Trivia for
The Dreamers (2003) More at IMDb Pro »

• Jake Gyllenhaal was initially considered for the role of Matthew but turned it down because of the explicit nature of the nude scenes.
  
  
• First film since Bent (1997) that was released theatrically in the US with a NC-17 rating.
  
  
• Leonardo DiCaprio was offered the role of Matthew, but turned it down because he was in pre-production with The Aviator (2004).
  
  

• Director Bernardo Bertolucci was so impressed how the actors so naturally acted naked, he penned an uncredited lengthy extra scene in the script where all three main actors are overtly nude. It ended up on the cutting room floor.
  
  
• There were to have been sections depicting much more blatant sexual relations between the characters of Matthew and Theo, but they were eventually cut, thinking that it might have been "too much".
  
  
• The scene where Isabelle's hair catches fire happened unplanned. Eva Green was supposed to lean forward and kiss Matthew goodnight but accidentally caught her hair on fire on the candle on the table. She didn't let it worry her and acted so natural that Bernardo Bertolucci decided to leave it in as he felt it demonstrated perfectly the cross over in the film that things are about to get a bit crazy!
  
  
• To make the actors feel comfortable and natural in the film's nude scenes, the director Bernardo Bertolucci would encourage them to be nude long before the actual shot. Source: Director's commentary on DVD
  
  
• The film was made carbon-neutral by offsetting its emissions - the Carbon Neutral logo is visible on the poster and DVD cover. It is probably the first carbon-neutral film to have been made.
  
  
• Cameo: [Gilbert Adair] man walking near Jacques-Louis David's "Oath of the Horatii" in the Louvre scene.
  
  

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