The Aviator/Trivia


 * Dawson Casting: Gwen Stefani plays Jean Harlow, who was 19 at the time the film shows her (she never even lived to be 34, Gwen's age during filming).
 * Dyeing for Your Art: Kate Beckinsale gained a whopping 20 pounds to play Ava Gardner.
 * Fake Nationality: Australian Cate Blanchett as American Katharine Hepburn, English Jude Law as Tasmanian Errol Flynn, English Kate Beckinsale as American Ava Gardner, English Ian Holm as ambiguously Western European Professor Fritz...
 * Name's the Same/Similarly Named Works: This film has no connection with the 1985 Christopher Reeve film also titled The Aviator.
 * Romance on the Set: This film depicts Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy hooking up on a movie set while she's still in a relationship with Howard; in reality, she and Howard had already broken up. See also Rule of Drama.