'Baskin' trivia and fun facts

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Director Can Evrenol had Mehmet Cerrahoglu watch the films A Nightmare On Elm Street, Hellraiser and Apocalypse Now to help him with developing the character of Father.

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Evrenol claims that the hardest scene to shoot was the underwater scene when Adra falls into the river, because of the time limitations and because it was shot at night. That single underwater shot took almost half of that night's shoot when it was shot.

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The film is based on his short film by the same name.

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Mehmet Cerrahoglu, who plays the role of Father, has an extremely rare skin condition that made his physical appearance very unique and instrumental to the look of Father.

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The character of Father is modeled on the demigod character Colonel Kurtz from 'Apocalypse Now'.