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-Bill Nighy and Penelope Wilton previously played husband and wife in Shaun of the Dead (2004)
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-To save other fans the effort of research and math, here's the ages, young to old, of the principal -older- actors: (may be off by a month or two) Madge Hardcastle / Celia Imrie 60 Doug Ainslie / Bill Nighy 63 Graham Dashwood / Tom Wilkinson 64 Jean Ainslie / Penelope Wilton 66 Norman / Ron Pickup 72 Muriel Donnely / Maggie Smith 78 Evelyn Greenlake / Judi Dench 78
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-Penelope Wilton (Jean) is reading Tulip Fever, a novel by Deborah Moggach, on whose novel the film is based. The film is based on the novel These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach. The film Tulip Fever is in development.
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-Tom Wilkinson's character is called Graham Dashwood. Tom Wilkinson played Mr. Dashwood in the 1995 version of 'Sense and Sensibility'.
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-Peter O'Toole and Julie Christie were to play the parts of Norman and Madge but were later replaced by Ronald Pickup and Celia Imrie. Additionally director John Madden went on to say that Eileen Atkins and John Hurt were another two actors considered for parts.
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-Tom Wilkinson (Graham Dashwood) is married to Diana Hardcastle (Carol) in real life.
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-At one point Madge claims to be Princess Margaret. Ramona Marquez, who plays Madge's granddaughter, actually played Princess Margaret in Le discours d'un roi (2010).