Trivia / Denial

• Cast the Runner-Up: Tom Wilkinson was intially in talks to play David Irving. He ultimately went on to play Richard Rampton, Lipstadt's barrister, in the film, while Timothy Spall was cast as Irving.
• Completely Different Title: Released in France as Le Procès du siècle ("The Trial of the Century"). A literal French translation of the title would be "Négationnisme".
• Fake American: British Rachel Weisz as New Yorker Deborah Lipstadt.
• Fake Nationality: British Mark Gatiss as Dutch Robert Jan van Pelt, and Irishman Andrew Scott as Anglo-Jewish solicitor Anthony Julius.
• He Also Did: Anthony Julius's PhD thesis was about T. S. Eliot's antisemitism. It would be published in book form as T. S. Eliot, Anti-Semitism and Literary Form. This is mentioned In-Universe.
• Irony as She Is Cast: The film explores the Culture Clash between the American Deborah Lipstadt and her British team of lawyers - Lipstadt's actress in the film, Rachel Weisz, is British herself.
• Similarly Named Works: There were two other films called Denial from the 90s, one made in 1990 staring Robin Wright and one made in 1998.
• What Could Have Been: Hilary Swank was the first actress chosen for the Deborah Lipstadt role, but she was replaced by Rachel Weisz.
• You Might Remember Me from...:
  • Yes, that is the disgusting Peter Pettigrew, playing the equally asquerose David Irving.
  • Yes, that is Moriarty, "Cowboy" Hall, Max Denbigh/"C" and Obake playing Lipstadt's solicitor Anthony Julius.
  • Professor Jan van Pelt is played by Mycroft Holmes.
  • Also, yes, that is Colonel General Friedrich Fromm, Sir Graham Dashwood, Benjamin Franklin, and President Lyndon Johnson playing Lipstadt's barrister Richard Rampton.