Trivia / Happythankyoumoreplease

• Descended Creator: Aside from playing the main lead, Josh Radnor also directed and wrote the film in his debut as both.
• Development Hell: Josh Radnor finished writing the film dating back to 2007 while filming How I Met Your Mother's second season.
• Dyeing for Your Art: While she wore a bald cap, Malin Åkerman suggested, and ultimately proceeded, to shave her eyebrows since editing will be quite expensive for a low-budget indie film.
• Fake American: Malin Åkerman is Swedish-Canadian, while Pablo Schreiber is Canadian.
• Magnum Opus Dissonance: The film won the 2010 Sundance Audience Award but Josh Radnor's 2012 follow-up Liberal Arts made more financially and eventually became one of the Cult Classics of The New '10s.
• Playing Against Type:
  • Malin Åkerman took the role because she finds Annie very different from the characters she played before.
  • One of the few times were Tony Hale plays an Only Sane Man character who is also not a Butt-Monkey.
• What Could Have Been: In relation to the above, Malin Åkerman was originally offered a different part but backed down because she wanted to try Annie. Once the original actress of Annie becomes unavailable, Radnor immediately cast Akerman as Annie much to her delight.
• Write Who You Know: Annie is based on Josh Radnor's friend who also has Alopecia.

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