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30 Behind-the-Scenes Facts from ‘Get Out’ and ‘Us’

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30 Behind-the-Scenes Facts from ‘Get Out’ and ‘Us’

October 14, 2023

Jordan Peele’s Get Out and Us are two of the most talked-about movies in recent years — and for a good reason. Both films are masterpieces of suspense, with well-crafted and shocking plot twists. However, what makes these films truly special is the behind-the-scenes work that went into them. Peele took great care in choosing each frame and shot. The same can be said of the sound design, which is eerie and unnerving in both films. Below are some of the tales of how he pulled it all off so flawlessly…

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS DANIEL KALUUYA GOT THE ROLE THANKS TO BLACK MIRROR. GET OUT Jordan Peele says that he first took notice of Kaluuya after seeing his performance on the show. Peele was then instantly sold on Kaluuya after the actor showcased his ability to cry on command during his audition. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Jordan Peele Films

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Jason's doppelganger Us perishing in the fire is reminiscent of the burning monk. The red jumpsuits also reflect the color often worn by monks. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Easter Eggs And Hidden Meanings In Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS JORDAN PEELE CAME CLOSE TO GIVING UP ON THE FILM. GET OUT The director says he gave up on writing the film about 20 times out of concern that it wouldn't work and that nobody would be willing to give him a chance to make it. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Jordan Peele Films

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Us There are a couple of references to The Shining. The shot of the Wilson family driving to their holiday destination is the same as the overhead shot of the Torrence family driving to the Overlook Hotel. The twins also serve as a callback to Kubrick's film. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Easter Eggs And Hidden Meanings In Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS JORDAN PEELE THINKS RABBITS ARE SCARY. Us When asked about all the rabbits in Us, Peele revealed that although he isn't afraid of them, he thinks they're scary creatures. They're very cuddly but they also have a sociopathic expression, and they kind of look past you in a creepy kind of way, the director said. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Jordan Peele Films

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The nod to Michael Us Jackson, especially with the red Thriller jumpsuits, also reflects the theme of duality in the film. Peele said: Michael Jackson is probably the patron saint of duality. The movie starts in the '80s- the duality with which I experienced him in that time was both as the guy that presented this outward positivity, but also the Thriller video which scared me to death. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Easter Eggs And Hidden Meanings In Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS THE ARMITAGE FAMILY WASN'T ALWAYS PART OF THE MOVIE. GET OUT Peele says that when he first started developing the idea for the film, it was centered around a guy going to his girlfriend's high school reunion party. Rather than dealing with race, the movie was going to explore being an outsider in a social situation. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Jordan Peele Films

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There's a Guess Us Who? board game in the closet at the holiday house. The board game, in which players match up faces, can be seen when Jason and Pluto are sitting in the closet. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Easter Eggs And Hidden Meanings In Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THE MOVIE WAS INSPIRED BY ROSEMARY'S BABY AND THE STEPFORD WIVES. GET OUT MIA FARROW ROSEMARY'S BABY THE WIVES OF STEPFORD Jordan Peele says that the entertaining way Get Out explores racial politics was inspired by the way those two movies tackled gender politics. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Jordan Peele Films

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Us There's an easter egg of The Shining hidden in the credits. Jack Nicholson's grandson, Duke Nicholson, has a role in the film as Danny. In the credits, where a lot of actors have dual character names attached to them, Nicholson's character reads Danny/Tony. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Easter Eggs And Hidden Meanings In Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS RED'S VOICE WAS INSPIRED BY ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. Us Lupita Nyong'o says she got the idea for the voice while attending an event where Kennedy was speaking. Kennedy suffers from spasmodic dysphonia- a condition brought on by trauma that causes uncontrollable spasms of the larynx. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Jordan Peele Films

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Us Jordan Peele has a cameo in both Get Out and Us. In Get Out, he voices the sound of the dying deer, and in Us he voices a dying rabbit. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Easter Eggs And Hidden Meanings In Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS JORDAN PEELE PURPOSELY HIRED LIBERAL ICONS AS THE PARENTS. GET OUT Peele says he specifically wanted Bradley Whitford and Catherine Keener for the film because they were considered the liberal elite god and goddess. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Jordan Peele Films

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Us There are three Corey Feldman references in the film. There's a tape of The Goonies in the opening scene, a reference to The Lost Boys in the boardwalk : scene, and the Thriller t-shirt. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Easter Eggs And Hidden Meanings In Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS JORDAN PEELE WOULD STAND-IN FOR THE ACTORS. Us Due to the actors playing two roles in the film, Peele would often play their doppelgangers on set SO the actors would have an easier time reacting in scenes. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Jordan Peele Films

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Us In the opening scene, there are a bunch of old tapes with themes pertaining to the movie. CAL NEWS TONIGHT C.H.U.D. STORM DAYEMPORT WARNING SANTA CRUZ so DEL MAR MOSS LANDLORD AT 11 The C.H.U.D. video is extra significant, because Jordan Peele's first girlfriend's dad, Douglas Cheek, directed it. He said that adding the tape to the scene was a little personal thing for him. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Easter Eggs And Hidden Meanings In Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THE TITLE WAS INSPIRED BY EDDIE MURPHY. GET OUT Jordan Peele says the title is a reference to Murphy's iconic Delirious stand-up bit about how white people never simply get out of a haunted house in horror movies. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Jordan Peele Films

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Us The appearance of 11:11 everywhere signals that someone's doppelganger is near. TEREMIAH 11:11 Not only those numbers, but all the little coincidences in the film. Coincidence marks a certain proximity to your other in this movie. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Easter Eggs And Hidden Meanings In Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS I GOT 5 ON IT ALMOST WASN'T IN THE FILM. Us Jordan Peele originally wanted to use Tchaikovsky's Pas De Deux for the final confrontation. He ultimately decided the song was a bit too old-school and kinda pretentious, SO he swapped it with the orchestral version of I Got 5 On It. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Jordan Peele Films

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Us There is an easter egg of Easter in the film. Peele has said that Us is an Easter horror movie. The animals in my stories represent this battle between science and religion for me.... One of the motifs of this movie is the rabbits. They symbolize a lot of different things. The main connection to me was Easter. This story is a dark Easter of sorts. Red is the messiah who's rising from the hole that she was left for dead. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Easter Eggs And Hidden Meanings In Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS THE MOVIE ALMOST HAD A MUCH DARKER ENDING. GET OUT Instead of Rod rescuing Chris, the movie was originally going to end with Chris getting arrested. The ending was even shot, however, Peele decided to end it on a happier note after realizing it was a bit too depressing with everything going on in the world. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Jordan Peele Films

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS US WAS INSPIRED BY A TWILIGHT ZONE EPISODE. Us Peele says the film was inspired by the 1960 episode Mirror Image. The doppelganger : storyline stroke primal fear into him which he has never been able to shake off, and he wanted to explore why that was. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Jordan Peele Films

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS BRADLEY WHITFORD MIGHT'VE INSPIRED THE OBAMA JOKE. GET OUT The actor admits that while filming the movie he had no idea that the I would've voted for Obama for a third term if I could line was supposed to be satirical and that it's possible he might've sincerely said that same thing to Jordan Peele at one point. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Jordan Peele Films

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A throwaway line during Us the boardwalk scene reveals that the scene takes place at the same time and location as the filming of The Lost Boys. The movie starts at the Santa Cruz boardwalk in 1986, and at one point the mother says there's a movie being filmed over at the carousel. The Lost Boys was filmed at the same beach and the same amusement park, in 1986. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Easter Eggs And Hidden Meanings In Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS JORDAN PEELE DIDN'T ALWAYS INTEND TO DIRECT. GET OUT A Peele says that he only decided to direct the film halfway through writing the script. He realized nobody else could quite achieve the very specific vision he had for the film. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Jordan Peele Films

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Us There are loads of A Nightmare On Elm Street easter eggs in the movie. Its tape is seen during the opening scene, the underground world features a boiler room much like the one in which Freddy Krueger was killed, Pluto's face covered in burn scars, and the Krueger gloves. Jordan Peele said he even picked Luniz's I Got 5 On It because the song reminds him of the Nightmare On Elm Street soundtrack. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Easter Eggs And Hidden Meanings In Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS THE 2008 PRIMARIES INSPIRED THE SCRIPT. N CNN GET OUT Jordan Peele says that the 2008 Democratic primaries between Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton made him want to explore race and gender in terms of one another and sparked him to start writing the movie. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Jordan Peele Films

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Us A line from Red is a reference to The Goonies. At one point, Red says It's our time up here. It's a throwback to a speech in The Goonies where Sean Astin's character Mikey says, It's our time down here. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Easter Eggs And Hidden Meanings In Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS RED'S MOVEMENTS ARE BASED ON COCKROACHES. Us Lupita Nyong'o says Jordan Peele used cockroaches to describe to her how Red should move in the film. They scurry and it's SO hard to hit them, but then at the same time they are SO still that they can often go unnoticed. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Jordan Peele Films

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The brown leather Us glove in the movie is actually a reference to three famous characters. Peele said it references Freddy Krueger, Michael Jackson, and O.J. Simpson. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Easter Eggs And Hidden Meanings In Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’

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