Full Metal Jacket/Trivia


 * Dyeing for Your Art: Vincent D'Onofrio gained so much weight for his role as Pvt. Gomer Pyle, that he tore ligaments in his knees during the obstacle course scene.
 * Fake Nationality: The actress who played the Vietnamese hooker is actually of Chinese and French descent.
 * Arguably subverted -- a mixed-race ethnic Chinese and French bastard could easily have been found in 1960s Vietnam, and would have been a likely candidate for the sex trade in that time and place.
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: Animal Mother is just like Jayne Cobb, except with a desire to save others. He was also a Royal loyalist during The American Revolution.
 * On the other hand, Bobby Goren has never snapped as bad as Gomer Pyle, thank God.
 * Before becoming James Bond's CIA contact, Felix Leiter was a Marine journalism officer. (alternate: Who knew Christian Shephard served in Vietnam?)
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: After  Gunny Hartman   as a toy army man.
 * Throw It In: When filming the scene where GySgt Hartman is berating new recruits, the "reach-around" comment was tossed in by Ermey, and not originally in the script. Kubrick stopped the filming to ask what that meant. After it was explained, he laughed, and decided to include it in the final film.
 * Most of Ermey's other lines, as Hartman, were also ad-libbed. He was one of the few actors allowed to go Off the Rails in Kubrick's films.