Kate Winslet and Emma Thompson both reportedly turned down the role of Anna. Shannen Doherty was offered the role of Anna but turned it down due to her commitment in the TV series Зачарованные.

The real King Mongkut was paralyzed on one half of his face, a fact that has apparently been dropped for the movie.

This movie was banned in Thailand because of assumed historical inaccuracies about the King of Siam and the time period of the movie.

At first it seemed that the film would be made on location in Thailand, but even after some sсript revisions had been made,
negotiations between the production company and the Thai government failed to come to agreement about the sсript's final content and the production crew was denied permission to film in Thailand.
The Thai authorities maintained that there were still too many historical inaccuracies for it to be acceptable. Instead it was filmed in neighboring Malaysia.

The King doesn't have a queen who would have been the mother of the Crown Prince. Rama IV's queen died young, and after her death the King never raised another consort to be the queen.

Bai Ling completely shaved her head bald for her role as Tuptim.

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