The novel
- Working Title: Lucy.
1985 film
- Cast the Runner-Up: Daniel Day-Lewis was given the choice of either George Emerson or Cecil Vyse. He took on the more challenging role of Cecil.
- Sampled Up: Julian Sands's "He wants you for a posession" monologue was sampled by Dream Theater on their 1994 power ballad "Space Dye Vest"
- Star-Making Role: For Daniel Day-Lewis and Helena Bonham Carter.
- What Could Have Been:
- Rupert Everett auditioned for the role of Cecil Vyse. He would rather have played George Emerson, but James Ivory thought that he wasn't quite right for it.
- Hugh Grant auditioned for a role.
2007 film
- Real-Life Relative: Mr. Emerson and his son George Emerson are played by real-life father and son Timothy Spall and Rafe Spall.
