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** Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/NicolasCage, Creator/BillyCrystal, Creator/JohnCusack, Creator/TimCurry, Creator/JohnnyDepp Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/JimCarrey and Creator/TomHanks were considered to star. There were even talks of Creator/NickNolte playing the older Chaplin.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/MillaJovovich as Mildred Harris, Charlie's first wife.
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** Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/NicolasCage, Creator/JohnCusack, Creator/TimCurry, Creator/JohnnyDepp and Creator/TomHanks were considered to star. There were even talks of Creator/NickNolte playing the older Chaplin.
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** Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/NicolasCage, Creator/BillyCrystal, Creator/JohnCusack, Creator/TimCurry, Creator/JohnnyDepp and Creator/TomHanks were considered to star. There were even talks of Creator/NickNolte playing the older Chaplin.
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* StarringAStarAsAStar: Creator/RobertDowneyJr as Creator/CharlieChaplin and Creator/KevinKline as Creator/DouglasFairbanks.
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** The film was originally to be distributed by Creator/UniversalPictures, but the studio wanted a bigger name in the starring role, preferring Creator/DustinHoffman or Billy Crystal.Creator/BillyCrystal. When Creator/RichardAttenborough refused to comply, the movie was put into turnaround and a new producer had to be found.
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** Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/NicolasCage, Creator/JohnCusack, Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/TomHanks Creator/TimCurry, Creator/JohnnyDepp and Antohny Sher Creator/TomHanks were considered to star. There were even talks of Creator/NickNolte playing the older Chaplin.
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** Geraldine Chaplin is Charlie Chaplin's daughter and she plays her grandmother.
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* MethodActing: To prepare for his role, Creator/RobertDowneyJr. learned how to play the violin and tennis left-handed. He also had a personal coach in order to help him imitate Chaplin's posture and way of carrying himself.
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* CutSong: Creator/RobertDowneyJr. recorded the song "Smile," which can be heard on the soundtrack from the movie. However, it was not used in the film.
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** Creator/PeterSellers wanted to make a Chaplin biopic in the 1970s.
** Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/NicolasCage, Creator/JohnCusack, Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/TomHanks and Antohny Sher were considered to star. There were even talks of Creator/NickNolte playing the older Chaplin.
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* WorkingTitle: ''Charlie''. The makers of ''Film/{{Charly}}'' complained that the title would lead to confusion with their movie, so the film had to be renamed to ''Chaplin''.
** The film was originally to be distributed by Creator/UniversalPictures, but the studio wanted a bigger name in the starring role, preferring Creator/DustinHoffman or Billy Crystal. When Creator/RichardAttenborough refused to comply, the movie was put into turnaround and a new producer had to be found.
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** Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/NicolasCage, Creator/JohnCusack, Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/TomHanks and Antohny Sher were considered to star. There were even talks of Creator/NickNolte playing the older Chaplin.
** Creator/JohnGoodman was considered for Mack Sennett and Creator/WinonaRyder was considered for Mildred Harris.
* WorkingTitle: ''Charlie''. The makers of ''Film/{{Charly}}'' complained that the title would lead to confusion with their movie, so the film had to be renamed to ''Chaplin''.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: The film cost $31 million to make, and grossed $9.5 million worldwide. It got mixed reviews, but Creator/RobertDowneyJr was widely praised for his portrayal of Creator/CharlieChaplin.
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