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* DoingItForTheArt:
** Creator/JessicaChastain learned to play piano, and performed all the pieces in the film herself.
** Guillermo del Toro had the whole set constructed from nothing, not re-using any existing props or costumes. He was also determined for the film to look like a Mario Bava Technicolor piece.
** Two sets of each piece of furniture were made - one bigger and one smaller - to make the character look more vulnerable or stronger depending on the scene.
** Tom Hiddleston sat through three hours of make-up for the prosthetics [[spoiler: of Thomas's ghost, just so he could be on set to help Mia Wasikowska's reactions]].
** Creator/JessicaChastain learned to play piano, and performed all the pieces in the film herself.
** Guillermo del Toro had the whole set constructed from nothing, not re-using any existing props or costumes. He was also determined for the film to look like a Mario Bava Technicolor piece.
** Two sets of each piece of furniture were made - one bigger and one smaller - to make the character look more vulnerable or stronger depending on the scene.
** Tom Hiddleston sat through three hours of make-up for the prosthetics [[spoiler: of Thomas's ghost, just so he could be on set to help Mia Wasikowska's reactions]].
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* ReferencedBy: In ''Film/NightmareAlley2021'', the safe in Lilith's office is labeled "Enola", the same name as one of the Allerdale Hall ghosts.
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* ActorInspiredHeroism: Originally Benedict Cumberbatch was cast as Thomas Sharpe and he was written as a more sinister and aloof character. After Cumberbatch dropped out and Tom Hiddleston replaced him in the role, Thomas was rewritten to make him outwardly more vulnerable and warm-hearted.
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** When Emma Stone was still playing Edith, her character was written as being more confident and "sort of American in a slightly brash way". When Mia Wasikowska was cast, Edith's character was altered to have "a more quiet, introspective" personality.
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* SignificantDoubleCasting: [[spoiler:The ghosts of Edith's mother and the Sharpes' mother are both played by Creator/DougJones. The ghosts of Thomas's three ex-wives are all played by Javier Botet.]]
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* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/GuillermoDelToro actually offered Jessica Chastain the role of Edith when Emma Stone dropped out. When she read the script, Jessica instead thought Lucille would be more challenging to play and asked to be her.
* CrossCastRole: The ghosts are all female, and played by the male Doug Jones and Javier Botet.
* CrossCastRole: The ghosts are all female, and played by the male Doug Jones and Javier Botet.
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* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/GuillermoDelToro actually offered Jessica Chastain Creator/JessicaChastain the role of Edith when Emma Stone Creator/EmmaStone dropped out. When she read the script, Jessica instead thought Lucille would be more challenging to play and asked to be her.
* CrossCastRole: The ghosts are all female, and played by the male Doug Jones and Javier Botet.her.
* CrossCastRole: The ghosts are all female, and played by the male Doug Jones and Javier Botet.
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** Tom Hiddlestone sat through three hours of make-up for the prosthetics [[spoiler: of Thomas's ghost, just so he could be on set to help Mia Wasikowska's reactions]].
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** Tom Hiddlestone Hiddleston sat through three hours of make-up for the prosthetics [[spoiler: of Thomas's ghost, just so he could be on set to help Mia Wasikowska's reactions]].
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* ApprovalOfGod: Benedict Cumberbatch (the original choice for Thomas) gave his approval to replacement Tom Hiddlestone.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Benedict Cumberbatch (the original choice for Thomas) gave his approval to replacement Tom Hiddlestone.Hiddleston.
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* WordOfGay: According to Jessica Chastain, she played Lucille as having more sexual fantasies about women than about men, without even telling the director she was doing this.
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** Early script drafts were going to have Edith be in her mid to late 20s, as a comment on how [[TheEdwardianEra Edwardian women]] were considered an OldMaid if not married by 23, but when Creator/JessicaChastain declined to play Edith in favor of Lucille and Creator/MiaWasikowska was cast for the role, Del Toro reworked the script to be a ComingOfAgeStory for Edith, who starts off with childish ideas of love but then learns of all its horrors and complexities after she marries Thomas.
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* CrossCastRole: The ghosts are all female, and played by the male Doug Jones.
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* CrossCastRole: The ghosts are all female, and played by the male Doug Jones.Jones and Javier Botet.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Benedict Cumberbatch (the original choice for Thomas) gave his approval to replacement Tom Hiddlestone.
* CaliforniaDoubling: Ontario doubled for Buffalo.
* CaliforniaDoubling: Ontario doubled for Buffalo.
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* CrossCastRole: The ghosts are all female, and played by the male Doug Jones.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/JessicaChastain learned to play piano, and performed all the pieces in the film herself.
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* DoingItForTheArt: DoingItForTheArt:
** Creator/JessicaChastain learned to play piano, and performed all the pieces in the filmherself.herself.
** Guillermo del Toro had the whole set constructed from nothing, not re-using any existing props or costumes. He was also determined for the film to look like a Mario Bava Technicolor piece.
** Two sets of each piece of furniture were made - one bigger and one smaller - to make the character look more vulnerable or stronger depending on the scene.
** Tom Hiddlestone sat through three hours of make-up for the prosthetics [[spoiler: of Thomas's ghost, just so he could be on set to help Mia Wasikowska's reactions]].
** Creator/JessicaChastain learned to play piano, and performed all the pieces in the film
** Guillermo del Toro had the whole set constructed from nothing, not re-using any existing props or costumes. He was also determined for the film to look like a Mario Bava Technicolor piece.
** Two sets of each piece of furniture were made - one bigger and one smaller - to make the character look more vulnerable or stronger depending on the scene.
** Tom Hiddlestone sat through three hours of make-up for the prosthetics [[spoiler: of Thomas's ghost, just so he could be on set to help Mia Wasikowska's reactions]].
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* NoStuntDouble: Mia Wasikowska did [[spoiler: Edith's fall down the stairs when Lucille pushes her]] without a double.
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* RealitySubtext: Jessica Chastain had admitted to going through a GothicHorror phase as a teenager, and her looks weren't too different from Lucille's.
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* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: New scenes were constantly being thought up during production.
