Chicago (film)/Trivia

The musical play:

 * Fake Nationality: Katalin Helinski (the Hunyak) is a Hungarian woman with a Polish surname played by a Russian.

The original non-musical play:

 * Reality Subtext: The play is Very Loosely Based on a True Story - the woman Velma was based off of attended the original premier of the play.

The musical film:

 * Awesome, Dear Boy: Catherine Zeta-Jones was originally approached to play Roxie. Zeta-Jones asked "Who gets to sing 'All That Jazz'?" and when they said "Velma Kelly," she immediately requested to be cast as Velma, even though it was a smaller part, just so she could sing that song.
 * Dyeing for Your Art: An interesting example. Even though the script didn't call for it, Catherine Zeta Jones decided to cut her hair short for the role because she was afraid that her ordinarily long hair might obscure her face during the dancing scenes, making the audience think that she had a double doing her dancing for her. With the bob haircut that she wears in the movie, there's no doubt that it's really her.
 * Hey, It's That Guy! / Creator Cameo: Chita Rivera has a couple lines in the scene before Mama Morton arrives.
 * What Could Have Been:
 * Britney Spears was supposed to play the heiress in this movie.
 * Hugh Jackman was offered the role of Billy Flynn, but he turned it down, as he felt that he was too young for the part. Later, he admitted that he regretted making that decision.