| 1 | * AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/HelenMirren initially had no interest in doing the film, fearing it would just be "a poor man's version of ''Film/TheFullMonty''", but changed her mind once Creator/JulieWalters signed on. |
| 2 | * CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/JulieWalters was the first and only choice for the role of Annie. |
| 3 | * DyeingForYourArt: Creator/CeliaImrie recalls the entire cast doing a few extra hours in the gym to prepare for the nude scenes. |
| 4 | * EnforcedMethodActing: The actresses opened a bottle of champagne before shooting the nude scenes to put them in the proper mood for it. Nigel Cole likewise offered to strip off and direct in the nude in solidarity, though the actresses declined. |
| 5 | * PlayingAgainstType: Creator/JulieWalters was best known for comedy and lighter roles at the time, and indeed thought Nigel Cole had offered her the wrong part at first when he asked her to play the more sensitive and quieter Annie. |
| 6 | * RealitySubtext: Creator/HelenMirren's mother was dying of cancer during filming, and she actually passed away right before filming the funeral scenes, so her tears of grief were very real. |
| 7 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
| 8 | ** Creator/VictoriaWood had been hoping to make her own version after meeting the real-life women, but Disney got the rights first. |
| 9 | ** A WorkingTitle was ''Jam and Jerusalem'' for a while, although ''Calendar Girls'' had been the original title from the beginning. |
| 10 | ** Anne Reid was offered a role but turned it down to do Roger Mitchell's ''The Mother'' instead. |
| 11 | ** Nigel Cole recalls many name actors turning the male parts down, not wanting to play supporting characters to the middle-aged women. |
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