- Actor-Shared Background: Jim Carter is a Yorkshire native much like his character, Harry. Stephen Tompkinson grew up in Yorkshire and Lancashire.
- California Doubling: Though the finals are set at the Royal Albert Hall, the scenes were actually filmed at Birmingham Town Hall.
- Enforced Method Acting: Pete Postlethwaite's final speech was not rehearsed in front of the rest of the cast. This was because Mark Herman wanted genuine reactions from everyone on hearing it.
- Real-Life Relative: Stephen Tompkinson's parents, Brian and Josephine, appear as extras in the Halifax Piece Hall scene.
- What Could Have Been: Kate Winslet and Catherine Zeta-Jones were considered for Gloria.
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