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* TypeCasting: Creator/MerylStreep played an aspiring pianist whose career was similarly derailed (though by alcoholism and poverty rather than by syphilis) in ''Literature/Ironweed''.
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* TypeCasting: Creator/MerylStreep played an aspiring pianist whose career was similarly derailed (though by alcoholism and poverty rather than by syphilis) in ''Literature/Ironweed''.the 1986 film of ''Literature/{{Ironweed}}''.
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* Typecasting: Creator/MerylStreep played an aspiring pianist whose career was similarly derailed (though by alcoholism and poverty rather than by syphilis) in ''Literature/Ironweed''.
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* Typecasting: TypeCasting: Creator/MerylStreep played an aspiring pianist whose career was similarly derailed (though by alcoholism and poverty rather than by syphilis) in ''Literature/Ironweed''.
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*Typecasting: Creator/MerylStreep played an aspiring pianist whose career was similarly derailed (though by alcoholism and poverty rather than by syphilis) in ''Literature/Ironweed''.
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* WordOfGay: Simon Helberg says he played Cosmé [=McMoon=], the titular character's pianist, as gay and researched pre-World War II gay life while preparing for the role. There is no indication of the character's sexuality in the film other than Helberg's slightly effeminate portrayal, and little is known of [=McMoon=]'s real-life sexuality other than he never married nor had children.
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* WordOfGay: Simon Helberg says he played Cosmé [=McMoon=], the titular character's pianist, as gay and researched pre-World War II gay life while preparing for the role. There is no indication of the character's sexuality in the film other than Helberg's slightly effeminate portrayal, and little is known of [=McMoon=]'s real-life sexuality other than he never married nor had children.children (though the fact that he was fascinated with male body-building competitions helps support Helberg's interpretation).
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* PlayingGertrude:
** Florence died in 1944 at the age of 76. Meryl Streep was a full ten years younger. She had to have her costumes padded to make herself look older.
** Similarly, St. Clair Bayfield was 69 years old in 1944, whereas Hugh Grant was 55 at the time of the film's production.
** Florence died in 1944 at the age of 76. Meryl Streep was a full ten years younger. She had to have her costumes padded to make herself look older.
** Similarly, St. Clair Bayfield was 69 years old in 1944, whereas Hugh Grant was 55 at the time of the film's production.
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* WordOfGay: Simon Helberg says he played Cosmé McMoon, the titular character's pianist, as gay and researched pre-World War II gay life while preparing for the role. There is no indication of the character's sexuality in the film other than Helberg's slightly effeminate portrayal, and little is known of McMoon's real-life sexuality other than he never married nor had children.
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* WordOfGay: Simon Helberg says he played Cosmé McMoon, [=McMoon=], the titular character's pianist, as gay and researched pre-World War II gay life while preparing for the role. There is no indication of the character's sexuality in the film other than Helberg's slightly effeminate portrayal, and little is known of McMoon's [=McMoon=]'s real-life sexuality other than he never married nor had children.
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** Similarly, St. Clair Bayfield was 69 years old in 1944, whereas Hugh Grant was 55 at the time of the film's production.
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** Similarly, St. Clair Bayfield was 69 years old in 1944, whereas Hugh Grant was 55 at the time of the film's production.production.
* WordOfGay: Simon Helberg says he played Cosmé McMoon, the titular character's pianist, as gay and researched pre-World War II gay life while preparing for the role. There is no indication of the character's sexuality in the film other than Helberg's slightly effeminate portrayal, and little is known of McMoon's real-life sexuality other than he never married nor had children.
* WordOfGay: Simon Helberg says he played Cosmé McMoon, the titular character's pianist, as gay and researched pre-World War II gay life while preparing for the role. There is no indication of the character's sexuality in the film other than Helberg's slightly effeminate portrayal, and little is known of McMoon's real-life sexuality other than he never married nor had children.
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* 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.
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* DuelingWorks: With ''Film/{{Marguerite}}'', a French film very loosely based on the life Florence Foster Jenkins.
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* 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.
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* 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]]
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* 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."
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* ActorAllusion: Meryl Streep has performed [[Film/MusicOfTheHeart at Carnegie Hall before]].
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* PlayingGertrude: Florence died in 1944 at the age of 76. Meryl Streep was a full ten years younger. She had to have her costumes padded to make herself look older.
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* PlayingGertrude: PlayingGertrude:
** Florence died in 1944 at the age of 76. Meryl Streep was a full ten years younger. She had to have her costumes padded to make herself lookolder.older.
** Similarly, St. Clair Bayfield was 69 years old in 1944, whereas Hugh Grant was 55 at the time of the film's production.
** Florence died in 1944 at the age of 76. Meryl Streep was a full ten years younger. She had to have her costumes padded to make herself look
** Similarly, St. Clair Bayfield was 69 years old in 1944, whereas Hugh Grant was 55 at the time of the film's production.
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* ActorAllusion: Meryl Streep has performed [[Film/MusicOfTheHeart at Carnegie Hall before]].
* AwesomeDearBoy: Hugh Grant considered himself retired from films, but was convinced to star in this mostly so he could work with Meryl Streep.
* 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.
* PlayingGertrude: Florence died in 1944 at the age of 76. Meryl Streep was a full ten years younger. She had to have her costumes padded to make herself look older.
* AwesomeDearBoy: Hugh Grant considered himself retired from films, but was convinced to star in this mostly so he could work with Meryl Streep.
* 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.
* PlayingGertrude: Florence died in 1944 at the age of 76. Meryl Streep was a full ten years younger. She had to have her costumes padded to make herself look older.
