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RACY 'N' RAUNCHY: Meet the Savages
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Best friends Chon (Taylor Kitsch) and Ben (Aaron Johnson) are marijuana growers living in Laguna Beach, California. Chon, a former soldier, smuggled the seeds for the plants out of Afghanistan. The two share O (Blake Lively) as a girlfriend.
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Jennifer Lawrence was originally cast as O, but dropped out to film The Hunger Games instead.
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The screenplay is written by Shane Salerno, Don Winslow (also the writer of the book on which the movie is based) and Oliver Stone.
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Uma Thurman was cast as Paqu, O's mother but her scenes were cut from the movie.
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Michelle Rodriguez and Zoë Saldaña were considered for the role as Elena, but Salma Hayek got the role instead.
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The character of Elena (Salma Hayek) is loosely based on Mireya Moreno Carreon who's known to be the first Mexican female boss of drug cartel.
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Savages features an ensemble cast including Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Blake Lively, Salma Hayek, Benicio del Toro and John Travolta
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