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1	* ActingForTwo: Freddy Highmore played both Jared and his identical twin Simon in the film version. Their personalities are complete opposites.
2	* ActorAllusion: Nick Nolte, who plays Mulgarath in human form and also voices him, had previously starred in another movie with [[{{Film/Hulk}} a creature that turns big and green when angry.]]
3	* CastIncest: [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_comhDwOO9ZM/SgT9J0eTPRI/AAAAAAAAAW8/E_GiOeDCU2A/s400/Freddie+Highmore+and+Sarah+Bolger.jpg Freddie Highmore and Sarah Bolger]] dated, despite playing brother and sister.
4	* CelebrityVoiceActor: Creator/MartinShort as Thimbletack and Creator/SethRogen as Hogsqueal. See below for who voiced the Red Cap.
5	* DawsonCasting:
6	** Lucinda is "six and a half" in the flashbacks to her childhood. Jordy Benattar was actually thirteen when she filmed her part.
7	** Jared and Simon are nine in the books, and Freddie Highmore was fifteen (but the characters appear to have been given a minor AgeLift).
8	** Mallory is thirteen in the books, and Sarah Bolger was sixteen.
9	* DyeingForYourArt: Sarah Bolger had five weeks of fencing training with an Olympic coach to prepare for her role. She ended up keeping it up after she'd finished filming.
10	* FakeAmerican:
11	** British Creator/FreddieHighmore as both Simon and Jared.
12	** Irish Sarah Bolger as Mallory. Several crew members were fooled into thinking she was actually American.
13	** Joan Plowright as Lucinda is an odd case. Lucy as a child speaks with an American accent, but has an English one as an old woman. [[spoiler: She also reverts back to her American accent when she's restored to her youth]].
14	** Canadian Tod Fennell plays one of Helen's co-workers.
15	* FollowTheLeader: One of many early 2000s adaptations of children's fantasy/adventure books, following the lead of ''Film/HarryPotter'' and ''Film/TheChroniclesOfNarnia''.
16	* PlayingAgainstType:
17	** Sarah Bolger at the time was known for playing more passive introverted characters, such as ''Film/InAmerica'', ''Tara Road'' and ''{{Film/Stormbreaker}}''. She had also just been cast as UsefulNotes/MaryTudor in ''Series/TheTudors''. It was against type to see her as an outspoken ActionGirl.
18	** Director Mark Waters too was known for a string of light-hearted romantic comedies with only light supernatural elements like ''Film/FreakyFriday2003'', ''Film/JustLikeHeaven'' and ''Film/MeanGirls''. This marked the first time he'd done a slightly darker adventure film with lots of CGI.
19	* PlayingTheirOwnTwin: Creator/FreddieHighmore plays the twin brothers Simon and Jared. He gives them their own distinct looks, personalities and voices.
20	* RecycledSoundtrack: The film's OST, composed by Music/JamesHorner, takes heavy cues from the ''Film/{{Casper}}'' movie soundtrack, most notably "One Last Wish" and "Casper's Lullaby".
21	* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: A lot of viewers ''thought'' this was the case with Simon and Jared, as widely documented. Even so, Mary-Louise Parker certainly looks like she could be mother to Freddie Highmore. Andrew [=McCarthy=] likewise looks like he could be related to Sarah Bolger.
22	* StuntCasting: Nick Nolte as Mulgarath. He only has one four-minute scene of actual screen time, with the rest of his part being done through voiceover.
23	* UncreditedRole: Creator/RonPerlman is uncredited for voicing the Red Cap.
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