'Sicario' trivia and fun facts

This is Denis Villeneuve and Roger Deakins's second collaboration. They will also be working together on the new 'Blade Runner' movie.

While filming in Mexico, Emily Blunt got struck with diarrhea. In the scene where they are driving to Juarez, her character looks sweaty and pasty as a result of Blunt's illness.

It is the third time Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro appear in the same movie after 'Guardians of the Galaxy' (2014) and 'Inherent Vice' (2014).

Emily Blunt started filming four months after she delivered her first baby girl Hazel.

Jon Bernthal, Josh Brolin, Maximiliano Hernandez, and Benicio Del Toro are all involved with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Bernthal plays Frank Castle/Punisher (Daredevil), Brolin plays Thanos (Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron), Hernandez plays Agent Sitwell (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Agents of SHIELD) and Del Toro plays The Collector (Thor: The Dark World, Guardians of the Galaxy).

Emily Blunt based her character, Kate Macer, on one of the FBI agents she spoke to in preparation for the role, whom she described as "shy" and "lonely".

Denis Villeneuve wanted Emily Blunt for the role after he saw her in The Young Victoria.

Denis Villeneuve describes the film as a dark poem.

The thermal vision shots in the film were shot with a FLIR SC8300 thermal vision camera and they were not added in the post-production.