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1. #001

   This was the first film Robert Pattinson worked on after completing shooting for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012). He said that the experience of working with David Cronenberg and premiering the film at Cannes made him realize he could pursue independent projects directed by auteurs, because he had previously not thought himself good enough or worthy to appear in auteur cinema.

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2. #002

   David Cronenberg wrote the screenplay in six days. When he converted the book into screenplay format on his computer, he found it so perfect that the only work he did was separating the dialogue from the narration.

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3. #003

   Colin Farrell was initially cast but was dropped due to scheduling conflicts with Total Recall (2012). Robert Pattinson was brought in to replace him.

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4. #004

   Canadian and American distributors, who thought the film had very little commercial appeal, released it in only a very limited number of theaters, which turned it into a box office bomb.

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5. #005

   Known as an incredibly faithful adaptation, the book was changed in only a few ways, including the currency (from yen to yuan) and a sex scene between Didi and Eric set in an apartment.

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6. #006

   Marion Cotillard was originally cast as Elise Shifrin but left the cast due to pregnancy. After her departure, Noomi Rapace and Keira Knightley were considered for the role before Sarah Gadon accepted it.

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7. #007

   According to Don DeLillo and David Cronenberg, the project was initiated by Paulo Branco's son, Juan Branco, who suggested to Cronenberg that he adapt the novel for the screen.

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8. #008

   Apart from Robert Pattinson (English), Juliette Binoche (French), Samantha Morton (English) and Paul Giamatti (American), almost all of the actors in this film are Canadian.

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9. #009

   Co-stars Robert Pattinson and Samantha Morton share the same birthday, May 13.

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10. #010

    The license plate number of Eric's limousine is 9808 NAH.

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11. #011

    Although writer/director David Cronenberg has long advocated for Canada's own culture to be represented on cinema screens, for some reason he set this film's events in the United States and made the characters American.

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