- Approval of God: Bryan Cranston revealed in a radio interview that Kirk Douglas approved of this movie, but his major complaint (actually a joke) was that he wasn't asked to play himself.
- Dueling Movies: With Hail, Caesar!, another film about the Golden Age of Hollywood involving Communist screenwriters.
- Fake American: English Helen Mirren as Hedda Hopper, Canadian David James Elliott as John Wayne, and New Zealander Dean O'Gorman as Kirk Douglas.
- Harpo Does Something Funny: Jay Roach claimed that many of the scenes featuring Trumbo writing alone at his desk or in the bathtub were improvised by Bryan Cranston while the cameras rolled, and that Cranston was genuinely composing complete sentences on the page.
- What Could Have Been: Gary Oldman was considered for the role of Trumbo.
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