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Penelope (2006)

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• Released in the US and UK two years after production.
  
  
• Reese Witherspoon's first project as the leading producer as well as an actress, and also Mark Palansky's feature film directorial debut.
  
  
• Christina Ricci did not have to audition for her role. She was approached by Witherspoon.
  
  

• It took an hour and a half just to put the nose prosthetic on Ricci.
  
  
• Delivered to some theaters under the codename "Scarfy",
  
  
• As the film was filmed in England, many of the actors who play American characters are actually English, such as Ronni Ancona, James McAvoy, Nick Frost and Burn Gorman.
  
  
• In the scene where Christina Ricci's character catches James McAvoy trying to steal a book, she mentions that the room has 300 First editions worth over $50,000. This totals to $15,000,000: the budget of the film.
  
  

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