History Trivia / TheBrothersGrimm

* FakeNationality: The German lead characters are played by an American and an Australian, the (presumably) German Queen is played by an Italian, the Italian TortureTechnician is played by a Swede, and the French general is played by a Welshman.

* FakeNationality: The German lead characters are played by an American and an Australian, the (presumably) German Queen is played by an Italian, the Italian TortureTechnician is played by a Swede, and the French general is played by an Englishman.

* TroubledProduction: Gilliam had to deal with interference from the Weinsteins, actors dropping out and his cinematographer being replaced. One of the stars of the film, Lena Headey, noted that Gilliam was so upset about her casting in the film that he didn't even pretend that she wasn't his first choice (Gilliam's choice was Samantha Morton who the Weinsteins said was "too fat" much to the director's fury), [[TheChainOfHarm and that Gilliam bullied her on the set]]. There were so many problems that Gilliam made Film/{{Tideland}} during the making of this.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $88 million. Box office, $37,916,267 (domestic), $105,316,267 (worldwide). This one dealt with a change in production companies from MGM to the Weinstein Company due to the former's financial difficulties, ExecutiveMeddling from the Weinsteins which included replacing the original cinematographer after six weeks, actors suddenly dropping out and the release date getting delayed nine months. The end result was given mixed reviews when it opened [[DumpMonths in August]] and was chased out of theaters after eight weeks.

* MoneyDearBoy: According to [[WordOfGod the DVD commentary]] this is the reason Gilliam took the helm on this project in the first place.

-->"[I]t's not the film they wanted and it's not quite the film I wanted. It's the film that is a result of [...] two groups of people, who aren’t working well together."

* RefittedForSequel: More like Refitted for Later Film. The "hand forest" sequence was originally written for ''Film/TimeBandits'' and was almost used in ''Film/{{Brazil}}''.

* BigNameFan: Mangaka Kazue Kato is a huge fan of the film and cites it as the inspiration of her work ''Manga/BlueExorcist''.

** Creator/NicoleKidman turned down the role of Mirror Queen due to scheduling conflicts. Definitely better for her, since said conflicts were with widely acclaimed ''Film/{{Dogville}}'' and ''Film/ColdMountain''.

** Creator/UmaThurman turned down the role of the Evil Queen, and Monica Bellucci was cast instead.

** Creator/NicoleKidman turned down the role of Mirror Queen due to scheduling conflicts.

* TroubledProduction: Gilliam had to deal with interference from the Weinsteins, actors dropping out and his cinematographer being replaced. One of the stars of the film, Lena Headey, noted that Gilliam was so upset about her casting in the film that he didn't even pretend that she wasn't his first choice (Gilliam's choice was Samantha Morton who the Weinsteins said was "too fat" much to the director's fury), [[TheChainOfHarm and that Gilliam bullied her on the set]].

* ''Film/TheBrothersGrimm'' (2005) -- Budget, $88 million. Box office, $37,916,267 (domestic), $105,316,267 (worldwide). This one dealt with a change in production companies from MGM to the Weinstein Company due to the former's financial difficulties, ExecutiveMeddling from the Weinsteins which included replacing the original cinematographer after six weeks, actors suddenly dropping out and the release date getting delayed nine months. The end result was given mixed reviews when it opened [[DumpMonths in August]] and was chased out of theaters after eight weeks.

** Creator/TerryGilliam and Creator/MattDamon wanted Samantha Morton to play Angelika. But producers felt she was [[HollywoodPudgy too chubby]] and the role went to Creator/LenaHeadey instead.

* BigNameFan: Mangaka Kazue Kato is a huge fan of the film and cites it as the inspiration of her work ''Manga/BlueExorcist''.

* TroubledProduction: Gilliam had to deal with interference from the Weinsteins, actors dropping out and his cinematographer being replaced.

** Gilliam wanted Creator/JohnnyDepp for Will Grimm, but Bob Weinstein believed Depp was not commercially famous enough for the role. Damon joked that Weinstein "was kicking himself because half-way through production, ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' came out and Depp was all of a sudden a big sensation".

* RetroactiveRecognition: You see Creator/LenaHeadey before playing ''Film/ThreeHundred'' and ''Series/GameOfThrones''.

* PlayingAgainstType: Terry Gilliam had talked Matt Damon out of wanting to play Will, intending the part for Heath Ledger. When Ledger read the script, he told Gilliam he wanted to play Jakob, surprising both Gilliam and Damon with the choice. Gilliam has stated he hopes audiences will be as excited to see the two playing against type as he was to direct them that way.

** Terry Gilliam and Matt Damon wanted Samantha Morton to play Angelika. But producers felt she was [[HollywoodPudgy too chubby]] and the role went to Lena Headey instead.
** Uma Thurman turned down the role of the Evil Queen, and Monica Bellucci was cast instead.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheBourneSeries Jason Bourne]] and [[Film/TheDarkKnight the Joker]] fighting [[Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist Mary Magdalene]] and both fall in love with [[Series/GameOfThrones Cersei Lannister.]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheBourneSeries Jason Bourne]] and [[Film/TheDarkKnight the Joker]] fighting [[Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist Mary Magdalene]] and both fall in love with [[GameOfThrones Cersei Lannister.]]
* RetroactiveRecognition: You see LenaHeadey before playing GameOfThrones.
** HilariousInHindsight: Her character in GameOfThrones is a beautiful evil queen.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheBourneSeries Jason Bourne]] and [[Film/TheDarkKnight the Joker]] fighting [[Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist Mary Magdalene]].

* HeyItsThatGuyt: [[Film/TheBourneSeries Jason Bourne]] and [[Film/TheDarkKnight the Joker]] fighting [[Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist Mary Magdalene]].