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FILM · 2001 · UK

The Hole

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10 Interesting Facts About The Hole

Interesting Facts (9)

  1. #001

    The casting of Thora Birch secured the financing needed for the film.

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  2. #002

    Keira Knightley was only 15 years old when she shot her topless scene.

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  3. #003

    Guy Burt wrote the novel on which the film is based when he was 18 years old, shortly after leaving school.

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  4. #004

    In 2019, Laurence Fox spoke about the shower scene in this film. "On my first day as an actor, I had to get my privates out in front of Keira Knightley in a thriller called The Hole. The stage direction was: 'He is naked and showering, the woman hands him a towel and he puts it around his neck.' You're taking an old and lovely look at my c***," he said.

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  5. #005

    The opening/closing title sequences were created by drilling holes in metal and shining light through them.

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  6. #006

    Thora Birch worked with a voice coach to correct her English accent, and also stayed at a boarding school for a day and a night to see whether she could pass herself off as English.

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  7. #007

    The production team had only 25 minutes to shoot the underpass scene.

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  8. #008

    Nick Hamm wanted to make the film seven years before he actually did.

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  9. #009

    The ending was different from the ending of the book.

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  1. #010

    The novel had a different ending from the film. It ends with Dr. Phillippa Horwood doubting Liz's statement that Mike died in the hole on the 16th day and that Liz was the only survivor. Horwood soon discovers that Martyn never existed and that Liz invented Martyn so she could pin the crime on someone else, implying that Lisa never existed either and that Liz and Lisa are the same person.

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