Why would Dillon have had an enlisted rank if he was a CIA officer?
Predator Facts
-Jesse Ventura was delighted to find out from the wardrobe department that his arms were one inch bigger than Arnold Schwarzenegger's. He suggested to Schwarzenegger that they measure arms, with the winner getting a bottle of champagne. Ventura lost, because Schwarzenegger had told the wardrobe department to tell Ventura that his arms were bigger.
-Several people were approached to direct this film, including Sir Ridley Scott, James Cameron, Brian De Palma, Richard Donner, John Milius, John Carpenter and Renny Harlin. They all passed, stating they didn't want to shoot an Alien/Monster movie in the jungle.
-The helicopter pilot seen at the end of the movie is Kevin Peter Hall, the actor who plays the Predator.
-Bill Duke improvised the shaving. The crew scrambled on-set to make a razor that squirts blood.
-Although they were never mentioned in the final film, the full names of the main characters in the original script were Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer, Staff Sergeant George Dillon, Sergeant Mac Eliot, Sergeant Blain Cooper, Sergeant Billy Sole, Corporal Poncho Ramirez, and Corporal Rick Hawkins.