History Trivia / TheFavourite

* {{Typecasting}}: Creator/OliviaColman had already played a royal in ''Film/HydeParkOnHudson''. She said that she was eager to play Queen Anne despite the threat of typecasting. She even went on to play ''another'' queen in ''Series/TheCrown2016''.

** Attractive Creator/OliviaColman being overweight and looking increasingly haggard as the film progresses.

* DarkHorseVictory: While she had won a Golden Globe and BAFTA, Olivia Colman was still seen as unlikely for the Best Actress Oscar. That was because she was going up against Creator/GlennClose who had also won a Globe, tied for the Critic's Choice (Colman had won the Comedy category but was nominated for and lost the "main" prize to Close), and won the Screen Actors Guild award (which was almost always a sign of an Oscar win). Throw in that it was Close's seventh nomination with no victories and it's no wonder most thought she had it locked in. Instead, in a huge upset, Colman won Best Actress to the delight of her co-stars.

* DarkHorseVictory: While she had won a Golden Globe, Critic's Choice and BAFTA, Olivia Colman was still seen as unlikely for the Best Actress Oscar. That was because she was going up against Creator/GlennClose who had also won a Globe, tied for the Critic's Choice and won the Screen Actors Guild award (which was almost always a sign of an Oscar win). Throw in that it was Close's seventh nomination with no victories and it's no wonder most thought she had it locked in. Instead, in a huge upset, Colman won Best Actress to the delight of her co-stars.

* BeautyInversion: Attractive Creator/OliviaColman being overweight and looking increasingly haggard as the film progresses.

* {{Typecasting}}: This is [[Film/HydeParkOnHudson not the]] [[Series/TheCrown2016 only time]] Creator/OliviaColman has played a member of the Royal Family. Colman herself has said that she was eager to play Queen Anne despite the threat of typecasting.

** Creator/NicolasHoult covering up his fine features with overly pale and gaudy makeup and a ridiculously oversized powdered wig.

* LogoJoke: The film’s Fox Searchlight logo uses a quieter version of the Fox fanfare composed from, of all things, [[http://www.awardsdaily.com/2019/01/04/the-art-of-the-scene-yorgos-lanthimos-on-the-favourite/ squeaks recorded from the set’s rabbit cages]].

* LogoJoke: * The film’s Fox Searchlight logo uses a quieter version of the Fox fanfare composed from, of all things, [[http://www.awardsdaily.com/2019/01/04/the-art-of-the-scene-yorgos-lanthimos-on-the-favourite/ squeaks recorded from the set’s rabbit cages]].

* DyeingForYourArt: Olivia Coleman gained 35 lbs to play Queen Anne.

* ProductionPosse: Yorgos Lanthimos directed Rachel Weisz and Olivia Coleman in ''Film/TheLobster''.

* FakeBrit: Creator/EmmaStone is American and plays Abigail Masham, who is English.

* FakeBrit: Creator/EmmaStone is American and plays Abigail Masham, an English.

* FakeBrit:
** Creator/EmmaStone is American and plays Abigail Masham, an English.