| 1 | * ApprovalOfGod: The real Erin Grewell was ecstatic when she heard Hilary Swank would be playing her. |
| 2 | * ButIPlayOneOnTV: April Hernandez had to remind people when she appeared on ''The Oprah Winfrey'' show that her speech about hating white people was the attitude of her character Eva, not her own views. |
| 3 | * CastTheExpert: For the hotel trip scene, the Holocaust survivors were played by genuine survivors. |
| 4 | * DawsonCasting: Most of the actors playing the teens were in their twenties. |
| 5 | * DoingItForTheArt: Hilary Swank took a significant pay cut to do the film, being that passionate about the story of Erin Grewell. |
| 6 | * FakeAmerican: Imelda Staunton is British playing the American teacher Margaret Campbell. |
| 7 | * FakeNationality: The American actress Pat Carroll plays the Dutch Miep Gies. |
| 8 | * InMemoriam: The film is dedicated to Armand Jones - who starred as Grant Rice but was killed after the film wrapped. |
| 9 | * TypeCasting: |
| 10 | ** Imelda Staunton as an obstructive SternTeacher is recycling her casting as Dolores Umbridge in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' the same year. |
| 11 | ** Hilary Swank as TheDeterminator is also pretty standard. |
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