History Trivia / TheWorldsEnd

** Creator/SimonPegg was a {{goth}} during in his youth and, like his character, a [[Music/TheSistersOfMercy Sisters of Mercy]] fan.

* EnforcedMethodActing: For the scene where the group is WalkingInRhythm to the Doors' version of the "Alabama Song." [[http://www.empireonline.com/features/edgar-wright-worlds-end-music/p6 According]] to Edgar Wright: "The montage that Alabama Song plays over was timed very carefully to the music. We had it playing on set, so the actors were walking in step to it and drinking in time to it as well. It's not easy. I'd like you in the Empire office to try drinking a whole pint in time to the middle eight of Alabama Song — it's really difficult!"
* HideYourPregnancy: Creator/RosamundPike almost didn't make it into filming as she was pregnant when filming was meant to take place. Eventually, work was rescheduled for all of them.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Many real pubs are used as stand-ins for the film's fictional ones, with the World's End itself portrayed by [[http://www.crowncarveries.co.uk/thegardenersarmsletchworth/ the Gardener's Arms in Letchworth]]. (However, other "pubs" in the film are actually a cinema, a railway station and a Thai restaurant, among others.)

* EnforcedMethodActing: For the scene where the group is WalkingInRhythm to the Doors' version of the "Alabama Song". [[http://www.empireonline.com/features/edgar-wright-worlds-end-music/p6 According]] to Edgar Wright: "The montage that Alabama Song plays over was timed very carefully to the music. We had it playing on set, so the actors were walking in step to it and drinking in time to it as well. It’s not easy. I’d like you in the Empire office to try drinking a whole pint in time to the middle eight of Alabama Song — it’s really difficult!"

** Creator/SimonPegg was a {{goth}} during in his youth and, like his character, a Music/TheSistersOfMercy fan.

* QuoteSource: This film provides the page quote for:
** CreepyTwins

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Mr. Shepard, who is based on Creator/EdgarWright's old drama teacher, who he cites as something of an inspiration.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original plot involved the gang travelling back in time and encountering their younger selves.

** Creator/SimonPegg was a goth during in his youth and, like his character, a Music/TheSistersOfMercy fan.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/RosamundPike almost didn't make it into filming as she was pregnant when filming was meant to take place. Eventually, work was rescheduled for all of them.
** The original plot involved the gang travelling back in time and encountering their younger selves.

* ActorAllusion: When Oliver [[spoiler: has been turned into a blank and gets half his head smashed off, his voice takes on a mechanical quality similar to Ian Holm's Ash character in ''Film/{{Alien}}''.]] Edgar Wright points out that this was a reference to Martin Freeman playing Bilbo Baggins, another character previously played by Holm.
* ActorSharedBackground: Simon Pegg was a goth during in his youth and, like his character, a Music/TheSistersOfMercy fan.
** Nick Frost (Andy) was a rugby player in his youth.

* CastingGag:
** After Timothy Dalton's turn in ''Film/HotFuzz'', Pierce Brosnan turns up playing a similar character to Dalton's - Brosnan succeeded Dalton as James Bond. Bonus points for putting him on the opposite side to Rosamund Pike's character, [[spoiler:the exact opposite]] of their roles in ''Film/DieAnotherDay''.
** Eddie Marsan & Martin Freeman both play characters in different adapatations of ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' - Marsan is Lestrade in the [[Film/SherlockHolmes2009 Robert Downey Jr. films]] & Freeman plays Watson in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''. [[spoiler:Furthering this, is Marsan & Freeman's characters in this film being the only two main characters replaced by Blanks.]]
** Also, Freeman played [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Bilbo]] [[Film/TheHobbit Baggins]] after Ian Holm, [[spoiler:who in ''Film/{{Alien}}'' is an android, just like Freeman becomes a Blank.]]

* ScullyBox: Simon Pegg wore lifts in his shoes because the actor playing Gary's younger self was about 2 inches taller than him.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Rosamund Pike almost didn't make it into filming as she was pregnant when filming was meant to take place. Eventually, work was rescheduled for all of them.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: Mr. Shepard, who is based on Edgar Wright's old drama teacher, who he cites as something of an inspiration.

** After Timothy Dalton's turn in ''Film/HotFuzz'', Pierce Brosnan turns up playing a similar character to Dalton's - Brosnan succeeded Dalton as James Bond. Bonus points for putting him on the opposite side to Rosamund Pike's character,

** Eddie Marsan & Martin Freeman both play characters in different adapatations of ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' - Marsan is Lestrade in the [[Film/SherlockHolmes Robert Downey Jr. films]] & Freeman plays Watson in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''. [[spoiler:Furthering this, is Marsan & Freeman's characters in this film being the only two main characters replaced by Blanks.]]

* WriteWhatYouKnow: Mr. Shepard, who is based on Edgar Wright's old drama teacher, who he cites as something of an inspiration.

** After Timothy Dalton's turn in ''Film/HotFuzz'', Pierce Brosnan turns up playing a similar character to Dalton's - Brosnan succeeded Dalton as James Bond.

* {{Defictionalization}}: A tour [[http://www.jaunted.com/story/2013/8/16/125034/992/travel/Recreate+%27The+World%27s+End%27+Pub+Crawl+in+the+UK offers to do The Crawl]] with the pubs that were actually used in the film in Hertfordshire. There's less than 12, of course.