50 Fun Facts About Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Which actor returns as geneticist Dr. Henry Wu, a role he has played since the original Jurassic Park?

Wong says Wu is driven by love of science and his own ego, and turns a blind eye to the human cost.

Fallen Kingdom is which numbered film in the overall Jurassic Park franchise?

It is the second of the Jurassic World trilogy, between Jurassic World (2015) and Dominion (2022).

Which creature devours the mercenaries' submersible in the lagoon during the opening sequence?

It then swims out through the open underwater gates into the ocean, which is why it is surfing with a great white in the ending.

What are the mercenaries collecting in the opening scene?

Dr. Wu needs it to build the Indoraptor, and Mills dies trying to escape with the bone at the end.

What threatens to wipe out the dinosaurs on Isla Nublar?

The volcano is in Michael Crichton's original novel; the writers pulled it into the film to burn the island down like 'a church or a temple'.

What does Dr. Ian Malcolm tell the Senate committee should happen to the dinosaurs?

Trevorrow wrote him as an Al Gore figure: bearded, and saying 'I told you so'.

What is the name of the organisation Claire Dearing founds to save the dinosaurs?

Universal built a real website for the group as marketing, complete with videos of Claire, Zia and Franklin.

Who is Sir Benjamin Lockwood?

He is not in Crichton's novel, but the book convinced Trevorrow that Hammond must have had a silent partner; James Cromwell plays him.

Which dinosaur is Owen recruited specifically to find?

Wu wants her DNA to build a more obedient Indoraptor, unaware her blood has been mixed with a T. rex's.

Who plays Zia Rodriguez, the paleo-veterinarian?

She auditioned seven times; a scene revealing the character was a lesbian was cut for time.

Who plays Franklin Webb, the easily frightened systems analyst?

Bayona blasted loud music and unexpected sound effects on set to make him genuinely jump.

Which Jurassic World character was considered for a return but replaced by Franklin?

Jake Johnson pitched a traumatised Lowery with a ponytail and sleeve tattoos; Trevorrow felt he was too cynical for the activists' story.

Who leads the mercenary team on Isla Nublar and shoots Blue?

Ted Levine built him as 'the most hateable character possible' and later gets his tooth-collecting hobby turned against him.

Whose blood is transfused into Blue aboard the ship to save her life?

Bayona added the sequence to liven up the boat scenes; it also means Blue's DNA is useless to Dr. Wu.

What is the name of the ship that carries the captured dinosaurs off the island?

Its exterior was entirely computer-generated by ILM; the interior was a huge Pinewood set later rebuilt as the mansion's rooftop.

Where are the dinosaurs really taken instead of a sanctuary island?

The mansion exterior was Cragside in Northumberland, England, combined with a set built on Hawley Common in Hampshire.

What is the Indoraptor a hybrid of?

Bayona wanted it black so that in the dark you see only eyes and teeth; its front teeth and claws were inspired by a silent-film vampire.

Who is revealed to be a clone?

She was cloned from Lockwood's dead daughter, the secret that ended his partnership with Hammond; Trevorrow was nervous about how audiences would take it.

Who plays Lockwood's granddaughter, in her film debut?

Around 2,500 girls were interviewed for the part of the nine-year-old.

How does Eli Mills kill Benjamin Lockwood?

Rafe Spall's Mills insists he is only doing what he was asked: keeping the Lockwood fortune alive after its owner dies.

Which dinosaur does Owen use to break out of his cell and then wreck the auction?

It was one of several species new to the series, along with Allosaurus, Baryonyx, Carnotaurus and Sinoceratops.

Who plays Mr. Eversoll, the auctioneer?

He chose his own look, including a wig styled like Donald Trump's hair.

Which story element came from Steven Spielberg?

The idea had also been in a rejected 2004 draft for Jurassic Park IV, along with the return-to-the-island-then-Gothic-mansion structure.

What kills the Indoraptor?

Blue and the hybrid crash through the roof together; only Blue walks away.

Who opens the final door that releases the dinosaurs into the world?

She reasons that they, like her, have a right to live; Owen had just talked Claire out of it.

Which gas leak forces the decision to free the caged dinosaurs?

It leaks after the Indoraptor's rampage wrecks the underground facility.

Who is eaten by Rexy while trying to escape with the Indominus bone?

Trevorrow said every death in the film was 'earned', after criticism of Zara's gratuitous death in Jurassic World.

Where is the post-credits scene set?

Escaped Pteranodons perch on the resort's replica Eiffel Tower; the scene was cut for length and then restored as a tag.

What was the film's working title, used to keep casting secret?

In auditions, dinosaurs were swapped for lions and grizzly bears in the sides.

Which two Bayona films did Trevorrow mash up to describe Fallen Kingdom?

Bayona was sold on the job when told the second half would play like a haunted-house film.

Which sequel did Bayona initially choose over this film before dropping out of it?

He left that project three months later and was hired for the dinosaurs in April 2016.

Where did the writers come up with the story?

Trevorrow drove home two weeks after Jurassic World opened and Connolly rode along to talk plot.

Which Spielberg film's structure, two stories colliding in the middle, did Trevorrow cite as a model?

He also cited the 1975 thriller Three Days of the Condor for its shifting sense of whom to trust.

Where was most of the film shot?

Hawaii then stood in for Isla Nublar, with the park's Main Street rebuilt on Police Beach on Oahu.

What was set on fire on set to stand in for dripping lava so the actors knew where to react?

It dropped from 12 nozzles above the bunker set; the real lava was added digitally by ILM after consulting volcanologists.

What was built in England so the actors playing Claire and Franklin could ride the Gyrosphere off a cliff?

Bayona wanted genuine fear rather than green-screen acting; the underwater rescue was shot over five days in a Pinewood tank.

How many animatronic dinosaurs were built for the film, compared with one for its predecessor?

Neal Scanlan's team built working T. rex, Indoraptor and Blue animatronics; up to 12 puppeteers hid under Blue's operating table.

Which classic horror villain inspired the Indoraptor's front teeth and long claws?

Bayona compared the mansion chase to a fairy-tale ending: the dragon pursuing the princess up the castle.

Which dinosaur's death in the eruption reused the animation of its 1993 first appearance?

Bayona says it is meant to be the same individual; the shot was the last one finished on the whole film.

Owen finds Blue in front of which vehicle from the original Jurassic Park?

Trevorrow had thought about using it in Jurassic World before choosing the original visitor centre instead.

How long was the original cut before it was trimmed for release?

Bayona and Trevorrow chose not to put the deleted scenes on the home release, feeling none were of interest.

Who composed the score?

He returned from Jurassic World and wove in John Williams's original themes.

Where was the film's world premiere held?

May 21, 2018, at the WiZink Center, a nod to the Spanish director.

Roughly how much did Fallen Kingdom gross worldwide?

It was the third Jurassic film past $1 billion and the third-biggest film of 2018.

What was the film's opening weekend in the U.S. and Canada?

It arrived a week after Incredibles 2, the first time two films had opened above $100 million on consecutive weekends since 2007.

Which Trevorrow-directed Super Bowl ad for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom set an online viewing record?

Universal's partners put a combined $185 million of marketing behind the film, double the previous film's programme.

Roughly how many girls were interviewed for the role of nine-year-old Maisie Lockwood?

Isabella Sermon won the part in her film debut; casting had begun in October 2016.

Fallen Kingdom was the first film in the series shot in which widescreen format?

Bayona wanted the 2.40:1 frame to feel 'bigger' and 'more epic'; cinematographer Óscar Faura used Arri Alexa 65 cameras throughout.

The stormy opening sequence was filmed at Hartland Park in Hampshire, formerly used for what?

The old Pyestock facility in Fleet hosted helicopters, rain machines and lightning simulators through the night.

Up to how many puppeteers hid under the operating table to work the injured Blue animatronic?

The surgery scene was shot twice, with and without the animatronic, so a CGI version could be compared.