Million Dollar Baby/Trivia

• Cast the Expert: Maggie's opponent in her final match was played by Lucia Rijker, a champion female boxer in Real Life.
• Dueling Movies:
  • With regards to theme: Cinderella Man, a more conventional Oscar Bait boxing flick that came out in the same year, but ran out of buzz long before the awards season rolled round.
  • It was something of an upstart at the Oscars, as everyone was expecting The Aviator to be Martin Scorsese's long-awaited triumph. MDB strolled in without an ounce of hype and walked away with best picture and best director.
• Dyeing for Your Art
• Fake Irish: Averted in case of Frankie Dunn: the actor does have Irish ancestry. Hilary Swank, not so much, but her character doesn't have any connection to Ireland besides the last name Fitzgerald.
• Hey, It's That Guy!: Shawrelle is played by Anthony Mackie, who is easily recognizable from The Hurt Locker and the Biggie Smalls biopic Notorious and now as the Falcon in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.