For the 2011 film:
- Box Office Bomb: Budget: $30 million. Worldwide Gross: $15.4 million.
- Creator's Favorite Episode: In a Reddit AMA
, Roland Emmerich considered this to be his favorite movie he has done. - Creator's Oddball: The guy who kept the Disaster Movie alive (along with other action stuff like Stargate and The Patriot (2000)) doing a historical drama about Shakespeare?
- Reality Subtext: Derek Jacobi (the Narrator) is a very prominent Anti-Stratfordian advocate. He also played the Chorus (i.e. the narrator) in Henry V (1989).
- Real-Life Relative: Vanessa Redgrave plays the older Elizabeth; the younger Elizabeth is played by Redgrave's daughter, Joely Richardson.
