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** Anne-Marie Duff starred in this and the BBC's ''Sinners'' around the same time, also playing a fallen woman in Ireland. She called it a "spooky coincidence".

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** Anne-Marie Duff starred in this and the BBC's ''Sinners'' around the same time, also playing a fallen "fallen" woman in Ireland. She called it a "spooky coincidence".

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* ActorAllusion:
** Anne-Marie Duff starred in this and the BBC's ''Sinners'' around the same time, also playing a fallen woman in Ireland. She called it a "spooky coincidence".
** One of Dorothy Duffy's only other roles was in an episode of ''Series/HolbyCity'' playing a pregnant woman.


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** Anne-Marie Duff starred in this and the BBC's ''Sinners'' around the same time, also playing a fallen woman in Ireland. She called it a "spooky coincidence".
** One of Dorothy Duffy's only other roles was in an episode of ''Series/HolbyCity'' playing a pregnant woman.

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** Anne-Marie Duff starred in this and the film ''Sinners'' around the same time, also playing a fallen woman in Ireland.

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** Anne-Marie Duff starred in this and the film BBC's ''Sinners'' around the same time, also playing a fallen woman in Ireland.Ireland. She called it a "spooky coincidence".



* DawsonCasting: A justified example. Nora Jane Noone was eighteen playing the teenage Bernadette. But the film covers a few years, matching Bernadette's age with Nora's by the end.

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* DawsonCasting: ActorInspiredElement: Eileen Walsh chose to play Crispina as someone who was happy in the laundry, at least at first.
* CaliforniaDoubling: The film was shot in Scotland.
* CreatorCameo: Peter Mullan plays Una's father.
* DawsonCasting:
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A justified example. Nora Jane Noone was eighteen playing the teenage Bernadette. But the film covers a few years, matching Bernadette's age with Nora's by the end.end.
** Eileen Walsh was also a couple of years older than Crispina is said to be.



** West End veteran Geraldine [=McWan=] as Sister Bridget.

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** West End veteran Geraldine [=McWan=] [=McEwan=] as Sister Bridget.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/VanessaRedgrave was cast as Sister Bridget. She dropped out due to her mother's ill health, and was replaced with Geraldine [=McEwan=].

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** Downplayed by Chris-Patrick Simpson, who is Northern Irish, but puts on a Dublin accent to play Brendan.
** Director Peter Mullan is Scottish, playing Una's Irish father.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: RealitySubtext: Nora-Jane Noone says that her father worked at one laundry when he was thirteen, doing a job similar to Brendan.
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Creator/VanessaRedgrave was cast as Sister Bridget. She dropped out due to her mother's ill health, and was replaced with Geraldine [=McEwan=].[=McEwan=].
** The scene with Una's father returning her to the laundry was originally much longer - and he had a longer speech. Director Peter Mullan felt that any actors they tested weren't getting it, so he decided to do it himself. Upon seeing the scene, he realised the speech didn't work, and cut it down.
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* ActorAllusion:
** Anne-Marie Duff starred in this and the film ''Sinners'' around the same time, also playing a fallen woman in Ireland.
** One of Dorothy Duffy's only other roles was in an episode of ''Series/HolbyCity'' playing a pregnant woman.
* DawsonCasting: A justified example. Nora Jane Noone was eighteen playing the teenage Bernadette. But the film covers a few years, matching Bernadette's age with Nora's by the end.
* FakeIrish:
** West End veteran Geraldine [=McWan=] as Sister Bridget.
** Southall native Anne-Marie Duff as Margaret. Her parents however are Irish.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/VanessaRedgrave was cast as Sister Bridget. She dropped out due to her mother's ill health, and was replaced with Geraldine [=McEwan=].

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