Shakespeare in Love/Trivia


 * Fake Brit: The Australian Geoffrey Rush, American Ben Affleck and American Gwyneth Paltrow, among others.
 * Hey, It's That Guy!:
 * Quite a few, including Arthur Weasley.
 * Mr. Darcy is an evil husband!?
 * Carmine Falcone tortures Captain Barbossa in order to get him to pay his debts.
 * Before Carson became a butler, he was an actor and dressed up as old women.
 * Doc Martin is Shakespeare's rival.
 * Dolores Umbridge is Viola's nurse.
 * Playing Against Type: Colin Firth in a period romantic comedy... as the Prince Charmless whom you don't want the heroine to end up with.
 * Real Life Relative: Husband and wife team of Jim Carter (Ralph Bashford) and Imelda Staunton (Nurse).
 * Star-Making Role: If you didn't know about Gwyneth Paltrow before, you did after it came out.