's lucky he didn't get killed too. They probably spared him because he didn't see who hit him and therefore could not tell anyone what they looked like.
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