History YMMV / BridgeOfSpies

** Eve Hewson as Donovan's daughter Jan, about the same time she was on ''Series/TheKnick'' and about eight years before ''Flora and Son''.

** Donovan's son is none other than [[Series/StrangerThings Will]] [[Creator/NoahSchnapp Byers.]] [[HilariousInHindsight Guess the bathtub really did come in handy.]]

** One of the legal assistants is asked to come to dinner, but he tells Donovan he has a date--only to then quickly say he'll cancel it though. At family dinner, Jan tells Donovan and everyone else that her date stood her up and guess who walks in right after that... Whether or not it was intended, just the idea alone that he canceled their date only to end up having dinner with her and her family still makes it incredibly funny anyway.

** One of the legal assistants is asked to come to dinner, but he tells Donovan he has a date--only to then quickly say he'll cancel it though. At dinner with his family, Jan tells Donovan and everyone else that her date stood her up and guess who walks in right after that... Whether or not it was intended, just the idea alone that he canceled their date only to end up having dinner with her and her family still makes it incredibly funny anyway.

** One of the legal assistants is asked to come to dinner, but he tells Donovan he has a date--only to then quickly say he'll cancel it though. At dinner with his family, Jan tells everyone her date stood her up. Guess who walks in right after that...

** Creator/EveHewson as Donovan's daughter Jan, about the same time she was on ''Series/TheKnick'' and about eight years before ''Film/FloraAndSon''.

** Creator/EveHewson as Donovan's daughter Jan, about the same time she was on ''Series/TheKnick'' and about eight years before ''FilmFloraAndSon''.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Donovan's son is none other than [[Series/StrangerThings Will]] [[Creator/NoahSchnapp Byers.]] [[HilariousInHindsight Guess the bathtub really did come in handy.]]

* RetroactiveRecognition: Donovan's son is none other than [[Series/StrangerThings Will Byers.]] [[HilariousInHindsight Guess the bathtub really did come in handy.]]

* RetroactiveRecognition: Donovan's son is none other than [[Series/StrangerThings Will Byers.]] [[HilariousInHindsight Guess the bathtub really did come in handy.]]
* WhatAnIdiot: Pryor. Crossing into East Berlin, with a camera and a thesis about "Communism" is a very dumb thing to do. Especially when you're illegally crossing into East Berlin. The [[http://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/economist-frederic-pryor-recounts-life-a-spy real Frederic Pryor]] would agree. In actual fact, Pryor legally entered Berlin after the Wall went up (and not during the construction and installation as the film makes out). His arrest was purely for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and it had nothing to do with trying to help dissidents.

-->'''Donovan''': He's probably the most hated man in America. After Rudolph Abel. ''(beat)'' And me.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Donovan is constantly put off by how [[TheStoic stoic]] Abel is. When asked if Abel is even capable of being nervous, his only reply is "Would it help?"

* WhatAnIdiot: Pryor. Crossing into East Berlin, with a camera and a thesis about "Communism" is a very dumb thing to do. Especially when you're illegally crossing into East Berlin. The [[http://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/economist-frederic-pryor-recounts-life-a-spy real Frederic Pryor]] would agree. In actual fact, Pryor legally entered Berlin after the Wall came up (and not during the construction and installation as the film makes out). His arrest was purely for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and it had nothing to do with trying to help dissidents.

* DarkHorseVictory: Mark Rylance's Best Supporting Actor win certainly wasn't out of nowhere (he had taken BAFTA and several critics prizes and was nominated at every single major precursor ahead of the Oscars), it was generally considered a shock when he managed to emerge victorious over Sylvester Stallone for the latter's performance in ''Film/{{Creed}}'', given how Stallone was considered a sentimental favorite.

* DarkHorseVictory: Mark Rylance's win certainly wasn't out of nowhere (he had taken BAFTA and several critics prizes and was nominated at every single major precursor ahead of the Oscars), it was generally considered a shock when he managed to emerge victorious over Sylvester Stallone for the latter's performance in ''Film/{{Creed}}'', given how Stallone was considered a sentimental favorite.

* DarkHorseVictory: Mark Rylance's win certainly wasn't out of nowhere (he had taken BAFTA and several critics prizes and was nominated at every single major precursor ahead of the Oscars), it was generally considered a shock when he managed to emerge victorious over Sylvester Stallone for the latter's performance in ''Film/Creed'', given how Stallone was considered a sentimental favorite.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Rudolf Abel became this for the film, and Mark Rylance won an Oscar for playing him and noted in his speech that everyone he ran into would say "Would it Help?" to him.

* WhatAnIdiot: Pryor. Crossing into East Berlin, with a camera and a thesis about "Communism" is a very dumb thing to do. Especially when you're illegally crossing into East Berlin.

** With one line Donovan reveals he knows how fake Abel's "family" were.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Donovan is constantly put off by how [[TheStoic stoic]] Able is. When asked if Able is even capable of being nervous, his only reply is "Would it help?"

* WhatAnIdiot: Pryer. Crossing into East Berlin, with a camera and a thesis about "Communism" is a very dumb thing to do. Especially when you're illegally crossing into East Berlin.

* ParanoiaFuel: Donovan's son becomes increasingly wary of a nuclear war after watching a RedScare video. See CrazySurvivalist.

* ParanoiaFuel: Donovan's son becomes increasingly weary of a nuclear war after watching a RedScare video. See CrazySurvivalist.