Trivia / Prick Up Your Ears

• What Could Have Been:
  • Ian McKellen was originally considered for Halliwell. As McKellen explained later, "I needed a holiday – I'd been working so hard – so I just kept saying 'no, no, no'," but when he saw the film he regretted not having done it.
  • Maggie Smith turned down the role of Peggy Ramsay, saying that she did not want to perturb her sons by starring in a film that featured homosexual promiscuity and murder.
  • Keith Allen was in talks to play Orton before Gary Oldman was cast.

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