| 1 | * DuelingWorks: With Creator/{{HBO}}'s ''The Girl'', which dealt with Hitchcock's subsequent project ''Film/TheBirds'' - and another blonde starlet to obsess over. |
| 2 | * FakeAmerican: The British Creator/JamesDArcy plays the American actor Creator/AnthonyPerkins. |
| 3 | * PlayingWithCharacterType: Creator/JamesDArcy usually plays sleazy villains. In this, he plays an actor who's cast as one. |
| 4 | * RealitySubtext: Creator/AnthonyHopkins was once introduced to Creator/AlfredHitchcock in a restaurant, as the movie depicts happening with Creator/JanetLeigh. |
| 5 | * StarringAStarAsAStar: Star actresses Creator/ScarlettJohansson and Creator/JessicaBiel are cast as star actresses Creator/JanetLeigh and Creator/VeraMiles, respectively. Likewise, noted character actor Creator/JamesDArcy as Creator/AnthonyPerkins. |
| 6 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
| 7 | ** More scenes were written for Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins and Vera Miles but weren't filmed. |
| 8 | ** Creator/AndrewGarfield was offered the role of Anthony Perkins, but he was busy appearing in ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'' on Broadway. Also considered were Creator/BenBarnes, Creator/TomFelton, Creator/JackHuston, Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson and Creator/JacksonRathbone. |
| 9 | ** Ed Gein was included in the original screenplay. In subsequent drafts, the role of Gein was either eliminated completely or reduced in importance. |
| 10 | ** Creator/JulianFellowes, Creator/SpikeLee, Creator/RichardLinklater and Creator/TylerPerry all showed serious interest in directing this movie. |
| 11 | ** During the lengthy development process, actresses considered or seen for the roles of Janet Leigh and Vera Miles included Creator/DiannaAgron, Creator/AbbieCornish, Creator/EmilieDeRavin, Creator/NatalieDormer, Creator/AshleyGreene, Creator/JanuaryJones, Creator/KateMara, Creator/BritMarling, Creator/GwynethPaltrow, Creator/ChloeSevigny, Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon and Creator/EvanRachelWood. |
| 12 | ** Creator/BradGarrett, Creator/TonyGoldwyn, Creator/SteveGuttenberg, Creator/TonyShalhoub and Creator/MarkStrong were amongst the many actors seen or considered to play Lew Wasserman. |
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