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** In Finland, the film is called "Housut Pois", meaning "Trousers off"
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* UsefulNotes/BFITop100BritishFilms: #25.
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** Creator/AlanRickman turned down the role of Gerald. Creator/RichardGriffith was also considered.

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** Creator/AlanRickman turned down the role of Gerald. Creator/RichardGriffith Creator/RichardGriffiths was also considered.

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* FakeBrit: Robert Carlyle is Scottish doing an OopNorth accent as Gaz.

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* FakeBrit: Robert Carlyle Creator/RobertCarlyle is Scottish doing an OopNorth accent as Gaz.Gaz.
* OneTakeWonder: The cast allegedly agreed that all six of them would really do the "full monty" strip at the end in front of 50 extras, provided they had to do only one take.
* TroubledProduction: The production and shooting was also said to be very challenging, with Creator/RobertCarlyle saying, "''The Full Monty'' was a tough shoot, it really really was. Horrible"



** Creator/AlanRickman turned down the role of Gerald. Creator/RichardGriffith was also considered.



* WorkingTitle: ''Eggs, Beans & Chippendales''.

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** The famous "Hot Stuff" scene, in which the characters dance in the queue at the job centre, was originally going to be cut from the final production as it was "too unrealistic".
* WorkingTitle: ''Eggs, Beans & Chippendales''.Chippendales''.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The initial cut of the film was too short, so other scenes were added in re-shoots. Notably the football exercise montage. Gaz isn't in that scene because Robert Carlyle was busy on another film.



** The WorkingTitle was 'Eggs, Beans & Chippendales'.

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** The WorkingTitle was 'Eggs, * WorkingTitle: ''Eggs, Beans & Chippendales'.Chippendales''.
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* FakeBrit: Robert Carlyle is Scottish doing an OopNorth accent as Gaz.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The initial cut of the film was too short, so other scenes were added in re-shoots. Notably the football exercise montage. Gaz isn't in that scene because Robert Carlyle was busy on another film.



** Creator/NicholasLyndhurst was first choice for the role of Gaz, however Lyndurst turned role down saying "that it would have been too cold at that time of year to take your clothes off." Also considered were Creator/HughGrant and Creator/RikMayall.

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** Creator/NicholasLyndhurst was first choice for the role of Gaz, however Lyndurst turned role down saying "that it would have been too cold at that time of year to take your clothes off." Also considered were Creator/HughGrant and Creator/RikMayall.Creator/RikMayall.
** At one point the studio thought the film would be a failure (not unreasonable, due to the TroubledProduction) and considered releasing it DirectToVideo.
** The scene with Horse on the telephone was re-shot twice. The initial scene had an old woman overhearing, and the second version had a gang of girls on a night out overhearing. The third version - which is in the final film - has no one listening.
** The WorkingTitle was 'Eggs, Beans & Chippendales'.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/DannyBoyle was asked to direct, but he declined, as he didn't find the story interesting.

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** In Russia, the film is known as ''Muzhskoy striptiz'' (''Men's Striptease''), which pushes the title into ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin territory. An alternative, and much more creative and {{pun}}ny, translation is ''Polnyi golyak'', which can be understood as both ''Fully Naked'' and ''Completely Broke''.
** In Sweden, the film is called "Allt eller inget", meaning "Everything or Nothing".
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Creator/DannyBoyle was asked to direct, but he declined, as he didn't find the story interesting.interesting.
** Creator/NicholasLyndhurst was first choice for the role of Gaz, however Lyndurst turned role down saying "that it would have been too cold at that time of year to take your clothes off." Also considered were Creator/HughGrant and Creator/RikMayall.
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* BFITop100BritishFilms: #25.

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* BFITop100BritishFilms: #25.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/DannyBoyle was asked to direct, but he declined, as he didn't find the story interesting.

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