Early in the film, Simon sees a group of kids playing and asks Pelle what they are doing. Pelle explains that they are playing "Skin the fool". During the sacrifice scene at the end of the film, Mark's skinned and mutilated body is carried into the temple with a jester's hat atop his head. The kids game may have been derived from the actual practice of "skinning the fool" for the Mid-summer sacrifice.
Surviving Picasso - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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The cast includes two Oscar winners: Sir Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore; and one Oscar nominee: Dame Joan Plowright.
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Joss Ackland played Author C.S. Lewis in Shadowlands (1985). Sir Anthony Hopkins played Lewis in Shadowlands (1993).
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One of four theatrical movie collaborations of Sir Anthony Hopkins and Merchant Ivory Productions. The others being Howards End (1992), The Remains of the Day (1993), and The City of Your Final Destination (2009).
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Sir Anthony Hopkins was a close friend and frequent collaborator with Director Sir Richard Attenborough, who had his own extensive collection of Picasso prints.
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Reproductions of Picasso's art work were not allowed to be used in this movie. However, the estates of Henri Matisse and Georges Braque allowed their work to be represented.
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Merchant Ivory Productions faced strong objections from Françoise Gilot and her son, Claude, when making this movie. Claude Picasso met once with the Merchant Ivory team, but then strongly objected to the making of this movie, petitioning the studio to stop production. Gilot had written her story in the book "Life with Picasso" in 1964, which Picasso had tried to stop from being published. The filmmakers were unable to acquire the rights. Instead they used Arianna Huffington's "Picasso: Creator and Destroyer" as the basis for Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's script.
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A few years after this movie, Sir Anthony Hopkins had already signed on to play Hannibal Lecter in Hannibal (2001), but Jodie Foster had declined. When Director Ridley Scott let Hopkins know what actresses were being considered to play Clarice, Hopkins remembered how much he enjoyed working with Julianne Moore on this movie, and recommended her.
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Marlon Brando was once interested in playing Pablo Picasso and was trying to reduce weight on a banana diet.
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Sir Anthony Hopkins ate the same diet as Pablo Picasso during filming.
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Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro were considered for the leads.
Surviving Picasso - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Surviving Picasso - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Surviving Picasso - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Surviving Picasso - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Surviving Picasso - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Surviving Picasso - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Surviving Picasso - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Surviving Picasso - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Surviving Picasso - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Surviving Picasso - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Surviving Picasso - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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