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1	%%* BannedInChina: The movie was banned in the country for being deemed critical of the Catholic Church (the country had previously banned the movie's predecessor ''The Da Vinci Code'' for the same reason).
2	* ContractualObligationProject: Creator/RonHoward was obligated to do the film based on his contract for ''Film/TheDaVinciCode''.
3	* CreatorCouple: Creator/RonHoward's wife, Creator/CherylHoward, plays a CERN scientist.
4	* FakeBrit: Gunther Glick, the so-called "British" journalist, has speech and thoughts riddled with Americanisms such as "gas" and "anchormen" (a real Brit would say "petrol" and "presenters" respectively); at one point he even likens himself to Creator/DanRather, who is almost unknown in Britain. (Again, if he were really British he would have likened himself to Creator/TrevorMcDonald, though there's a vague handwave about him hanging around American news media for too long.)
5	* FakeIrish: Irishman Camerlengo Patrick [=McKenna=] is [[{{Scotireland}} played by the Scottish]] Creator/EwanMcGregor.
6	* FakeNationality: The film has quite a dose. The Israeli Creator/AyeletZurer played Vittoria Vetra, who is Italian. Commander Richter and Lieutenant Chartrand, both members of the Swiss Guards, are played by the Swedish Creator/StellanSkarsgard and the Danish Creator/ThureLindhardt, respectively.
7	* OneTakeWonder: Creator/EwanMcGregor suggested to Creator/RonHoward that he could do the sequence where the Camerlengo tells the Cardinals about the Illuminati entirely without breaking it into several segments, as he felt that he could pull it off, having known all of his lines. Howard agreed to his suggestion and proceeded to film it. The take was very good, much to the applause of everyone, that it was the only shot taken, and used in the final film.
8	* RealLifeRelative: Creator/RonHoward's father Creator/RanceHoward plays a Cardinal.
9	* ReferencedBy: Canadian figure skater Beres Clements performed to the ''Angels & Demons'' soundtrack for [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7yquwq his long program]] during the 2020-2021 competitive season.
10	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
11	** Creator/ClintEastwood was interested in directing.
12	** Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio turned down the role of Camerlengo Patrick [=McKenna=] despite being offered the role personally by Creator/TomHanks.
13	** Creator/NaomiWatts was originally cast as Vittoria.
14	* WorkingTitle: ''Obelisk''.

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