Trivia for
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) More at IMDbPro »

• Actress Finty Williams, who plays Lady Bracknell as a young dancer, is the daughter of Dame Judi Dench, who plays the older Lady Bracknell.
  
  
• The business with "Ernest's" bill at the Savoy and the money collectors coming to Jack's country home is taken from a scene cut from the play prior to its publication.
  
  
• The scenes where Rupert Everett slaps Colin Firth on his rear end and where Everett kisses Firth's cheek were ad libs. Director Oliver Parker thought Firth's stunned reaction was so humorous he decided to leave them in.
  
  
• While Reese Witherspoon was learning her English accent for this movie, her husband, Ryan Phillippe was learning a Scottish accent for his role in Gosford Park (2001). The person who picked it up fastest? Their daughter Ava.
  
  
• Though cut from the revised version, the gardener Molton can be seen in the background of many scenes.
  
  

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