History Trivia / Malavita

* ThoseTwoActors: This won't be the last time that Creator/Robert de Niro and Creator/Michelle Pfeiffer play husband and wife, as seen in ''Film/TheWizardOfLies'' which came out in 2017. They were also together for ''Film/{{Stardust}}'', though their characters (Captain Shakespeare and the witch Lamia, respectively) never shared the screen.

* ThoseTwoActors: This won't be the last time that Robert de Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer play husband and wife, as seen in ''Film/TheWizardOfLies'' which came out in 2017. They were also together for ''Film/{{Stardust}}'', though their characters (Captain Shakespeare and the witch Lamia, respectively) never shared the screen.

* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Given the [[StrongFamilyResemblance strength of the Family resemblance]], this is of course in play. It was deliberately invoked in the case of Warren with his father - and maybe part of why John D'Leo was cast is the resemblance to Creator/RobertDeNiro (note: D'Leo's parents play some of the Manzoni's mafia friends in the film, too). However, the director has said that Creator/DiannaAgron was the actress he pictured as Belle (because his daughter made him watch ''Series/{{Glee}}'') and so the part was written for her, her appearance irrelevant. As such, it's a remarkable (and super lucky) coincidence that Agron's mother [[CelebrityResemblance looks just like]] Creator/MichellePfeiffer.

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Given the psychopathy of the characters, this should come as no surprise.

* TypeCasting: Creator/RobertDeNiro is a mafioso, once again. This time, he's an old-school gangster in WitnessProtection. However, he gets to parody this role in a way since the film is a comedy

* TypeCasting: RobertDeNiro is a mafioso, once again. This time, he's an old-school gangster in WitnessProtection. However, he gets to parody this role in a way since the film is a comedy

* ActorIsTheTitleCharacter: "Creator/RobertDeNiro is one Killer Dad", "Creator/MichellePfeiffer is one Bad Mother", "Creator/DiannaAgron is the Mobgirl Next Door", and "John D'Leo is the Young Gun".

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Given the psychopathy of the characters, this should come as no surprise.
* RealityHasNoSubtitles: An odd case. The family has been living in France for six years, and most of Warren's schooling will have been in French, so it is safe to assume that most of the time the characters will be speaking in French to the French people. Of course, all of the important dialogue (when it is with teachers, the mayor, and the priest, for example) is in English so that the audience can understand it. When the background French characters are saying things that do not contribute to the story, it remains in unsubtitled French. Of course, this brings us to the moments where the characters speaking French or English is of significant importance to the plot (the supermarket scene). So, the trope is averted for that scene, however in the rest of the film there is a lot of French without subtitles, very noticeable when there is the speech in English of what would likely be spoken in French (if the film world were realistic).

* ActorInspiredElement: Because it was written by a Frenchman (LucBesson), but the dialogue was modern Americans and Italians interacting, the main cast were asked by Besson to advise him on how the general sentiment would actually be said. D'Leo said somewhat jokingly in an interview that because of it he felt cheated out of a writing credit.

* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Given the strength of the Family resemblance, this is of course in play. It was deliberately invoked in the case of Warren with his father - and part of why John D'Leo was cast may be the resemblance (note: his parents play some of the Manzoni's mafia friends in the film, too). However, the director has said that Creator/DiannaAgron was the actress he pictured as Belle (because his daughter made him watch ''Series/{{Glee}}'') and so the part was written for her, looks irrelevant. As such, it's a remarkable (and super lucky) coincidence that Agron's mother [[CelebrityResemblance looks just like]] Creator/MichellePfeiffer.