Trivia / The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

• Dyeing for Your Art: Michiel Huisman usually has longer hair, which he had to cut into a period accurate style for this.
• I Want You to Meet an Old Friend of Mine: The actors who have starred together in Downton Abbey - Penelope Wilton, Lily James, Matthew Goode and Jessica Brown Findlay.
• Typecasting: Like many of her roles, Lily James plays the female lead of a Period Piece drama.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Kenneth Branagh was attached to direct for a while, with Kate Winslet as Juliet. Both dropped out.
  • Before Lily James was cast as Juliet, Rosamund Pike was on board after Kate Winslet dropped out.

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