| 1 | * AwesomeDearBoy: |
| 2 | ** Creator/JulietteBinoche knew she wanted to be in the film the minute she read the scene when Kip shows Hana the fresco paintings on the walls of a church. |
| 3 | ** Creator/KristinScottThomas actively lobbied Creator/AnthonyMinghella for the part of Katherine. She was cast after writing him a letter which included the statement "I am 'K' in your film". |
| 4 | * ChannelHop: The film was originally going to be made at Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, but they wanted to cast big-name actors. It was then taken to Creator/{{Miramax}}. |
| 5 | * DeletedRole: According to Clive Merrsion in a interview with Toby Hadoke he was on the film for a month but his role was cut to one scene. He also revealed that many other actors had their role totally deleted from the film. |
| 6 | * ExtremelyLengthyCreation: From first draft of the screenplay to final cut, the film took four years. |
| 7 | * FakeNationality: In the movie, Creator/JulietteBinoche (French) plays Hana (French-Canadian); Creator/WillemDafoe (American) plays Caravaggio (Canadian); and Creator/NaveenAndrews (English) plays Kip (Indian).[[note]]Although Andrews is the son of two Indian immigrants.[[/note]] Creator/RalphFiennes, who plays the title character, actually is English. [[spoiler:His character isn't, he's Hungarian.]] |
| 8 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
| 9 | ** Creator/DanielDayLewis turned down the role of Lazlo. |
| 10 | ** Creator/NicoleKidman met with Creator/AnthonyMinghella to discuss playing Katherine. Creator/DemiMoore and Creator/SharonStone lobbied for the role. |
| 11 | ** Creator/BruceWillis was offered the role of Caravaggio but was talked out of taking the role by his then agent. Creator/SeanConnery was also interested, but unavailable. The studio suggested Creator/DannyDeVito, Creator/RichardDreyfuss or Creator/JohnGoodman for the role. |
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