- Awesome, Dear Boy: According to Matt Damon, the conversation about him taking the role as Scott Thorson went more or less as follows:Agent: Do you want to get paid for a front-row seat to Michael Douglas doing Liberace?Damon: YES.
- Dawson Casting: Scott Thorson was 17 when he first met Liberace. Matt Damon was in his early 40s.
- Development Hell: Soderbergh first approached Michael Douglas to play Liberace when they were filming Traffic (2000) in 2000. The movie was supposed to begin filming in 2008, but had to be postponed due to Douglas's fight with throat cancer.
- What Could Have Been: Before Soderbergh became attached to the project, Robin Williams was considered for the role of Liberace.
- Word of Gay: In a roundabout way. In real life, Liberace fervently denied that he was homosexual, and got into lawsuits over allegations of such, but those in close circles weren't at all fooled.
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