History Trivia / TheLastOfSheila

* HollywoodPudgy: Meta-wise. In her frequent [[MsFanservice bikini or otherwise scantily-dressed scenes]], Dyan Cannon looks like she could walk straight onto a Victoria's Secret runway. Dyan Cannon said later that she had to ''gain'' eighteen pounds for the role. The chain we see Cannon wearing around her belly when she's seen in her bikini during the film was actually her marker so she didn't gain too much weight.

** Welch also clashed with director Herbert Ross, even announcing she was suing Ross for assault and battery as a result of an incident in her dressing room. She claimed she had to flee to London during the shoot "to escape physical harm". However, she then returned to Nice to shoot the film's final scenes, although she was provided with a bodyguard. Warner Bros. later issued a statement supporting Ross and criticising Welch for her "public utterances".

* HollywoodPudgy: Meta-wise. In her frequent [[MsFanservice bikini or otherwise scantily-dressed scenes]], Dyan Cannon looks like she could walk straight onto a Victoria's Secret runway. Dyan Cannon said later that she had to ''gain'' eighteen pounds for the role.

* ActorSharedBackground: A weird example in which it wasn't done with the knowledge of the actor themselves. When they sought Creator/RaquelWelch for the film, she was told that her character Alice and her husband Anthony were based off on Creator/AnnMargret and her husband Roger Smith. In reality, Alice Wood was based on Welch herself, and Anthony was based on her husband, producer Patrick Curtis, with whom Welch was divorcing at the time, and unwittingly ended up playing a stylized version of herself in the film.

* ActorSharedBackground: A weird example in which it wasn't done with the knowledge of the actor themselves. When they sought Creator/RaquelWelch for the film, she was told that her character, Alice (and her husband Anthony) were based off on Creator/AnnMargret and her husband Roger Smith. In reality, Alice Wood was based on Welch herself (and her husband, producer Patrick Curtis, with whom she was divorcing at the time), and unwittingly ended up playing a stylized version of herself in the film.

* AdamWesting: When they sought Raquel Welch for the film, she was told that she was playing a role based off of Ann Margaret. In actuality, Alice Wood was based on Welch herself, and unwittingly ended up playing a stylized version of herself in the film.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/RaquelWelch alienated most of her castmates, leading Creator/JamesMason to call her "the rudest, most unprofessional actress I've ever had the displeasure of working with," which led to his infamous statement of "If I could, I would spank her from here to Aswan."
* TroubledProduction: The logistics of filming in a yacht far from Hollywood created numerous problems that delayed production, and most of the movie ended up being filmed on sets. Also, Raquel Welch clashed with director Herbert Ross and, as mentioned before, alienated most of her castmates.

* AdamWesting: When they sought Rachel Welch for the film, she was told that she was playing a role based off of Ann Margaret. In actuality, Alice Wood was based on Welch herself, and unwittingly ended up playing a stylized version of herself in the film.

* HollywoodPudgy: meta-wise. In her frequent [[{{MsFanservice}} bikini or otherwise scantily-dressed scenes]], Dyan Cannon looks like she could walk straight onto a Victoria's Secret runway. Dyan Cannon said later that she had to ''gain'' eighteen pounds for the role.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: Music/StephenSondheim and Creator/AnthonyPerkins used to hold parties for friends featuring elaborately-staged games, so they adapted that concept into this screenplay.

* HollywoodPudgy: meta-wise. In her frequent [[{{Fanservice}} bikini or otherwise scantily-dressed scenes]], Dyan Cannon looks like she could walk straight onto a Victoria's Secret runway. Dyan Cannon said later that she had to ''gain'' eighteen pounds for the role.

* AllStarCast: Almost everyone in the main cast was a big name for filmgoers in TheSeventies, with the exception of Creator/IanMcShane (whose stardom wouldn't come until later), and Joan Hackett (who was still a prolific character actress).

* WriteWhatYouKnow: Creator/StephenSondheim and Creator/AnthonyPerkins used to hold parties for friends featuring elaborately-staged games, so they adapted that concept into this screenplay.

* HollywoodPudgy: played with, meta-wise. In her frequent [[{{Fanservice}} bikini or otherwise scantily-dressed scenes]], Dyan Cannon looks like she could walk straight onto a Victoria's Secret runway. Dyan Cannon said later that she had to ''gain'' eighteen pounds for the role.

* TroubledProduction: The logistics of filming in a yacht far from Hollywood created numerous problems that delayed production, and most of the movie ended up being filmed on sets. Also, Creator/RaquelWelch clashed with director Herbert Ross and alienated most of her castmates.