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** If you listen closely as Precious is leaving with Little Mongo at the end of the movie, Mongo actually calls Mary "Mo'Nique". That's not exactly her fault though as a toddler can't really be expected to maintain character all the time.
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** If you listen closely as Precious is leaving with Little Mongo at the end of the movie, Mongo actually calls Mary "Mo'Nique". That's not exactly her fault though fault, though, as a toddler can't really be expected to maintain character all the time.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Mo'Nique, best known as a stand-up comic and reality TV show host, puts in the performance of a lifetime as an abusive mother. She won virtually every Supporting Actress award for her role as Mary.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Music/LennyKravitz actually received billing ahead of Gabourey Sidibe, despite the latter being the star of the movie. He really isn't in the movie anywhere near enough to warrant his placement on the promotional image seen on the main page.
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* DawsonCasting: 26-year-old (at the time) Gabourey Sidibe as 16-year-old Precious.
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** Before filming the scene in which Precious slaps Consuelo for saying "F for Fat," Creator/LeeDaniels told Gabourey Sidibe to slap Angelic Zambrana as hard as she could while purposely not telling the other girls beforehand. In the film, the reactions from the girls in that scene after she does so is actually unrehearsed.
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** Before filming the scene in which Precious slaps Consuelo for saying "F for Fat," Creator/LeeDaniels told Gabourey Sidibe Creator/GaboureySidibe to slap Angelic Zambrana as hard as she could while purposely not telling the other girls beforehand. In the film, the reactions from the girls in that scene after she does so is actually unrehearsed.
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* DeletedRole: Creator/JamieFoxx's cameo Frank Mason was cut.
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* ThrowItIn: If you listen closely as Precious is leaving with Little Mongo at the end of the movie, Mongo actually calls Mary "Mo'Nique". That's not exactly her fault though as a toddler can't really be expected to maintain character all the time.
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* ThrowItIn: RealitySubtext: Mo'Nique accepted her role to raise awareness of sexual abuse. A confessed victim of incest herself, she initially had great reservations about playing the part, but ultimately found the experience therapeutic.
* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Creator/LeeDaniels [[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/precious-lee-daniels-fired-crew-black-skin-b1920443.html?utm_content=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2Zfkaaj5xpJ3GpEa9SzZsOS-T8IF9oltBGiemoqMs8QudCDwH6r3mspB4#Echobox=1631721090 fired a crewmember for failing to light the Black actors’ skin properly]].
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** Before filming the scene in which Precious slaps Consuelo for saying "F for Fat," Creator/LeeDaniels told Gabourey Sidibe to slap Angelic Zambrana as hard as she could while purposely not telling the other girls beforehand. In the film, the reactions from the girls in that scene after she does so is actually unrehearsed.
** If you listen closely as Precious is leaving with Little Mongo at the end of the movie, Mongo actually calls Mary "Mo'Nique". That's not exactly her fault though as a toddler can't really be expected to maintain character all thetime.time.
** In the final confrontation scene, Music/MariahCarey was not directed to cry, but react with stone-faced horror, just as Ms. Weiss does in the novel. However, she was so overpowered by the performances of Mo'Nique and Gabourey Sidibe, she broke down in tears and ducked her head away from the camera, as not to ruin the scene. Daniels loved her natural reaction and kept the shot of her wiping her tears in the final cut.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/HelenMirren was originally cast as Mrs. Weiss, but dropped out.
* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Creator/LeeDaniels [[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/precious-lee-daniels-fired-crew-black-skin-b1920443.html?utm_content=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2Zfkaaj5xpJ3GpEa9SzZsOS-T8IF9oltBGiemoqMs8QudCDwH6r3mspB4#Echobox=1631721090 fired a crewmember for failing to light the Black actors’ skin properly]].
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** Before filming the scene in which Precious slaps Consuelo for saying "F for Fat," Creator/LeeDaniels told Gabourey Sidibe to slap Angelic Zambrana as hard as she could while purposely not telling the other girls beforehand. In the film, the reactions from the girls in that scene after she does so is actually unrehearsed.
** If you listen closely as Precious is leaving with Little Mongo at the end of the movie, Mongo actually calls Mary "Mo'Nique". That's not exactly her fault though as a toddler can't really be expected to maintain character all the
** In the final confrontation scene, Music/MariahCarey was not directed to cry, but react with stone-faced horror, just as Ms. Weiss does in the novel. However, she was so overpowered by the performances of Mo'Nique and Gabourey Sidibe, she broke down in tears and ducked her head away from the camera, as not to ruin the scene. Daniels loved her natural reaction and kept the shot of her wiping her tears in the final cut.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/HelenMirren was originally cast as Mrs. Weiss, but dropped out.
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* ThrowItIn: If you listen closely as Precious is leaving with Little Mongo at the end of the movie, Mongo actually calls Mary "Mo'Nique". That's not exactly her fault though as a toddler can't really be expected to maintain character all the time.
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* DawsonCasting: 26-year-old (at the time) Gabourey Sidibe as 16-year-old Precious.
* IAmNotSpock: After the movie made Gabourey Sidbe into a breakout star, many people started to confuse her with the character and began showering her with [[TheWoobie woobie-appropriate]] sympathy, despite growing up in a loving, functional two-parent family. She mocked the phenomenon in her monologue on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in a grand musical number. "I ''am'' happy, because ''I'm not Precious!''"
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* IAmNotSpock: After the movie made Gabourey Sidbe into a breakout star, many people started to confuse her with the character and began showering her with [[TheWoobie woobie-appropriate]] sympathy, despite growing up in a loving, functional two-parent family. She mocked the phenomenon in her monologue on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in a grand musical number. "I ''am'' happy, because ''I'm not Precious!''"
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