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Chaplin (1992) More at IMDbPro »

• Geraldine Chaplin plays her own real life grandmother.
  
  
• Robert Downey Jr. recorded the song "Smile," which can be heard on the soundtrack from the movie. However, it was not used in the film.
  
  
• The original cut was nearly 4 hours long; over 200 hours of footage was shot.
  
  
• George Hayden (Anthony Hopkins) is the only principal character in the entire film who is fictional.
  
  
• Antony Sher was considered for the title role.
  
  
• John Goodman and Winona Ryder were attached to this project at one time.
  
  
• James Woods filmed his role in one day.
  
  
• Richard Attenborough cast Marisa Tomei in the role of Mabel Normand after seeing her performance in the '30s set comedy Oscar (1991) on a transatlantic flight.
  
  
• Co-producer Diana Hawkins was the one who suggested to Richard Attenborough the idea of making a Chaplin biography film, knowing that he was a fan of Chaplin.
  
  
• Bryan Forbes's discarded script had a different beginning and focused on some darker elements of Chaplin's life and personality. Although his script was not used, the WGA ruled that Forbes got writing credit because much of the film's framework was derived from his script.
  
  
• Attenborough's director's cut was 147 minutes, 12 minutes longer than the version shown in cinemas. Attenborough has said that the cuts damaged the film.
  
  
• Originally called "Charlie", as he was known among his friends and family. Since he was more universally known as Chaplin, that ended up being the title.
  
  
• Jim Carrey was considered for the role of Charlie Chaplin.
  
  
• Released 15 years to the day of Charles Chaplin's death.
  
  
• When Chaplin arrives in Hollywood (to join Mack Sennett) a film is being made. Chaplin joins in and improvises a complex scene. This is actually the final chase sequence from The Adventurer (1917/I). The location for the last shots of the opening sequence of the same film are used when Chaplin takes Oona Chaplin on a tour of his old haunts just before they leave for Europe.
  
  

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