'The Brothers Grimsby' trivia and fun facts

Isla Fisher, who play a female supporting role, is Baron Cohen's wife.

Sacha need to practice to film some football scenes.

A number of residents of Grimsby were angry with Cohen portraying their town as a rubbish-strewn.

Cohen calls Scott Adkins' character 'Ukrainian Ben Affleck'. Scott Adkins actually auditioned for the role of Batman in 'Batman v Superman', a role that ultimately went to Ben Affleck.

Some of the scenes from Grimsby were actually filmed in Tilbury, Essex.

On February 13, 2014, the film moved from Paramount Pictures to Columbia Pictures.