Vanity Fair

In the early 1970s Stanley Kubrick wanted to direct an adaptation of the book, but found it too large to be turned into a three-hour film. He made Barry Lyndon (1975) instead.

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Most of the costumes were deliberately made slightly too small in order to alter their overall look a little.

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Scenes in which Robert Pattinson played Becky's son Rawdy were cut from the final cut.

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Natasha Little, who plays Lady Jane Sheepshanks, played Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair (1998).

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The sheer brown dress with white embroidery that Kelly Hunter (Lady Steyne) wears at the Prince Regent's party is the same costume worn by Faith Brook (Countess Rostova) in War and Peace, Episode #2.2 (1977) at the London Ball by an extra, and by a guest at the London ball in Poldark (1996).

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This is the last film in which not only Geraldine McEwan's voice but also her on-screen actions appear.

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Daniel Craig was considered for a role.

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Reese Witherspoon and Rhys Ifans had previously appeared together in Little Nicky (2000).

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Gabriel Byrne played the devil in End of Days (1999), and Rhys Ifans played the devil in Little Nicky (2000).

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