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Shattered Glass (2003) More at IMDbPro »

• After test screenings, an off-screen voice was added to clarify a plot point. The voice is that of the film's editor.
  
  
• Charles Lane, who was the real-life editor of The New Republic, was invited by writer/director Billy Ray to observe filming of some of the movie's scenes. The one scene shot while he was in attendance was the where the TNR writers bad-mouth Lane behind his back.
  
  
• Writer/director Billy Ray initially had a great deal of difficulty convincing the real life Michael Kelly to assist in the production of the movie. Kelly felt a great deal of embarrassment over Stephen Glass's fraudulent articles, especially because he was editor of the New Republic when many of Glass's articles were published. Ray eventually persuaded Kelly to help him by telling him that he was approaching this story as a journalist who wanted the script to be as factually accurate as possible. This convinced Kelly to help with the project.
  
  
• Originally, Greg Kinnear was to play Chuck Lane.
  
  
• Melanie Lynskey replaced Maggie Gyllenhaal who was originally cast as Amy Brand but left the project because of scheduling conflicts.
  
  
• According Charles Lane, the scene in which Lane confronts Glass in front of TNR magazine covers was virtually verbatim retelling of the actual events.
  
  
• Amy Brand (Melanie Lynskey) had no costume changes, and wore the same outfit the entire movie.
  
  
• The real Stephen Glass was offered to work on the film, but he declined.
  
  
• Hanna Rosin, a real life journalist who was a colleague of both Stephen Glass and Chuck Lane, worked as an adviser to writer/director Billy Ray. The character of Catlin Avery was based loosely on Hanna Rosin.
  
  
• When the original cut was screened before a test audience, many in the audience insisted that the movie couldn't be a true story because no real life magazine would have nearly all of its journalists in their early to mid twenties (when in fact this really was the case). This resulted in place cards added to the opening of the film which stated that the median age of journalists working for the New Republic was 26.
  
  
• In the DVD commentary director Billy Ray says that when Stephen Glass is talking to the class, the text on the blackboard says: "Thought for the day: Experience is the toughest teacher, because she gives the test first and the lesson after".
  
  

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