Atonement/Trivia


 * Hey, It's That Guy!: Sherlock Holmes (a.k.a. Benedict Cumberbatch) as a chocolate manufacturer and.
 * Playing Against Type: A retroactive example for Saoirse Ronan. With films like The Lovely Bones, The Way Back and City of Ember she became known for playing heroic Woobies. This early example shows her playing a Bratty Half-Pint bordering on Yandere.
 * Star-Making Role: For Saoirse Ronan. She was cast in The Lovely Bones specifically because Peter Jackson wanted an unknown as Susie. Then this film came out and she got an Oscar nomination.
 * Throw It In: In the DVD commentary, Director Joe Wright reveals a lucky fluke that got caught on camera during the scene just before Robbie discovers the school girls massacre. At the point where he removes his helmet, the weather was cloudy. As he looks up the sky, the sun started shining and then got cloudy again the moment he put his head down.