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The Count of Monte Cristo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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During one of the fencing scenes between Jim Caviezel and Guy Pearce, a move was performed incorrectly, and Pearce was accidentally stabbed through the skin on his side. They took him to a hospital, and after he was patched up, he was bragging about the wound proudly, while Caviezel apologized profusely the whole time.
The Count of Monte Cristo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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The second film featuring Michael Wincott to be released by Walt Disney Pictures, and based on a novel by Alexandre Dumas. He previously played Rochefort in The Three Musketeers (1993).
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In the book, there is no whipping in château D'If.
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The character of Monsieur Villefort, has the first inotials of J.F, which are the same as the initials of the actor portraying him James Frain
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Guy Pearce was originally offered the role of Edmond Dantes.
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The location of the Chateau D'if is actually an old castle in Malta, and is now used by the Maltese military as a communications and weather station.
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In the death scene, for Abbe Faria (Richard Harris), where the tunnel collapses on him, all of the rocks are actually made of cork and polystyrene foam, that has been spray painted to resemble some large rocks
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Dagmara Dominczyk (Mercedes) is only seven years older than Henry Cavill, who plays her son (Albert).
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For the introduction of Abbe Faria, Kevin Reynolds chose to have him dig into Edmond's cell through the floor because he felt that digging through the wall was too much of a cinematic cliché.
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The movie was filmed in Malta and Ireland. Powerscourt House in County Wicklow stood in for the Parisian estate Dantes buys.
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In the book, Danglars Albie Woodington got out of the shipping business by speculating with his money, achieved great wealth, and married into nobility.
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The red paisley waistcoat Luis Guzmán (Jacopo) wears in the final scene is the same costume Chris Gorell Barnes wears in The Regency House Party (2004), Dan Stevens (Edward Ferrars) wears for Edward's arrival at Norland in Sense & Sensibility (2008), and JJ Feild (Fred Garland) wears in The Shadow in the North (2007).
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Jim Caviezel and Henry Cavill were considered for the title character in Superman Returns (2006). Cavill was cast as Superman in Man of Steel (2013) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).
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In the book, the Spada treasure dates from the fifteenth century, and had been hidden from Pope Alexander VI.
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The Count of Monte Cristo was one of Mark Twain's favorite books. When Twain toured Europe in 1867, he made a special stop to see the prison, Chateau D'if. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn contains a humorous spoof of Monte Cristo.
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The green and brown silk gown Helen McCrory (Valentina Villefort) wears to Albert's party is the same gown Natasha Little (Augusta Leigh) wears when Byron escorts her to the ball in Byron (2003), and Victoria Hopkins wears on the lawn with Lisa Braund in The Regency House Party (2004).
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Kevin Reynolds chose Tom Rand as the costume designer on the basis of his work on Ridley Scott's The Duellists (1977), which was also set during the Napoleonic era.
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In the book, Fernand is publicly humiliated by the exposure of his old crimes, and he commits suicide. Villefort is driven insane, and Dantes leaves him that way. Danglars loses his wealth, his wife, and his daughter, thanks to Dantes.
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The scene involving Villefort trying to kill himself, and Monte Cristo asking him: "Did you think I'd make it that easy for you?" was shot in two versions. Director Kevin Reynolds thought the other version, where the gun was loaded, worked better, and put it into the original cut. However, some test audiences, without the knowledge of the existing footage, indicated it would be better if the gun was not loaded, so the scene in the final cut was inserted.
The Count of Monte Cristo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts