San Andreas - actors, characters and roles

All actors and their roles in the film "San Andreas"
San Andreas (2015)
Timing: 1:54 (114 min)
San Andreas - TMDB rating
6.2/10
8954
San Andreas - Kinopoisk rating
6.217/10
135425
San Andreas - IMDB rating
6.1/10
275000

Actors and characters

Photo Dwayne Johnson #3579Photo Dwayne Johnson #3580Photo Dwayne Johnson #3581Photo Dwayne Johnson #3582

Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnson
Character Ray Gaines
Photo Alexandra Daddario #9828Photo Alexandra Daddario #9829Photo Alexandra Daddario #9830Photo Alexandra Daddario #9831

Alexandra Daddario

Alexandra Daddario
Character Blake Gaines
Photo Carla Gugino #18246Photo Carla Gugino #18247Photo Carla Gugino #18248Photo Carla Gugino #18249

Carla Gugino

Carla Gugino
Character Emma Gaines
Photo Ioan Gruffudd #12265Photo Ioan Gruffudd #12266Photo Ioan Gruffudd #12267Photo Ioan Gruffudd #12268

Ioan Gruffudd

Ioan Gruffudd
Character Daniel Riddick
Photo Archie Panjabi #20464Photo Archie Panjabi #20465

Archie Panjabi

Archie Panjabi
Character Serena Johnson
Photo Paul Giamatti #14984Photo Paul Giamatti #14985Photo Paul Giamatti #14986Photo Paul Giamatti #66867

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti
Character Dr. Lawrence Hayes
Photo Art Parkinson #20467

Art Parkinson

Art Parkinson
Character Ollie Taylor
Photo Will Yun Lee #20468Photo Will Yun Lee #20469

Will Yun Lee

Will Yun Lee
Character Dr Kim Park
Photo Kylie Minogue #20470Photo Kylie Minogue #20471Photo Kylie Minogue #20472Photo Kylie Minogue #20473

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue
Character Susan Riddick
Photo Colton Haynes #20484Photo Colton Haynes #20485Photo Colton Haynes #20486

Colton Haynes

Colton Haynes
Character Joby O'Leary
Photo Todd Williams #13236

Todd Williams

Todd Williams
Character Marcus
Photo Matt Gerald #65844Photo Matt Gerald #251790Photo Matt Gerald #251791Photo Matt Gerald #326924

Matt Gerald

Matt Gerald
Character Harrison
Photo Alec Utgoff #20487

Alec Utgoff

Alec Utgoff
Character Alexi
Photo Morgan Griffin #20489

Morgan Griffin

Morgan Griffin
Character Natalie
Photo Breanne Hill #20490
Breanne Hill
Character Larissa
Photo Laurence Coy #20491
Laurence Coy
Character Elgin
Photo Fiona Press #20492
Fiona Press
Character Margie
Photo Dennis Coard #20493

Dennis Coard

Dennis Coard
Character Herb
Photo Ben McIvor #20494

Ben McIvor

Ben McIvor
Character Dylan
Photo Nick Allen-Ducat #20495
Nick Allen-Ducat
Character Preppy
Photo Claire Lovering #20496
Claire Lovering
Character Glasses
Photo Sophia Emberson-Bain #20497
Sophia Emberson-Bain
Character Ponytail
Photo Julian Shaw #20498
Julian Shaw
Character Stoner
Photo Sofie Formica #20499
Sofie Formica
Character Refugee Camp Reporter
Julie Brandt-Richards
Character Refugee
Hugh Boddam-Whetham
Character Daniel Reddick's Assistant
Photo Brad McMurray #20500
Brad McMurray
Character Riddick Building Security Guard
Photo John Reynolds #20501Photo John Reynolds #69592Photo John Reynolds #69593

John Reynolds

John Reynolds
Character Daniel Riddick's Driver
Photo Simone Kessell #20502

Simone Kessell

Simone Kessell
Character Kim Swann
Photo Saskia Williscroft #20503
Saskia Williscroft
Character Jenny Swann
Photo Arabella Morton #20504
Arabella Morton
Character Mallory
Photo Hayley Sullivan #20505
Hayley Sullivan
Character Riddick Female Assistant
Renee Somerfield
Character Female Flight Attendant
Photo Joey Vieira #20506
Joey Vieira
Character Man in Parking Garage
Photo Benjamin Blankenship #20507
Benjamin Blankenship
Character Looter #1
Barry Southgate
Character Looter #2
Nikki Green
Character Female Teen Messenger
Photo Calum Grant #20508

Calum Grant

Calum Grant
Character Pedestrian #1
Eduardo Ambriz DeColosio
Character Pedestrian #2
Michael Asberry
Character Pedestrian #3
Teirrah McNair
Character Pedestrian #4
Michael Yamaguchi
Character Motobike Cop on Foot
Photo AnnaCorey #20509
AnnaCorey
Character Julie - Tsunami Victim (uncredited)
Photo Stephen Chang #20510Photo Stephen Chang #20511
Stephen Chang
Character D . Park (uncredited)
Photo Hayley Gagner #20512Photo Hayley Gagner #20513
Hayley Gagner
Character Survivor (uncredited)
Photo Stephanie Johnston #20514
Stephanie Johnston
Character Wounded Girl on Bridge (uncredited)
Photo Tom O
Tom O'Reilly
Character Business Man Survivor (uncredited)
Photo Vanessa Ross #20516

Vanessa Ross

Vanessa Ross
Character Disaster Resident (uncredited)
Andrea Walker
Character Reddick Architect (uncredited)
Photo Allan Poppleton #15554
Allan Poppleton
Character Looter with Gun (uncredited)

What's left behind the scenes

  • San Andreas is the name of a tectonic fault line that runs through much of California. The fault is associated with earthquakes reaching a magnitude of 8.1 and causing surface displacements of up to 7 meters. The most well-known are the San Francisco earthquake (1906) and the Loma Prieta earthquake (1989).
  • Some scenes were filmed in Bakersfield, California.
  • Although in the film Dwayne Johnson and Alexandra Daddario play father and daughter, the age difference between the actors is only 14 years.
  • Following the devastating earthquake in Nepal in April 2015, the film's marketing campaign was adjusted to include information on emergency assistance, as well as advice on how to prepare for natural disasters.
  • The actors did most of their stunts themselves because director Brad Peyton wanted the audience to see the real emotions on their faces. For example, at the beginning of the film there is a scene where Dwayne Johnson descends on a cable from a helicopter at an altitude of about 45 meters to save a girl whose car is stuck on a cliff, about 15 meters above the ground. The director wanted Johnson to complete the entire journey from the helicopter to the car himself, with the scene being filmed in one take, and the camera following the actor on a 45-meter crane. To the director's delight, Johnson agreed to this, and ultimately his vision was realized.
  • Director Brad Peyton invited Thomas Jordan, a professor at the University of Southern California who is also the director of the Southern California Earthquake Center, to review the film's script for accuracy. While both Peyton and Dwayne Johnson claimed the scientific facts presented in the film were accurate, Thomas Jordan stated that he consulted with the filmmakers, but much of his advice was ignored. In particular, Jordan noted that a magnitude of 9 is too high for the San Andreas Fault, and such an earthquake could not cause a large tsunami.
  • In preparation for his role, Dwayne Johnson consulted with emergency response specialists and also spent time with helicopter pilots from the Los Angeles Fire Department's search and rescue unit.
  • The building housing Riddick's headquarters in San Francisco, where Blake, Ben, and Ollie meet, is the Bank of America building located at 555 California Street. The same building was used in the disaster film 'The Towering Inferno' (1974).
  • Dwayne Johnson was in Budapest filming 'Hercules' (2014) when he was given the script for 'San Andreas'. Johnson started reading it that same day and finished it by 3:30 AM. The actor really liked the script and immediately wrote to producer Beau Flynn to say he was in.
  • It is actually possible for an earthquake in Nevada to trigger an earthquake in Los Angeles, and for an earthquake in Los Angeles to trigger an earthquake in San Francisco. This has even happened before, but in reverse. In 1992, the Landers earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 occurred in the Mojave Desert of California and caused a 5.3 magnitude earthquake in Nevada the following day. And in 1906, the San Francisco earthquake caused 5-magnitude earthquakes in Santa Monica, Oregon, and Nevada the next day.
  • Some of the footage of the flooding shown in the news after the Hoover Dam was destroyed is footage of a major flood that occurred in 2011 in Queensland, Australia.
  • Ray and Emma steal a plane from a skydiving school. When the engine is started, the sound of a piston engine is heard, and smoke is also visible. However, the plane they are starting has a turboprop engine, which has a completely different sound and does not emit any smoke during startup.
  • Ray's fingernails are noticeably longer at the beginning of the film.
  • When Ray and Emma steal the car from the looters, the rear tailgate is open. A few seconds after they drive away, the tailgate is already closed. Furthermore, Ray starts the car using jumper cables, but when they stop at the rift, he turns off the engine with the key.
  • When Emma climbs onto the roof of a building for Ray to pick her up in a helicopter, you can see her run the same section of the roof twice.
  • In several shots during the destruction of San Francisco, some buildings that had begun to collapse or had already collapsed in previous shots are shown intact again.
  • In the scene where Daniel and Blake are in the parking garage and the shaking begins, the cars next to them trigger their alarms, however, when they try to leave the parking garage, the alarms on all the other cars do not go off.
  • When the limousine driver stops, he only presses the brake, however, when he starts moving again, it is visible that the gearshift is in park.
  • When Ray tells Ben to break the window, you can notice that Ben's watch strap is sand-colored, but before and after this scene the strap is black.
  • When Ray and Emma return to the elderly couple, the camera operator can be seen reflected in the old man's glasses and in the car window.
  • In the scene where the crowd is running down a San Francisco street, a sign for the Australian bank Bendigo is visible on one side of the street.
  • The most direct route from Los Angeles to San Francisco does not run near Bakersfield. Furthermore, people traveling from Bakersfield to the San Francisco Bay Area would not encounter the earth fissure shown in the film.
  • When Blake and Daniel land at the airport in Oakland, two errors can be noticed. First, Oakland Municipal Airport no longer exists; it is now Oakland International Airport. Second, the old control tower of San Francisco International Airport is visible in the wide shot of the airport.
  • When Blake first meets Ben, a steel bridge can be seen in the background, but such bridges do not exist in San Francisco. In fact, it is the Story Bridge, located in Brisbane, Australia.
  • Many of the views of San Francisco are unrealistic. For example, the Golden Gate Bridge cannot be seen from Chinatown.
  • After leaving the electronics store in Chinatown, the heroes head towards Coit Tower. To do this, they walk north along Hyde Street, taking a detour of almost a kilometer. Moreover, they refer to Lombard Street as Lombard Avenue.
  • When Ray and Emma fly to San Francisco, they fly over a highway full of cars, and after the highway is left behind, Emma looks out the window and sees SFO airport. This highway is actually located in Brisbane, Australia. And SFO airport is not in San Francisco, but 13 kilometers south of it, in San Mateo.
  • During the destruction of San Francisco, the road rises, and subway tunnels become visible with a train inside. During any significant seismic activity, train movement stops, and passengers must evacuate and head to the nearest emergency exits to the surface.
  • The tsunami wave approaching the Golden Gate Bridge is incorrectly shaped. Tsunami waves belong to so-called long waves – the distance from crest to crest (wavelength) significantly exceeds the ocean depth. Tsunamis are, in nature, close to tides. Tsunamis and tides differ from ordinary wind (storm) waves and swells. Wind waves only affect the upper layer of the ocean; at a depth of 50 meters, the disturbance is no longer felt. But tides and currents caused by a tsunami involve the movement of the entire water mass – from the bottom to the surface. Visually, this should resemble a rapidly growing wave more than a breaking wave.
  • When Ray starts the car using jumper cables, he brings two wires together, they spark, and then he twists them together. In reality, he should have twisted the ignition wires together (which would not have produced any spark), then touched them to the starter wires to start the engine (which would have produced a spark), and then untwisted the wires so the engine would continue to run. Furthermore, since ignition is now located on the steering column in modern cars, starting the car in this way would have meant he wouldn't be able to steer it.
  • In one scene, Ray presses the “Hover” button, after which he leaves the pilot's seat to move to the side door and save Emma. In reality, helicopters do not have such a function.
  • When Ray and Emma are flying to San Francisco by helicopter, Blake calls them. When Ray answers the call, only he can hear her and talk to her, then he switches the toggle to a position where only Emma can hear Blake and talk to her. But just a moment later, they can both hear her and talk to her, and Ray did not change the toggle position.
  • From the start of the earthquake, Ray, while on board the helicopter, never attempts to contact emergency services, nor do they attempt to contact him.
  • At the end of the film, the water around the boat remains calm, despite a building collapsing nearby.
  • At the end of the film, Ben hands Blake her two-heart pendant and says he found it on the boat. Two minutes earlier, it is clearly visible that the pendant is on Blake’s neck and has not disappeared.
  • When Ray performs CPR, he makes a mistake by not pinching the nose.
  • The probability of the Hoover Dam collapsing during a major earthquake is very low.
  • Director Brad Peyton invited Thomas Jordan, a professor at the University of Southern California who is also the director of the Southern California Earthquake Center, to review the film's script for accuracy. While both Peyton and Dwayne Johnson claimed that the scientific facts presented in the film were accurate, according to Thomas Jordan, he provided advice to the filmmakers, but they largely disregarded it. In particular, Jordan noted that a magnitude of 9 is too high for the San Andreas Fault, and such an earthquake could not cause a large tsunami.
  • The building that serves as Riddick's headquarters in San Francisco, where Blake, Ben, and Ollie meet, is the Bank of America building located at 555 California Street. The same building was used in the disaster film 'The Towering Inferno' (1974).
  • Dwayne Johnson was in Budapest filming 'Hercules' (2014) when he received the script for 'San Andreas'. Johnson started reading it that same day and finished it by 3:30 AM. The actor liked the script very much and immediately wrote to producer Beau Flynn to say he was in.
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