The first XXX movie was shot in 82 days

All of the tattoos worn by Vin Diesel in XXX movie are fake

Prior to filming the movie, Vin Diesel had never ridden a motocross bike; he was trained by the world’s top motocross bikers

The motorcycle that Xander rides in the XXX after the Corvette base jump is a 1999 MV Agusta Serie ORO (Gold Series). It’s one of only 300 produced worldwide. Its a 750cc, in-line 4-cylinder engine which produces 125 hp and a top speed +175 mph

The bulletproof vest Darius puts on during the aircraft carrier scene in XXX2, is the same Interceptor body armor currently worn by the US military

The car in xXx: State of the Union is painted with a special paint, called an “interference pigment”, invented by Flex Products, which appears to change color when viewed from different angles

Two scripts were written for consideration for the second movie. One by Rich Wilkes involves pirates in Southeast Asia and the other, by Simon Kinberg, involves a plot set in Washington D.C. The Simon Kinberg script was selected. Rob Cohen had earlier suggested that that both scripts may be made, with the one not used for XXX2 becoming XXX3

Towards the end of the second film, Stone uses the phrase ‘Son of a bitch stole my line’ in response to the President’s speech. Stone’s response was in fact used before – by Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting (1997)

Director of the film DJ Caruso is so taken in by Deepika Padukone that he tweeted about her first shot with Academy Award winner Russell Carpenter and called it stunning

Deepika Padukone for the filming of her Hollywood debut ‘XXX: The Return of Xander Cage’ has been training under celebrity trainer Yasmin Karachiwala for her role

The picture of first look itself received 327k likes on Vin Diesel’s Instagram and 220k likes on Deepika Padukone’s in a span of two days

XXX3 will be the first entry of the series not to feature Michael Roof due to his death in June 9, 2009