History Trivia / BrassedOff

* ActorSharedBackground: Jim Carter is a Yorkshire native much like his character, Harry. Stephen Tompkinson grew up in Yorkshire and Lancashire.

* RealLifeRelative: Stephen Tompkinson's parents, Brian and Josephine, appear as extras in the Halifax Piece Hall scene.

* FakeBrit: Perth-born Scottish actor Creator/EwanMcGregor plays the British Andy Barrow.

* ActorSharedBackground: Creator/JimCarter is a Yorkshire native much like his character, Harry.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Though the finals are set at the Royal Albert Hall, the scenes were actually filmed at Birmingham Town Hall

* ActorSharedBackground: Like Harry, Creator/JimCarter is a native of Yorkshire.

* TalentDouble: The Grimethorpe Colliery Band's then-flugelhorn player Paul Hughes provided Gloria's solo in the "En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor" sequence.

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* UsefulNotes/BFITop100BritishFilms: #85.

* FakeBrit: Scotsman Creator/EwanMcGregor plays the British Andy Barrow.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/KateWinslet and Creator/CatherineZetaJones were considered for Gloria.

* EnforcedMethodActing: Creator/PetePostlethwaite's final speech was not rehearsed in front of the rest of the cast. This was because the director wanted genuine reactions from everyone on hearing it.

* TalentDouble: Former Grimethorpe Colliery Band member Paul Hughes provided Gloria Mullins's flugelhorn solo in the "En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor" sequence.

* RetroactiveRecognition: This film was an early vehicle for a talented up-and-comer named Creator/EwanMcGregor.
** Fans of ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' may recognise Jim Carter, who played Carson the butler, as Harry, the euphonium player.
** Kenneth Colley, most famous for [[YouAreInCommandNow being handed command of an Imperial Fleet]] just prior to [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack the Battle of Hoth]], appears in a bad suit as a union negotiator.

* TalentDouble: Given the setting of the film, the Grimley Colliery Band's performances in the film were actually played by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Interestingly enough, many Grimethorpe band members appear in the film as themselves.

* TalentDouble: Given the setting of the film, the Grimley Colliery Band's performances in the film were actually played by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Interestingly enough, many of the Grimethorpe band members appear in the film as themselves.

* TalentDouble: Given the setting of the film, the Grimley Colliery Band's performances in the film were actually played by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Interestingly enough, many of said band members appear in the film itself.

* TalentDouble: Given the setting of the film, the Grimley Colliery Band's performances in the film were actually played by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band.

** Fans of ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' may recognise Jim Carter, who played Carson the butler, as one of the two bickering tuba players.

** Ken Greasely, most famous for [[YouAreInCommandNow being handed command of an Imperial Fleet]] just prior to [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack the Battle of Hoth]], appears in a bad suit as a union negotiator.

* BFITop100BritishFilms: #85.