History Trivia / JulieAndJulia

* AbilityOverAppearance: Creator/MerylStreep is 5'7 and the film has to resort to massive lifts and camera angles to make her look like the famously tall Julia Childs. But she otherwise captures Julia's spirit and personality so perfectly it doesn't matter.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Louisette is less a villain than a minor hinderance, but the film paints her in a very bad light, implying that she did far less work on the cookbook than the other two. This was entirely invented for the film. Louisette Bertholle was going through a nasty divorce in the middle of writing and her ability to contribute suffered because of it, but there's no indication that Julia or Simone held this against her or confronted her over it.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: During the Valentine's dinner, one of the guests ask if Julia and Paul were spies during the war. Both of them deny this. When the Childs' records were unsealed in 2008, it came to light that Julia really was a top-secret researcher. The filmmakers elected to go with only facts that were established in 2002, when the modern half of the film was set, but added the conversation to hint at the later revelation.

* ScullyBox: Done (at least with camera angles, digital technology, and undersized sets) in order to make Streep look 6'2. Streep also wore huge, Herman Munster shoes, which you can see in a few shots.

* ScullyBox: Done (at least with camera angles and digital technology) in order to make Streep look 6'2. Streep also wore huge, Herman Munster shoes, which you can see in a few shots.

* ScullyBox: Done (at least with camera angles and digital technology) in order to make Streep look 6'2. Streep also wore huge, Herman Munster shoes, which you can see in a few shots.
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