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  • California Doubling: Dublin, Ireland doubles for London.
  • Fake Brit: A few Irish actors play English characters - such as Ger Ryan as Elizabeth Dickens, Aleah Lennon as Mamie Dickens and various bit parts.
    • There's also the Canadian Christopher Plummer as the British Ebenezer Scrooge and the Welsh Jonathan Pryce as the English John Dickens.
  • Fake Scot: Miriam Margoyles as the housekeeper Mrs Fisk.
  • Meta Casting: Both Simon Callow and Miriam Margoyles have previously starred in many Charles Dickens adaptations. Also, Christopher Plummer had starred as the antagonist in a film of Nicholas Nickleby.
  • Prop Recycling: Some of the sets from Penny Dreadful - also set in Victorian London - were used.
  • Reality Subtext: At 87, Christopher Plummer is the oldest actor to ever play Scrooge onscreen, making Scrooge begging to do something good before he dies hit even harder.
  • Role Reprise: Annette Badland also played Mrs. Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol (1999).
  • What Could Have Been: The shooting script had a few differences from the finished film, including Marley wrapping Dickens in his chains during the transition to his past and a scene of a man trying to sell his own children that inspired Ignorance and Want.

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