'My Dinner with Hervé' trivia and fun facts
Heights
Peter Dinklage is considerably taller than Hervé Villechaize. In reality, Villechaize was 3'11" while Dinklage is 4'5".
Team work
Director Sacha Gervasi once conducted a lengthy interview with Hervé Villechaize just prior to the latter's death. He found a fellow admirer in Peter Dinklage, and they worked together on a screenplay for several years before HBO greenlit the movie, with Dinklage starring and Gervasi directing.
Billy Barty
In 1957, Billy Barty founded the Little People of America organization to help people with dwarfism. In 2017, Mark Povinelli was elected President of that organization. In this film, Povinelli plays Barty.
Former partners
Peter Dinklage and Oona Chaplin already shoot together in 'Game of Thrones'.
A great inspiration
Peter Dinklage has said for years that Hervé Villechaize has been a great inspiration because he algo had to work hard to find a job without being typecast.