But Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt and Doug Liman couldn't find a gap in their schedules to line up where they can make it, and Blunt also noted that the studio was finding the follow-up too expensive. Everyone wanted to return, and it kept being announced. Lara Pulver was also meant to have a role, but ended up only appearing as a short cameo near the end of the film.Re-shoots added in a role for Jeremy Piven, but it was left on the cutting room floor.Corpsing: When Cage guesses if Rita's middle name is Peyton, she's struggling not to smile - because Tom Cruise is using an in-joke in an attempt to get a laugh out of Emily Blunt.Career Resurrection: This film (along with Into the Woods released the same year) provided Emily Blunt with a much-welcome boost after the Star-Derailing Role that was her part in Gulliver's Travels (2010).In fact, the landscape and scenery from the "German Dam" are actually from Torres del Paine National Park in Chile (Patagonia), with a fully CG dam added. California Doubling: The entire film was shot in the United Kingdom, which is the location of the army camp, but the battles also take place in France (Doug Liman wanted to shoot on location, but the executives preferred a beach set) and as far as Germany.Approval of God: Hiroshi Sakurazaka thought the film was "very well done." He even visited the set of the movie and tried wearing one of the 35kg suits being used.The strong word-of-mouth made the movie hold well and pushed it just over the $100 million mark in North America, despite its disappointing $29 million opening, after which Box Office Mojo stated the movie had very little chance of approaching triple-digits. In particular, it did amazing in China and South Korea, and was widely loved worldwide. Thankfully, Germans Love David Hasselhoff is in full effect and the movie did well overseas. It made its money back but under-performed in America partially due to its release directly competing with the teen Tear Jerker The Fault in Our Stars and thus lost its female audience and in part due to its vague, unmemorable title, though critics and audiences both loved the movie.
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