Trivia / The Tailor of Panama

• Awesome, Dear Boy: Pierce Brosnan always wanted to work with John Boorman. He once auditioned for Excalibur, but got turned down for apparently giving a terrible performance. Boorman later apologized.
• Fake Nationality: The very very Irish Brendan Gleeson dyed his hair and put in brown contact lenses to play a Panamanian. Also counts as Fake Mixed Race.
• The Cameo: Harold Pinter pops up as Pendel's late mentor Uncle Benny.
• What Could Have Been: Co-writer Andrew Davies was originally attached to direct.