Training Day (2001): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• Davis Guggenheim was originally attached to direct the film, with Matt Damon as Jake Hoyt and Samuel L. Jackson as Alonzo Harris.
• The film's score was composed by Mark Mancina, who had previously scored Antoine Fuqua's Bait (2000).
• Training Day was originally scheduled for release on September 21, 2001, and had a strong advertising push.
• However, following the September 11 attacks, the film was pushed back to October 5, 2001, replacing Collateral Damage's original release date.
• The film grossed $104.9 million against a $45 million budget.
• A television series based on the film, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, was announced in August 2015 and premiered on February 2, 2017, on CBS.
• Although corruption in the LAPD's C.R.A.S.H. unit was yet to be exposed when Training Day was written, Antoine Fuqua has stated that the emergence of the Rampart Scandal in the late 1990s catalyzed the completion of the film.
• Denzel Washington also grew a beard in order to emulate the appearance of Rafael Pérez, an LAPD narcotics officer involved in multiple scandals.
• The website's consensus reads: "The ending may be less than satisfying, but Denzel Washington reminds us why he's such a great actor in this taut and brutal police drama."
• In June 2003, the American Film Institute named Alonzo Harris the 50th greatest screen villain of all time in its list AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains.
• In July 2025, it was one of the films voted for the "Readers' Choice" edition of The New York Times' list of "The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century," finishing at number 250.
• Upon opening, it achieved the second-highest October opening weekend, behind Meet the Parents.
• It also features Scott Glenn, Eva Mendes, Cliff Curtis, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Macy Gray in supporting roles.
• Only Noel Gugliemi, Tom Berenger and Raymond J. Barry reprised their roles.

Source: Wikipedia

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