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* DawsonCasting: The historical Calpurnia was thirty-five at the time of Caesar's assassination. Creator/GreerGarson on the other hand, was forty-nine.

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* DawsonCasting: The historical Calpurnia was thirty-five thirty-two at the time of Caesar's assassination. Creator/GreerGarson on the other hand, was forty-nine.
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* DawsonCasting: The historical Calpurnia was thirty-five at the time of Caesar's assassination. Creator/GreerGarson on the other hand, was forty-nine.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz reportedly instructed the extras to ignore Marlon Brando at the start of his "Friends, Romans, countrymen" speech, forcing him to go big in order to get their attention.
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* DeletedRole: O. Z. Whitehead is listed on the Internet Movie Database as having played Cinna the Poet in the film and not receiving screen credit, but his one scene was deleted before release, and it is not included in any DVD or video releases of the film. (However, Cinna the Conspirator does appear; he is played by actor William Cottrell.)

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* DeletedRole: O. Z. Whitehead is listed on the Internet Movie Database as having played Cinna the Poet in the film and not receiving screen credit, but his one scene was deleted before release, and it is not included in any DVD or video releases of the film. (However, Cinna the Conspirator does appear; he is played by actor William Cottrell.)) Oddly enough, the same thing happened with the [[Film/JuliusCaesar1970 1970 film]].
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JospehLMankiewicz originally considered Creator/PaulScofield for Marc Anthony.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JospehLMankiewicz Creator/JosephLMankiewicz originally considered Creator/PaulScofield for Marc Anthony.
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* AwardCategoryFraud: Creator/MarlonBrando received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor despite only appearing in about two and a half scenes in the movie. (Namely, the big "Friends, Romans, countrymen" speech, the scene in the Senate that ends with "Cry Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war", a shorter scene where he's going over the proscription list with Octavian and Lepidus, and the ending.) At the time, A-list stars were almost always placed in the lead category for awards, as being placed in Supporting was considered beneath them.

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* AwardCategoryFraud: Creator/MarlonBrando received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor despite only appearing in about two and a half scenes in the movie. (Namely, the big "Friends, Romans, countrymen" speech, the scene in the Senate that ends with "Cry Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war", a shorter scene where he's going over the proscription list with Octavian and Lepidus, and the ending.) At the time, A-list stars were almost always placed in the lead category for awards, as being placed in Supporting was considered beneath them.them.
* BillingDisplacement: Although Creator/MarlonBrando was given top billing, it is Creator/JamesMason who is more central to the plot.
* DeletedRole: O. Z. Whitehead is listed on the Internet Movie Database as having played Cinna the Poet in the film and not receiving screen credit, but his one scene was deleted before release, and it is not included in any DVD or video releases of the film. (However, Cinna the Conspirator does appear; he is played by actor William Cottrell.)
* FollowTheLeader: Producer John Houseman says the film was made because ''Theatre/HenryV'' had been a success.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JospehLMankiewicz originally considered Creator/PaulScofield for Marc Anthony.
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* AwardCategoryFraud: Creator/MarlonBrando received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor despite only appearing in about two and a half scenes in the movie. (Namely, the big "Friends, Romans, countrymen" speech, the scene in the Senate that ends with "Cry Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war", a shorter scene where he's going over the proscription list with Octavian and Lepidus, and the ending.) At the time, A-list stars were almost always placed in the lead category for awards, as being placed in Supporting was considered beneath them.

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