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Little Fish

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22 Interesting Facts About Little Fish

Interesting Facts (17)

  1. #001

    The entire film was written and its production completed before the COVID-19 pandemic emerged.

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  2. #002

    Olivia Cooke stated that she believes the character of Emma is the closest she has come to playing herself.

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  3. #003

    In a recent interview, director Chad Hartigan stated that he, Olivia Cooke and writer Mattson Tomlin decided not to include a sex scene between Emma and Jude, because it was more important to show the physicality of their love in other, less explicit ways. The result of that decision was the sensual split-screen scene between the two characters.

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  4. #004

    When Emma (Olivia Cooke) calls her mother, the picture seen in the contact profile is actually Olivia's real-life mother, Lindsy Cooke.

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  5. #005

    Director Chad Hartigan stated that early in production it was decided to tell the story from Emma's point of view rather than Jude's, in order to reflect the experiences of loved ones living with dementia and Alzheimer's-like conditions.

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  6. #006

    Toward the end of the film, as Emma loses her memory, she experiences flashbacks. One of the flashbacks shows the little parachuting soldiers that Jude threw out the window at a Halloween party. The flashback showed the parachute as yellow, but earlier in the film the parachutes were red.

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  7. #007

    Olivia Cooke and Mattson Tomlin worked on the script for two years before it was completed.

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  8. #008

    Filming took only one month, beginning on 11 March 2019 and ending in April 2019.

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  9. #009

    In a recent interview, Olivia Cooke (Emma) stated how much she enjoyed working with Jack O'Connell (Jude), recounting how quickly they became friends at the start of production, which meant she felt the chemistry between their characters on screen was not forced.

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  10. #010

    The first scene shot was Emma and Jude's first official date.

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  11. #011

    According to director Chad Hartigan, the dropping of the camera at the end of the proposal scene was intentional.

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  12. #012

    The film's main theme, 'Karanlıkta Görüşürüz', was written by the film's score composer, Keegan DeWitt, and performed by Soko, who also plays Samantha in the film.

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  13. #013

    The film is based on Aja Gabel's 2017 short story of the same name.

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  14. #014

    The film's premiere was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  15. #015

    Emma's full name in the film is Emma Vita Ryerson Williams.

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  16. #016

    Filming officially wrapped in April 2019.

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  17. #017

    The film is Heather Decksheimer's debut.

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Behind the Scenes (2)

  1. #018

    In a recent interview, director Chad Hartigan stated that the scene in which Emma (Olivia Cooke) and Jude (Jack O'Connell) are in the car, before Jude begins singing to Emma's horror, included improvised parts by Olivia Cooke after she heard that Jack O'Connell had done karaoke a few days earlier.

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  2. #019

    Many photographs taken on set during filming were later used in the actual film, and Jude begins building a wall of photographs both to regain and to preserve his memory.

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Characters & Cast (2)

  1. #020

    In a recent interview, Olivia Cooke (Emma) stated that serving as an executive producer on the film meant that, because of the control it gave her over the film and her character, she was able to use her own native accent for a role for the first time since she was 18.

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  2. #021

    Little Fish is the first film on which Olivia Cooke served as an executive producer.

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Deeper Meaning (1)

  1. #022

    The phrase "IRIS COME HOME" appearing twice in front of Bay Pets' pet shop caused confusion among viewers. However, director Chad Hartigan stated that the explanations of the motif would make sense at the premiere of the deleted scenes.

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