| 1 | * AwesomeDearBoy: Hugh Grant considered himself retired from films, but was convinced to star in this mostly so he could work with Meryl Streep. |
| 2 | * CastTheExpert: Simon Helberg claims he was cast because he was a trained pianist like his character, and he auditioned primarily as a musician. He says that before the table read, Stephen Frears joked "now, time to see if you can actually act." |
| 3 | * DuelingWorks: With ''Film/{{Marguerite}}'', a French film very loosely based on the life Florence Foster Jenkins. |
| 4 | * DyeingForYourArt: Meryl Streep had to intensely train to in order to sing badly, and injured herself in the process because she was intentionally using bad vocal techniques at full volume. |
| 5 | * IronyAsSheIsCast: Meryl Streep herself is a good singer - as a look at ''Film/MammaMia'', ''Film/IntoTheWoods'' and ''Film/RickiAndTheFlash'' will confirm. She actually studied to be a singer before she became an actress. In order to play Florence, she first had to learn the correct opera techniques - and then learn how to sing badly. [[spoiler: She does get to sing well at the end of the movie during Florence's ImagineSpot]] |
| 6 | * TypeCasting: Creator/MerylStreep played an aspiring pianist whose career was similarly derailed (though by alcoholism and poverty rather than by syphilis) in the 1986 film of ''Literature/{{Ironweed}}''. |
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