History Trivia / TheKingsSpeech

** [[Literature/BridgetJones Mark Darcy]] travels back in time, marries [[Film/HarryPotter Bellatrix Lestrange]], has [[Film/IronMan3 Kilian]] for a brother, and their is father is [[Film/HarryPotter Dumbledore]]
** [[Film/HarryPotter Peter Pettigrew]] is UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/{{Outnumbered}} Karen]] has gone back in time and renamed herself Princess Margaret.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/TimothySpall as UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill. He is usually known for playing repulsive villains such as [[Film/HarryPotter Peter Pettigrew]] and the villainous sidekick in ''Film/{{Enchanted}}''.

** Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter has personally stated that she plays the Crazy people well. The last time she was a queen, she yelled "Off with their heads" every five minutes. As the duchess of York, she's an eloquent, articulate, caring and supportive mother and wife.

** [[FakeNationality Fake Australian]]: Jennifer Ehle was born in North Carolina. (Yes, this means that we have an American playing an Australian, an Australian playing a Brit, and a Brit playing an American. The mind boggles...)

** Could be a form of FridgeBrilliance. Churchill was, especially because of his self-righteous defense of British imperialism in 1930s and other personal and political flaws, considered a repulsive villain by many of his contemporaries.

* RoleAssociation: Among other things, most of the cast of this movie are also in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies.
** Perhaps not entirely surprising, since the Potter movies always cast the cream of British talent.
** More specifically, Peter Pettigrew is Winston Churchill, Dumbledore is George V, and Bellatrix Lestrange is Queen Mum.
** [[LAConfidential Ed Exley]] gave up the throne to marry [[Series/NurseJackie Dr. O'Hara]].
** [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Barbossa]] is a speech therapist? or is it ''Film/{{Elizabeth}}'''s Walsingham serving the monarchy with his clever tricks.
*** not only that, but he's married to [[PrideAndPrejudice Elizabeth Bennet?]]
** Brother Series/{{Cadfael}} is the Archbishop.
** [[Series/DoctorWho The Master]] is organizing the coronation of Mr. Darcy while Mr. Collins is the leader of a theater company.
*** Not only that, [[Recap/DoctorWho2010CSAChristmasCarol Kazran Sardick]] [[ActingForTwo (and his dad)]] is King George V, while [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime the Doctor's Mother (possibly. Or not)]] is Queen Mary.
** [[{{Outnumbered}} Karen]] is Princess Margaret.
** Michael Gambon had also played George V's father Edward VII in the acclaimed 2003 BBC ''The Lost Prince'' miniseries, about Bertie's younger brother who died of epilepsy.
** [[Film/TheScarletPimpernel1982 Sir Percy Blakeney]] is Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.

*** Not only that, [[Recap/DoctorWho2010CSAChristmasCarol Kazran Sardick]] [[ActingForTwo (and his dad)]] is King George V, while [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E17E18TheEndOfTime the Doctor's Mother (possibly. Or not)]] is Queen Mary.

** So [[BridgetJones Daniel Cleaver]] not only lost the girl but also [[HilariousInHindsight the role to Darcy]]?

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/TimothySpall as WinstonChurchill. He is usually known for playing repulsive villains such as [[Film/HarryPotter Peter Pettigrew]] and the villainous sidekick in ''Film/{{Enchanted}}''.

** More specifically, Peter Pettigrew is WinstonChurchill, Dumbledore is George V, and Bellatrix Lestrange is Queen Mum.

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** [[FakeNationality Fake Australian]]: Jennifer Ehle was born in North Carolina.

** [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Barbossa is a speech therapist?]]
*** And he's married to [[PrideAndPrejudice Elizabeth Bennet?]]

*** Not only that, [[Recap/DoctorWho2010CSAChristmasCarol Kazran Sardick]] [[ActingForTwo (and his dad)]] is King George V.

** So [[BridgetJones'sDiary Daniel Cleaver]] not only lost the girl but also [[HilariousInHindsight the role to Darcy]]?

** Hugh Grant was also offered the part (he had played a stutterer [[FourWeddingsAndAFuneral before]]) and Creator/RobertDowneyJr was considered, too.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Paul Bettany was the first choice to play King George VI, but turned it down.
** Hugh Grant was also offered the part (he had played a stutterer [[FourWeddingsAndAFuneral before]]) and RobertDowneyJr was considered, too.

* PlayingAgainstType: TimothySpall as WinstonChurchill. He is usually known for playing repulsive villains such as [[Film/HarryPotter Peter Pettigrew]] and the villainous sidekick in ''Film/{{Enchanted}}''.

** [[LAConfidential Ed Exley]] gave up the throne to marry [[NurseJackie Dr. O'Hara]].

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome / CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: In a RealLife one, Queen Elizabeth liked the film and gave it her approval. Being one of the few characters involved who's still alive (she is played in the movie by the 10-year-old Freya Wilson) and it's mainly about her father that says a lot about the way the whole subject was handled.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Among other things, most of the cast of this movie are also in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies.

** Brother {{Cadfael}} is the Archbishop.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Paul Bettany was the first choice to play King George VI, but turned it down for family reasons. It may now qualify as a FunnyAneurysmMoment or HarsherInHindsight for Bettany; Colin Firth won the Academy Award for Best Actor for this film. Casting Bettany would have made sense, since he looks more like George VI than Firth does and - unlike Firth - he's younger than Guy Pearce. But you can't argue with results.

** The movie that Bettany ended up doing instead of this? ''{{Priest}}'', which was panned by critics and audiences and a major waste of Bettany's talents.