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* HypotheticalCasting: The writers originally envisioned Creator/CaryGrant and Creator/ShirleyTemple in the lead roles, after Creator/{{RKO}} execs saw them in ''Film/TheBachelorAndTheBobbySoxer''. Having this been made, it would be a CareerResurrection for Temple.

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* HypotheticalCasting: The writers originally envisioned Creator/CaryGrant and Creator/ShirleyTemple in the lead roles, after Creator/{{RKO}} execs saw them in ''Film/TheBachelorAndTheBobbySoxer''. Having Had this been made, it would be could have been a CareerResurrection for Temple.
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* {{Typecasting}}: Catherine Oxenburg, who played Ann in TheRemake, is actually a member of a European royal family, as her mother was Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, and actually played Princess Diana in two separate TV movies.
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* ReferencedBy:
** The title of the film was made into a pun in the series ''WesternAnimation/TheRomanHolidays''.
** One of Ann's dresses inspired Belle's PimpedOutDress in ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.
** Likewise, Relena's Queen of the World dress in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' is pretty much a direct copy of one of Ann's dresses.
** Episode 156 of ''Manga/SailorMoon'' features the fictional runaway Princess Rubina, who has the same hairstyle (albeit blonde) and casual outfit as Princess Ann's.
** Spring 2018 anime ''Anime/TadaNeverFallsInLove'' directly references it with a copy of the Vespa scene in the opening, and in the plot: a European Princess escaping her role to experience freedom. (In this case, incognito as an exchange student in Japan.)
** The humorous ball scene early in the film is [[{{Homage}} homaged]] at the beginning of ''[[Film/ThePrincessDiaries The Princess Diaries 2]]''.
** ''Film/OnlyYou'': Creator/RobertDowneyJr and Creator/MarisaTomei recreate the Mouth of Truth scene.
** ''Website/SCPFoundation'': One particularly GenreSavvy [[RedShirt D-Class]] recognized [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-645 SCP-645]] from the movie.
** The band Music/DeepBlueSomething has said that this was the Audrey Hepburn film they had in mind when they wrote "Breakfast at Tiffany's" but they couldn't make it fit the meter.
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* HypotheticalCasting: The writers originally envisioned Creator/CaryGrant and Creator/ShirleyTemple in the lead roles. Having this been made, it would be a CareerResurrection for Temple.

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* HypotheticalCasting: The writers originally envisioned Creator/CaryGrant and Creator/ShirleyTemple in the lead roles.roles, after Creator/{{RKO}} execs saw them in ''Film/TheBachelorAndTheBobbySoxer''. Having this been made, it would be a CareerResurrection for Temple.

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* DarkhorseCasting: Prior to this film, Creator/AudreyHepburn's career had consisted of small parts and playing Film/{{Gigi}} on Broadway.

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* DarkhorseCasting: Producers wanted either Creator/JeanSimmons or Creator/ElizabethTaylor for the role of the princess. Prior to this film, Creator/AudreyHepburn's career had consisted of small parts and playing Film/{{Gigi}} on Broadway.



** Creator/AudreyHepburn wasn't told beforehand of Creator/GregoryPeck's stunt at the Mouth of Truth. Hepburn's reaction therefore is both genuine and spontaneous: exactly what Wyler was looking for.

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** Creator/AudreyHepburn wasn't told beforehand of Creator/GregoryPeck's stunt at the Mouth of Truth. Hepburn's reaction therefore reaction, therefore, is both genuine and spontaneous: exactly what Wyler was looking for.



* ExecutiveMeddling: A scene had to be shot to clarify that Princess Ann was not British, solely to appease the British government (who was worried about the parallels between the film and the real life drama involving Princess Margaret at the time).

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* ExecutiveMeddling: A scene had to be shot to clarify that Princess Ann was not British, solely to appease the British government (who was worried about the parallels between the film and the real life real-life drama involving Princess Margaret at the time).time).
* HypotheticalCasting: The writers originally envisioned Creator/CaryGrant and Creator/ShirleyTemple in the lead roles. Having this been made, it would be a CareerResurrection for Temple.



** The Italian Vespa two stroke scooter enjoyed a surge in popularity after the film was released.

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** The Italian Vespa two stroke two-stroke scooter enjoyed a surge in popularity after the film was released.
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* BillingDisplacement: Initially, the unknown Audrey Hepburn was planned to be billed much lower in the credits, despite playing one of the leads. Gregory Peck suggested halfway through filming that she be elevated to equal billing, as he could sense that she would likely win an Oscar for her performance.


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* ExecutiveMeddling: A scene had to be shot to clarify that Princess Ann was not British, solely to appease the British government (who was worried about the parallels between the film and the real life drama involving Princess Margaret at the time).


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* UnbuiltCastingType: Audrey Hepburn would later play a lot of characters who go through a Cinderella type story - usually RagsToRiches. Here in her first lead role, she does the reverse; a princess who tries to live as a commoner, and the return to her privileged life is played very sadly.
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** ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': One particularly GenreSavvy [[RedShirt D-Class]] recognized [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-645 SCP-645]] from the movie.

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** ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': ''Website/SCPFoundation'': One particularly GenreSavvy [[RedShirt D-Class]] recognized [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-645 SCP-645]] from the movie.

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