Trivia

Despite the fact she plays Brian Jackson's mother, Julie Jackson, Catherine Tate is only 10 years older than James McAvoy.

Rebecca Hall's debut.

Rebecca Hall and Alice Eve both play characters that match their own first name.

James McAvoy and Benedict Cumberbatch would later co-star together in Atonement (2007).

One of the posters in Brian's room is for Samuel Beckett's 'Endgame' at the Royal Court Theatre. Rebecca Hall's father, Sir Peter Hall, directed the UK premiere of Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot'.