History Trivia / Carol

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Creator/CateBlanchett mentioned her discomfort with Harvey Weinstein being attached to the project, especially given his essential role was as distributor and he failed to connect with the film itself. This can also be seen in the total lack of mention that Creator/RooneyMara won Best Actress at Cannes, which drew to a few [[https://www.datalounge.com/thread/16079474-harvey-weinstein-really-doesn-t-want-people-to-know-rooney-mara-won-best-actress-at-cannes articles]] being written on the poor advertising.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Creator/CateBlanchett mentioned her discomfort with Harvey Weinstein being attached to the project, especially given his essential role was as distributor and he failed to connect with the film itself. This can also be seen in the total lack of mention that Creator/RooneyMara won Best Actress at Cannes, which drew to a few articles being written on the poor advertising.

* HeAlsoDid: Zak Schneider--a bartender and [=YouTuber=] in charge of [=SaveDataTeam=]'s ''WebVideo/AceAttorneyWithAnActualLawyer'' series--is one of the extras in the final scene, playing a waiter who serves lobster to a table near the one Carol sits at (the camera briefly views him from behind so you can't see his face).

* FakeAmerican: Very mildly subverted with Australian Creator/CateBlanchett as Carol, as Blanchett has American ancestry and citizenship since her father is from Texas, but she was still born and raised in Australia so has to fake Carol's American accent.

* GenreAdultery: A QueerRomance (with a HappyEnding!) from Patricia Highsmith, who made her name writing bleak crime novels.

* DuelingMovies: Along with ''Film/TheDanishGirl'', this is one of two period dramas about someone struggling with their sexuality to be released in late 2015. Interestingly, both titular roles are played by recent Oscar winners, both of whom were nominated for Oscars yet again. Additionally, both feature love interests to those titular characters whose actresses earned considerable controversy for getting nominated in the Supporting Actress category when [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/awards-category-fraud-insane-manipulation-842089 many]] [[http://variety.com/2015/film/awards/golden-globes-rooney-mara-alicia-vikander-lead-actress-supporting-drama-1201640208/ considered]] them to be at the very least co-leads, if not the actual point of view characters.

* FakeAmerican: Subverted with Australian Cate Blanchett as American Carol, as Blanchett has American ancestry and citizenship, since her father is from Texas.

* DuelingMovies: Along with ''Film/TheDanishGirl'', this is one of two period dramas about someone struggling with their sexuality to be released in late 2015. Interestingly, both titular roles are played by recent Oscar winners, both of whom have been nominated for Golden Globes and [=SAGs=] for their work and are nominated for Oscars yet again, and both feature love interests to those titular characters whose actresses earned considerable controversy for getting nominated in the Supporting Actress category when [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/awards-category-fraud-insane-manipulation-842089 many]] [[http://variety.com/2015/film/awards/golden-globes-rooney-mara-alicia-vikander-lead-actress-supporting-drama-1201640208/ considered]] them to be at the very least co-leads.

* AwardCategoryFraud: Despite the two characters being equally important, Cate Blanchett was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 2015 Acadmey Awards, while Rooney Mara got a Supporting Role nomination.

* FakeAmerican: Australian Cate Blanchett as American Carol.

* DuelingMovies: Along with ''Film/TheDanishGirl'', this is one of two period dramas about someone struggling with their sexuality to be released in late 2015. Interestingly, both titular roles are played by recent Oscar winners, both of whom have been nominated for Golden Globes and [=SAGs=] for their work and are nominated for Oscars yet again, and both feature love interests to those titular characters who earned considerable controversy for getting nominated in the Supporting Actress category when [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/awards-category-fraud-insane-manipulation-842089 many]] [[http://variety.com/2015/film/awards/golden-globes-rooney-mara-alicia-vikander-lead-actress-supporting-drama-1201640208/ considered]] them to be at the very least co-leads.

* DuelingMovies: Along with ''Film/TheDanishGirl'', this is one of two period dramas about someone struggling with their sexuality to be released in late 2015. Interestingly, both titular roles are played by recent Oscar winners, both of whom have been nominated for Golden Globes and [=SAGs=] for their work and are nominated for Oscars yet again.

* DawsonCasting: Carol is described as being in her early-thirties, but she's played by 46-year old Creator/CateBlanchett.

* DuelingMovies: Along with ''Film/TheDanishGirl'', this is one of two period dramas about someone struggling with their sexuality to be released in late 2015. Interestingly, both titular roles are played by recent Oscar winners, both of whom have been nominated for Golden Globes and [=SAGs=] for their work and are surrounded by Oscar buzz yet again.

* DuelingWorks: Along with ''Film/TheDanishGirl'', this is one of two period dramas about someone struggling with their sexuality to be released in late 2015. Interestingly, both titular roles are played by recent Oscar winners, both of whom have been nominated for Golden Globes and [=SAGs=] for their work and are surrounded by Oscar buzz yet again.

* DuelingWorks: Along with ''Film/TheDanishGirl'', this is one of two period dramas about someone struggling with their sexuality to be released in late 2015. Interestingly, both titular roles are played by recent Oscar winners, both of whom have been nominated for Golden Globes and SAGs for their work and are surrounded by Oscar buzz yet again.

* DawsonCasting: Carol is described as being in her early-thirties, but she's played by 46-year old Cate Blanchett.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Patricia Highsmith based Carol on an ex-girlfriend of hers who had been in an identical situation.

* FakeAmerican: Australian Cate Blanchett as American Carol.