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: The film was originally scheduled for a 2012 release but was delayed following the Aurora, Colorado theater shooting. A major climax involving a shootout in a movie theater had to be entirely rewritten and reshot.

: Penn underwent three hours of makeup every morning to transform into the scarred and menacing Mickey Cohen.

The movie is a fictionalized account of the real-life , a secretive unit formed in 1946 to prevent East Coast organized crime from taking over Los Angeles. In the film, the squad engages in a "no-badges, no-mercy" street war to take down notorious mob boss Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn). Fact vs. Fiction Fuerza AntigГЎngster

: The film's diverse squad includes characters played by Anthony Mackie and Michael Peña, but the actual 1940s unit was entirely Caucasian.

: Ryan Gosling’s character jokes that the only "Mickey" he knows is Mickey Mouse; in real life, Gosling was a child star on The All New Mickey Mouse Club . Reception and Style Gangster Squad (2013) - Trivia - IMDb : The film was originally scheduled for a

: While the movie portrays Keeler as the first member to die, the real-life Keeler outlived every other member of the original squad, passing away in 2012. Interesting Trivia

While inspired by real events, the film takes significant creative liberties: The movie is a fictionalized account of the

: The last two surviving members of the original Gangster Squad visited the set during production.