The Ring/Trivia


 * Actor Allusion: Brian Cox plays Richard Morgan, . One year later, in X 2 X Men United, Brian Cox plays William Stryker,.
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: The Ring Two is chock full of this. Samara's mother is none other than Sissy Spacek, Smug Shrink Dr. Emma Temple is played by Elizabeth Perkins, and one of the doctors is James Lesure of Las Vegas. Gary Cole even pops up as a real estate agent. Oh, and Samara is also Samantha Darko.
 * Samara is also Lilo and Chihiro.
 * Okazaki from the first two Japanese movies is played by Yûrei Yanagi, who appeared as Kobayashi in the first ~Ju-on~ film.
 * Patrick Jane plays the well intentioned Max Rourke.
 * Well, The Ring had Brian "Hannibal Lektor" Cox and Jane Alexander.
 * Noah's assistant Beth is Abby from NCIS
 * Amber Tamblyn is the remake's first on-screen victim, and Rachael Bella is her best friend.
 * The Other Darrin: Sadako is played by a number of actresses over the years - Rie Inou (Ring, Ring 2), Hinako Saeki (Rasen), Yukie Nakama (Ring 0), Ai Hashimoto (Sadako 3D), Ayane Miura (Ring Kanzenban), Tae Kimura (Ring: The Final Chapter), and Akiko Yada (Rasen TV series).
 * Prop Recycling: The "COPY" tape from the 2002 remake is the actual "COPY" tape from the 1998 original.
 * Shrug of God: In the American remake, fans of the film note that the victims of Samara look like they'd been drowned, which would make sense considering Samara's predicament. However, both Gore Verbinski and makeup FX artist Dick Smith said that wasn't their intention. They just wanted to make them look creepy.