Fido

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1. #001

   Sir Billy Connolly was reportedly very upset that the role required him to shave off his beard. He described it as "ripping out my fuc-king personality."

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2. #002

   The pregnancy subplot involving Helen Robinson (Carrie-Anne Moss) was added only because Moss was actually pregnant during filming, and as her pregnancy progressed they added pregnancy scenes to maintain continuity throughout the film. At one point she was seven months pregnant.

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3. #003

   Sir Billy Connolly accepted the role of Fido in the weeks before filming because he was drawn to the acting challenge of making the character compelling without any dialogue.

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4. #004

   Andrew Dore, the stunt double who was to double for Sir Billy Connolly in the factory scene, died during lunch. The film is dedicated to his memory.

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5. #005

   The town is named Willard, which was also the name of the town featured in the zombie classic Night of the Living Dead (1968).

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6. #006

   Timmy's (Kesun Loder's) bedroom has curtains and a bedspread depicting action scenes from the zombie war.

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7. #007

   Writer and director Andrew Currie expressed his thoughts on Carrie-Anne Moss: "She's so well prepared and so intuitive at the same time. She brought such a sense of grace, timing and beauty to her role. She brought exactly the right balance to the film in every area."

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8. #008

   Carrie-Anne Moss's mother, Barbara Moss, plays the mother of Carrie-Anne's character Helen Robinson on screen for a few seconds.

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9. #009

   Although it was one of the few Canadian films to be widely released in Canadian cinemas, the film turned out to be a flop at the box office, failing to even pass $500,000.

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10. #010

    Peter Stormare (famous for Fargo (1996)) was originally cast in the role of Fido, but after taking a role in Prison Break (2005), according to the DVD commentary, he was removed from the film a week before principal photography began.

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11. #011

    Principal photography lasted 35 days in Kelowna, British Columbia.

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12. #012

    Coincidentally, "Timmy" was also the name of the boy who owned the exceptionally intelligent dog Lassie in Lassie (1954).

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