The novel:
- Referenced by...: In the Interview with the Vampire (2022) episode "A Vile Hunger for Your Hammering Heart", the novel that Louis de Pointe du Lac reads when Claudia returns home after being away for seven years is Chéri.
2009 Film:
- Fake Nationality: Simply put, no-one in the cast (Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, Kathy Bates, Felicity Jones, Tom Burke etc) is French, and they all played French characters.
- Production Posse: Reunited Stephen Frears, Michelle Pfeiffer and writer Christopher Hampton 20 years after their adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons.
- Saved from Development Hell: The project dated back all the way to The '90s and filming eventually started in 2008.
- What Could Have Been: Jessica Lange was the first choice to play Léa de Lonval back in The '90s.
