Trivia / A Mighty Heart

• Ability over Appearance: The real Mariane Pearl personally chose Angelina Jolie to play her despite the criticism of casting a white actress as a biracial person.
• The Danza: Dan Futterman as Daniel Pearl.
• Fake Nationality: American (of French-Canadian descent) actress Angelina Jolie as French (of Cuban, Chinese and Dutch-Jewish descent) Mariane Pearl.

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