Trivia / Notes on a Scandal

• Award Category Fraud: Blanchett's nomination for Best Supporting Actress when she has as much screen time as Dench.
• Blooper: Sheba's mascara is inconsistent during the confrontation with Barbara—sometimes it's normal, sometimes it's completely overdone, sometimes it's running, etc.
• Dawson Casting: A slight case with then-18-year-old Andrew Simpson as 15-year old Steven, no doubt because of the handful of explicit sex scenes between him and Sheba.
• Fake Nationality: Australian/American Cate Blanchett as Londoner Sheba Hart.