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Notes on a Scandal

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1. #001

   This was Juno Temple's first major role and her first audition. When she first told her parents she wanted to be an actress, they tried to discourage her, saying, "You can't just walk into this and be good. You'll have to work and fight for it." Her mother sent her to the open audition for this film to show her how much competition there was. But Temple was then hired. A year later, she was hired again at the next audition, for Atonement (2007). At that point her mother said: "Damn it, well, it's all downhill from here, isn't it?" It wasn't. She has appeared in films and on television almost every year.

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2. #002

   Jason Reitman read the script and wanted to direct it. He phoned the producers to try to get the job. The producers replied: "We're in editing right now, but I hope you like the film when it comes out."

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3. #003

   After the fight scene in Barbara's house, Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench brought out a bottle of champagne to celebrate finishing the scene, because both had been anxious and tense about having to fight each other. They drank almost the entire bottle.

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4. #004

   When Barbara Covett (Dame Judi Dench) meets with the headmistress, who reveals what she knows about Barbara following Jennifer Dodd, Barbara vomits in the school toilet. On the wall in the background is written: "Babs Covett = nasty old lezza. I want to lick her mangy twat."

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5. #005

   Nicholas Hoult had auditioned several times before for the role of Steven Connolly, and Andrew Simpson was ultimately cast.

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6. #006

   Cate Blanchett, Dame Judi Dench and Anne-Marie Duff all played Queen Elizabeth I: Blanchett in Elizabeth (1998) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Dench in Shakespeare in Love (1998), and Duff in The Virgin Queen (2005).

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7. #007

   Andrew Simpson was 16 years old during filming. And he was not at all nervous about shooting a sex scene with Cate Blanchett.

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8. #008

   Some press and commercial materials in Mexico claim this film is "A film by Bill Nighy," while Bill Nighy is an actor in this film.

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9. #009

   Jack O'Connell auditioned for the role of Steven Connolly.

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10. #010

    Cate Blanchett and Bill Nighy both appeared in Hot Fuzz (2007), although they did not share any scenes.

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11. #011

    Cate Blanchett and Bill Nighy both appeared in The Lord of the Rings productions. Blanchett played Galadriel in Peter Jackson's films, while Nighy played Samwise Gamgee in the BBC radio broadcast. Sir Ian Holm appeared in both productions.

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