History Trivia / ThreeHundred

* BannedInChina: This film is banned in UsefulNotes/{{Iran}} because of the negative portrayal of Persians, particularly Xerxes I (who is a revered figure in the country).

** There's a good [[DramaticPause twenty-second pause]] between the Persian emissary saying "This is madness!" and Leonidas responding with his famous line. Understandably, people usually omit the long pause when they're quoting the film. In addition, Leonidas says "Madness? THIS. IS. SPARTA!" but is usually quoted as "No, THIS. IS. SPARTA!"

* StuntDouble: Tim Connolly, who plays Leonidas' father, was also doubled for Creator/GerardButler.

* QuoteSource:
** PunctuatedForEmphasis

* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/RodrigoSantoro was auditioning for Astinos, but Zack Snyder was so impressed that he was offered the part of Xerxes.
* DawsonCasting: An inversion. The actual Leonidas was over sixty when he died. Creator/GerardButler was well thirty-seven when he played the Spartan king.

* RealLifeRelative: Zack Snyder's son plays the young Leonidas.

!!General Trivia:
* The film had an UnreliableNarrator, and fans love it for what it is. If you're curious, though, [[http://payvand.com/news/07/mar/1246.html this]] article lists every inaccuracy regarding the film's portrayal of Persians.

* CastTheRunnerUp: Rodrigo Santoro was auditioning for Astinos, but Zack Snyder was so impressed, he was offered the part of Xerxes.

* RecursiveAdaptation: The film was based on a Creator/FrankMiller comic based on his view of the film ''[[Film/The300Spartans The 300 Spartans]]''... as in he loved it when he saw it as a child, later saw it as an adult and hated it, so he wrote a comic using his childhood memories as the basis - he used a NostalgiaFilter to ''enhance'' the work! The reason it hits the RatedMForManly button is because it's based around that integral process!
* ReferencedBy: ''ComicBook/TwoHundredNinetyNinePlusOne'', a SpinOff of [[ComicBook/RatMan1989 Rat-Man]], is an AffectionateParody of ''300''.

* BannedInChina: This film is banned in UsefulNotes/{{Iran}} because of the rather negative portrayal of Persians in this film (even though by an UnreliableNarrator).

* DawsonCasting: An inversion. The actual Leonidas was sixty when he died. Creator/GerardButler was well under sixty when he played the Spartan king.

* ReferencedBy: ''ComicBook/TwoHundredNinetyNinePlusOne'', a SpinOff of {{ComicBook/Rat-Man}}, is an AffectionateParody of ''300''.

** ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'' clearly followed the influence of ''300'' with its heavily stylized RatedMForManly depiction of Greek and Roman history. Peter Mensah even starred in the latter as well.

* FakeNationality: There is not a single Greek or Iranian actor in a film about a battle between Greeks and Iranians ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And Syrians]]. [[OverlyLongGag And Assyrians]]. And [[LongList Chaldeans, Jews, Egyptians, Phoenicians and everyone else in the Achaemenid Empire]].)[[note]] This is hardly without precedent, though. In British translations of classical Greek literature, it's traditional to render the Spartan's Doric Greek dialect into English with a heavy Scots accent, to give them the feeling of a more rough, "unrefined" culture compared to the Athenians, who usually speak RP. In American translations the Spartans are usually [[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texans]].[[/note]]

* BannedInChina: This film is banned in Iran because of the rather negative portrayal of Persians in this film (even though by an UnreliableNarrator).

** ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'' clearly followed the influence of ''300'' with its heavily stylised RatedMForManly depiction of Greek history. Peter Mensah even starred in the latter as well.

* ThrowItIn: The Oracle's words are actually just ad-libbed gibberish by the actress who played her. Creator/ZackSnyder was delighted that she worked the word "Carneia" into it.

* StarMakingRole: For Creator/GerardButler. Subverted with Creator/LenaHeadey as her star making role is today remembered as ''Series/GameOfThrones''.

* FakeNationality: There is not a single Greek or Iranian actor in a film about a battle between Greeks and Iranians ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And Syrians]]. [[OverlyLongGag And Assyrians]]. And [[LongList Chaldeans, Jews, Egyptians, Phoenicians and everyone else in the Achaemenid Empire]].)
** Mocked mercilessly by the Podcast/{{Rifftrax}} dub:
--->'''Leonidas:''' Och, give the Persian messenger some haggis and tell him I'll be right there!\\\
'''Leonidas:''' (''shouting'') LONG! LIVE! SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOTLAND...er...SPARTA!\\\
'''Leonidas:''' (''dying'') I can see whiskey... a great plate of steamin' haggis... a crappy, overgrown golf course....
** This is hardly without precedent, though. In British translations of classical Greek literature, it's traditional to render the Spartan's Doric Greek dialect into English with a heavy Scots accent, to give them the feeling of a more rough, "unrefined" culture compared to the Athenians, who usually speak RP. In American translations the Spartans are usually [[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texans]].
* FollowTheLeader: Follows ''Film/SinCity'', also an heavily stylized adaptation of Creator/FrankMiller comics. Also follows the general SwordAndSandal trend revived by ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'', and more loosely, the action fantasy trend revived by ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy. In the costume drama/adventure film department it wound up making a path of its own by leading to other more hyper-stylized and fantastical Greco-Roman themed films that followed.

** The '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis THIS! IS SPARTA!]]''' line as well. The original comic never gave emphasis as to how the line was delivered. Creator/GerardButler went ahead and hammed it, and the rest is history.