Bad Company (2002)

Interesting facts

• Filmed in: New York City, New Jersey, Czech Republic, and Prague

Bad Company is a 2002 action comedy film directed by Joel Schumacher, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and starring Chris Rock and Anthony Hopkins. The film tells the story of a street-wise hustler whose twin brother, a Harvard-educated CIA agent, is killed during an operation. The agency recruits him to finish the mission his brother was working on and sends in an experienced agent to train him.

Production

In September 2000 it was announced action-comedy then titled Black Sheep had been greenlit with Jerry Bruckheimer to produce and the script written by professional musician turned screenwriter Jason Richman in his first studio job. Richman was hired to re-write Black Sheep after executives were impressed with his spec script Revolver with Richman's re-writes credited with getting the film greenlit.

We always try and have an interesting and unusual pairing of actors, and this is about as creative as you can get

In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, Rock said the title change from Black Sheep to Bad Company was to avoid confusion with the 1996 film of the same name starring Chris Farley and David Spade. Rock also jokingly referred to the film as Beverly Hills Spy.

The film was executive produced by Lary Simpson, the brother of Bruckheimer's longtime partner Don Simpson.

Bad Company was partially filmed in Prague, Czech Republic and in New York City. The scene where the suitcase bomb was handed over was filmed at Chotěšov Abbey.

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