What a Girl Wants - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[carl]

The youth hostel where Daphne Reynolds (Amanda Bynes) initially stays when she has arrived in London is the same building in which Bridget Jones' flat is in Bridget Jones' Diary (2001).

[christina]

The scene where Lady Jocelyn Dashwood (Dame Eileen Atkins) is presenting Daphne Reynolds (Amanda Bynes) with a tiara for her coming out party was filmed after principal photography had ended. Bynes was in the U.S. and had already dyed her hair a dark brown, and Atkins was in London.

[cassandra]

When Lord Henry Dashwood (Colin Firth) calls Libby Reynolds (Kelly Preston) to tell her Daphne Reynolds (Amanda Bynes) has been out all day with a boy in a band (Ian Wallace (Oliver James)), Libby says, "Lemme guess, he's a drummer?" In reality, Oliver James, who played Ian, is a drummer. This could also be a reference to The Reluctant Debutante (1958), on which this movie was based. The character on whom Ian was based, David Parkson (John Saxon), is a drummer.

[darrell]

Due to insurance reasons, Amanda Bynes and Oliver James weren't allowed to fall out of the boat. They had to get stunt doubles to do it.

[wesley]

The film's cast includes one Oscar winner, Colin Firth, and one Oscar nominee, Jonathan Pryce.

[claude]

Anna Chancellor and Christina Cole, who played mother and daughter in this movie, played Caroline Bingley. Anna in Pride and Prejudice (1995) with Colin Firth (who is also in this movie) and Christina in Lost in Austen (2008).

[nina]

Jonathan Pryce and Roger Ashton-Griffiths appeared on Game of Thrones (2011).

[gerald]

When Lord Henry Dashwood (Colin Firth) is looking through the photo album of Daphne Reynolds' (Amanda Bynes') childhood, there are actual pictures of Bynes when she was younger.

[carl]

Kelly Preston and Oliver James did all of their own singing in this movie.

[amber]

This movie was based on the 1955 play "The Reluctant Debutante" by William Douglas-Home and the movie The Reluctant Debutante (1958).

[veronica]

This movie opened during war with Iraq which made Warner Brothers change the poster art for this movie. Because the original artwork showed Amanda Bynes displaying a peace symbol, the artwork was changed so that the peace symbol was airbrushed out. The studio did not want anyone to think the artwork was a war protest.