'The Danish Girl' trivia and fun facts

Matthias Schoenaerts and Alicia Vikander were set to co-star in Tulip Fever, but Schoenaerts dropped out. They would have also played lovers in that film.

Eddie Redmayne and director Tom Hooper previously worked together in Elizabeth I (2005) and Los miserables (2012).

Matthias Schoenaerts and Sebastian Koch had previously appeared in 'El libro negro' (2006).

Matthias Schoenaerts almost played a transgender character in 'Una nueva amiga' (2014), but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with 'Lejos del mundanal ruido' (2015).

Tomas Alfredson was going to direct but dropped out.

Marion Cotillard had starred in the film in the role of Gerda, she would have shared the screen with Matthias Schoenaerts for the second time. The first was in 'De óxido y hueso' (2012).

Directors Lasse Hallström, Neil LaBute and Anand Tucker were all previously involved in the project.

This is one of four period pieces starring Matthias Schoenaerts to be released in 2015. The others are 'Suite francesa' (2014), 'A Little Chaos' (2014) and 'Lejos del mundanal ruido' (2015).

Eddie Redmayne was previously in 'El destino de Júpiter' (2015) that was co-directed by transgender director Lana Wachowski. The film will also give special thanks to her.

This is Alicia Vikander's second period piece set in Denmark, the neighbor country of her native Sweden. Her first was Un asunto real (2012).