The Name of the Rose/Trivia

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  • Fake Nationality: Everyone. Not counting the lack of Italians (even the girl is Chilean), Adso (Austrian) and Bernardo Gui (French) are played by American actors. William, an Englishman, is played by a Scotsman.
  • Hey, It's That Guy!: Discounting Sean Connery, Christian Slater and Ron Perlman, one might also recognize the late William Hickey (aka the Petes' grandfather) as Ubertino de Casale.
  • Playing Against Type: Sean Connery, one of cinema's most iconic male sex symbols, plays a virgin Celibate Hero who apparently considers women to be foul creatures purposefully designed by God to tempt man. (The book shows the character specifically questioning the latter very common belief, so the interpretation may not be fair for the movie either.)
    • This trope actually was the main reason Jean-Jacques Annaud's refusal to have Sean Connery play the main role. But the man himself begged so much to at least get an audition, Annaud finally gave in, to be blown away by the performance.
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