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Trivia: Amanda Waller operates out of the "John F. Ostrander Federal Building." John Ostrander is the comic book writer who reinvented the Suicide Squad using the concept of a supervillain team forced to do the government's bidding. The Suicide Squad title was originally a World War II comic, akin to the Dirty Dozen.

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Trivia: The bulk of the story takes place in Midway City, which in the comics, is home to Hawkman and Hawkgirl.

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Trivia: Fleetingly visible on screen among Harley Quinn's bio-data is the phrase "accomplice to the murder of Robin." In the comics, Jason Todd, the second Robin, was killed by the Joker - this took place before the character of Harley Quinn was created.

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Trivia: While he's only referred to as "Rick Flag", the character is actually Rick Flag Jr. - in the original Suicide Squad comics, Rick Flag Sr. Was the leader of the first Suicide Squad, a Dirty Dozen-style commando team operating during World War II.

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Trivia: The location name "Fort Brydon" comes from the character "Colonel Brydon" who appeared in Stephen Sommers' earlier movie The Jungle Book, played by Sam Neill.

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Trivia: The song that is played to wake everyone up is Edith Piaf's "Non, je ne regrette rien". Marion Cottillard (Mal) played Piaf in the biopic La Vie En Rose and won an Oscar for it.

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Trivia: Ken is based upon "Animal Lovin' Ken", who came with a pet chimpanzee, and Barbie is based on "Great Shape Barbie", who wore a leotard and leg warmers as a workout outfit. (00:23:15)

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Trivia: Lyricist Howard Ashman's suggestion to the voice actress of Belle (Paige O'Hara) was "Streisand". As such, Belle's singing voice is somewhat reminiscent of Barbra Streisand's.

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Trivia: Before marrying "Doyle", Marilyn says she wants to erase every suspicion from his mind, a reference to the Elvis song "Suspicious Minds" that is used during the title sequence.

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Trivia: Perry White prepares two headlines, one if Superman dies and one if he survives. The second, "Superman Lives", was also the title for a proposed Superman film that failed to materialise.

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Trivia: Bryan Singer claimed he would not make the film if he could not have access to John Williams' Superman themes.

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Trivia: Interior shots of the 777 were filmed in the largest gimbal ever constructed (up to the time). A gimbal rig is like a motion simulator, the platform can pitch and yaw to simulate the movement of the plane.

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Trivia: The late DJ Adam Goldstein appears as himself in the movie during Stark's party. The film is dedicated to his memory. (00:53:40)

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Trivia: In the comics, Justin Hammer is an elderly man whose appearance is based on actor Peter Cushing and who is named for the Hammer Horror films in which Cushing appeared. He was aged down for this film to make him more of a contemporary rival to Tony Stark.

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Trivia: Emily Blunt was originally cast as Black Widow, but scheduling conflicts with Gulliver's Travels caused her to pull out.

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Trivia: Hellboy comics creator Mike Mignola is given a mention several times in the film, including the "Mignola Plaza" apartment complex seen in Liz's flashback, as well as the name "Mike Mignola" in Russian on a tombstone in the cemetery scene.

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Trivia: The poster outside the elevator in the Louvre advertising the Caravaggio exhibit features Caravaggio's "The Boy in the Well", referencing the incident in Langdon's childhood.

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Trivia: References to supposed Priory of Sion members are scattered throughout the film. For example, Botticelli's Venus graces the cover of Langdon's book "The Sacred Feminine" and there is a poster on the streets of Paris for Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo.

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Trivia: The film was shot under the fake working title "Rose Line".

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Trivia: Thure Lindhart, who plays Lieutenant Chartrand, was considered for the role of Silas the albino monk in The Da Vinci Code, but was later deemed too young and lost the role to Paul Bettany.

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