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* ApprovalOfGod: Blake Edwards praised Rush's performance and said he felt as if he was watching the real Peter at times.
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* ActingForTwo: Geoffrey Rush plays Creator/PeterSellers, Sellers' characters, and in the movie's framework, other people in his life. Basically, he's apparently playing '''everybody'''.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Sellers' final marriage to Lynne Frederick isn't mentioned at all, as the owners of Frederick's estate refused to let her be portrayed in the film. By that point, however, scenes highlighting it had been filmed (Creator/EmiliaFox plays Frederick) and appear as extras on the DVD release.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Sellers' final marriage to Lynne Frederick Creator/LynneFrederick isn't mentioned at all, as the owners of Frederick's estate refused to let her be portrayed in the film. By that point, however, scenes highlighting it had been filmed (Creator/EmiliaFox plays Frederick) and appear as extras on the DVD release.
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** Scenes were filmed with Creator/EmiliaFox as Lynne Frederick, but these were omitted from the final print. However, they are featured on the DVD.

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** Scenes were filmed with Creator/EmiliaFox as Lynne Frederick, Creator/LynneFrederick, but these were omitted from the final print. However, they are featured on the DVD.
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** Creator/CharlizeTheron as Britt Ekland, his second wife

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** Creator/CharlizeTheron as Britt Ekland, Creator/BrittEkland, his second wife


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* FakeNationality: South-African-born Creator/CharlizeTheron as the Swedish Creator/BrittEkland.
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** Creator/RobinWilliams was the original choice for Sellers, but he was too busy with other projects. Williams said it would have been a great honor to play Sellers. Creator/SachaBaronCohen, Creator/SteveCoogan and Creator/KevinSpacey were considered at one point.

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** Creator/RobinWilliams was the original choice for Sellers, but he was too busy with other projects. Williams said it would have been a great honor to play Sellers. Creator/SachaBaronCohen, Sellers, considering him his greatest influence as a comedian. Creator/SachaBaronCohen (who also credits Sellers as a primary influence), Creator/SteveCoogan and Creator/KevinSpacey were considered at one point.
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** Miriam Margolyes as Peg Sellers, his StageMom

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** Miriam Margolyes Creator/MiriamMargolyes as Peg Sellers, his StageMom
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** CreatorStanleyTucci as Creator/StanleyKubrick

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** CreatorStanleyTucci Creator/StanleyTucci as Creator/StanleyKubrick

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** Geoffrey Rush as Peter Sellers (and supposedly everyone else)
** Emily Watson as Anne Howe, his first wife
** Charlize Theron as Britt Ekland, his second wife
** John Lithgow as Creator/BlakeEdwards, director/co-writer/producer of ''Film/ThePinkPanther1963'' and its sequels
** Stanley Tucci as Creator/StanleyKubrick

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** Geoffrey Rush Creator/GeoffreyRush as Peter Sellers Creator/PeterSellers (and supposedly everyone else)
** Emily Watson Creator/EmilyWatson as Anne Howe, his first wife
** Charlize Theron Creator/CharlizeTheron as Britt Ekland, his second wife
** John Lithgow Creator/JohnLithgow as Creator/BlakeEdwards, director/co-writer/producer of ''Film/ThePinkPanther1963'' and its sequels
** Stanley Tucci CreatorStanleyTucci as Creator/StanleyKubrick



** Stephen Fry as psychic-to-the-stars Maurice Woodruff
** Edward Tudor-Pole and Steve Pemberton as [[Radio/TheGoonShow Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe]]
* BillingDisplacement: Charlize Theron doesn't get nearly as much screentime as, say, Emily Watson, but she's the biggest name besides Rush so she gets second billing.

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** Stephen Fry Creator/StephenFry as psychic-to-the-stars Maurice Woodruff
** Edward Tudor-Pole and Steve Pemberton as [[Radio/TheGoonShow Spike Milligan Creator/SpikeMilligan and Harry Secombe]]
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* BillingDisplacement: Charlize Theron Creator/CharlizeTheron doesn't get nearly as much screentime as, say, Emily Watson, Creator/EmilyWatson, but she's the biggest name besides Rush so she gets second billing.billing.
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** Scenes were filmed with Creator/EmiliaFox as Lynne Frederick, but these were omitted from the final print. However, they are featured on the DVD.
** Creator/RobBrydon played Creator/DustinHoffman in a deleted scene, which took place at the 1980 Academy Awards and involved Sellers losing the Oscar for Best Actor for ''Film/BeingThere'' to Hoffman for ''Film/KramerVsKramer''. During his acceptance speech Hoffman declared, "I refuse to believe that I beat Peter Sellers". Though the Academy Awards scene was deleted, the framing scene of Sellers watching it on television, is still in the movie. It has merely been re-edited, so what's playing on the television has been changed to the scene from ''Being There'' that he filmed. The look on Sellers' face as he watches, was originally his expression while rewinding the tape of Hoffman saying, "I beat Peter Sellers" and playing it over and over again. Stephen Hopkins says on the DVDCommentary, that the scene was altered because his dramatic point got lost in the exposition of showing Sellers' losing the Oscar.
* FakeBrit: Australian Creator/GeoffreyRush as Creator/PeterSellers.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The originally conceived ShowWithinAShow framework would have had Sellers' ''characters'' gathered together in the ''Film/DrStrangelove'' War Room to discuss his life.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: UnderageCasting: Creator/GeoffreyRush was only one year younger than Peter Sellers was when he died, and here, plays him over the course of thirty years.
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The originally conceived ShowWithinAShow framework would have had Sellers' ''characters'' gathered together in the ''Film/DrStrangelove'' War Room to discuss his life.life.
** Creator/RobinWilliams was the original choice for Sellers, but he was too busy with other projects. Williams said it would have been a great honor to play Sellers. Creator/SachaBaronCohen, Creator/SteveCoogan and Creator/KevinSpacey were considered at one point.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen
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WhatCouldHaveBeen: The originally conceived ShowWithinAShow framework would have had Sellers' ''characters'' gathered together in the ''Film/DrStrangelove'' War Room to discuss his life.
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** John Lithgow as Creator/BlakeEdwards, director/co-writer/producer of ''Film/ThePinkPanther'' and its sequels

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** John Lithgow as Creator/BlakeEdwards, director/co-writer/producer of ''Film/ThePinkPanther'' ''Film/ThePinkPanther1963'' and its sequels
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** Charlize Theron as Creator/BrittEkland, his second wife

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** Charlize Theron as Creator/BrittEkland, Britt Ekland, his second wife
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* AllStarCast
** Geoffrey Rush as Peter Sellers (and supposedly everyone else)
** Emily Watson as Anne Howe, his first wife
** Charlize Theron as Creator/BrittEkland, his second wife
** John Lithgow as Creator/BlakeEdwards, director/co-writer/producer of ''Film/ThePinkPanther'' and its sequels
** Stanley Tucci as Creator/StanleyKubrick
** Miriam Margolyes as Peg Sellers, his StageMom
** Stephen Fry as psychic-to-the-stars Maurice Woodruff
** Edward Tudor-Pole and Steve Pemberton as [[Radio/TheGoonShow Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe]]
* BillingDisplacement: Charlize Theron doesn't get nearly as much screentime as, say, Emily Watson, but she's the biggest name besides Rush so she gets second billing.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Sellers' final marriage to Lynne Frederick isn't mentioned at all, as the owners of Frederick's estate refused to let her be portrayed in the film. By that point, however, scenes highlighting it had been filmed (Emilia Fox plays Frederick) and appear as extras on the DVD release.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Sellers' final marriage to Lynne Frederick isn't mentioned at all, as the owners of Frederick's estate refused to let her be portrayed in the film. By that point, however, scenes highlighting it had been filmed (Emilia Fox (Creator/EmiliaFox plays Frederick) and appear as extras on the DVD release.



** The originally conceived ShowWithinAShow framework would have had Sellers' ''characters'' gathered together in the ''Film/DrStrangelove'' War Room to discuss his life.

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** The originally conceived ShowWithinAShow framework would have had Sellers' ''characters'' gathered together in the ''Film/DrStrangelove'' War Room to discuss his life.life.
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** The originally conceived ShowWithinAShow framework would have had Sellers' ''characters'' gathered together in the ''Film/DrStrangelove'' War Room and discussing his life.

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** The originally conceived ShowWithinAShow framework would have had Sellers' ''characters'' gathered together in the ''Film/DrStrangelove'' War Room and discussing to discuss his life.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Sellers' final marriage to Lynne Frederick isn't mentioned at all, as the owners of Frederick's estate refused to let her be portrayed in the film. By that point, however, scenes highlighting it had been filmed (Emilia Fox plays Frederick) and appear as extras on the DVD release.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen
** The originally conceived ShowWithinAShow framework would have had Sellers' ''characters'' gathered together in the ''Film/DrStrangelove'' War Room and discussing his life.

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