- Fake Nationality: None of the Spaniards in this film show the least sign of having ever even seen Iberia. Even the obviously non-English Elena is German note rather than Spanish.
- Follow the Leader: The film almost certainly inspired the 1940 American swashbuckler film The Sea Hawk, and it is interesting to contrast the two films, especially as the central part of Queen Elizabeth I is played by the same actress in both. The English film is slower-paced, given over more to high-flown Elizabethan dialogue (often from historic sources, as for instance, the Queen's authentic Tilbury speech), and with a stronger sense of period; the American film is more rapid, heavily dependent on action sequences, with more modernization and less emphasis on historical accuracy, and overall is far more straightforward.
- Romance on the Set: Though both Olivier and Leigh were married at the time they were making this film, they fell in love on the set, and shortly after filming had ended, began an affair that ended in both of them divorcing their respective spouses and marrying each other. That marriage itself would end unhappily as a result of Leigh's mental illness.
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