The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)/Trivia
- Fake American: Angela Lansbury and Laurence Harvey, who are both British.
- Hey, It's That Guy!: The large supporting cast of the remake, combined with a number of cameos, creates a veritable smorgasbord of well-known and respected character actors, including Jon Voight, Jeffrey Wright, Anthony Mackie, Al Franken, Vera Farmiga, Dean Stockwell, Ted Levine, Miguel Ferrer, Bruno Ganz, and Sidney Lumet. Even co-star Liev Schrieber arguably falls into this trope.
- Playing Against Type: It wasn't playing against type at the time, as Lansbury had played her fair share of schemers and antagonists. But for a modern day viewer who might know her from Murder, She Wrote or Beauty and The Beast, watching her play Mrs. Iselin could be jarring.