Andrew Garfield stayed in character in between takes. Claire Foy would even scratch his itches.
Andy Serkis has stated that this film was a labor of love in that the story depicts the real-life odyssey of Robin and Diana Cavendish, the parents of his friend and business partner Jonathan Cavendish.
Three wheelchairs were made by Teddy Hall, he named them the 'Cavendish' wheelchair. Teddy Hall built the original chairs with his own money. He had a considerable amount of money because his grandfather discovered the largest lump of gold to be found at the time in Australia.
Jonathan Cavendish, Robin's son, is a film producer and is one of the producers on this film.
The real Diana Cavendish (who is played by Claire Foy in the film), was present during much of the filming. She was 83 at the time and traveled to all the filming locations with the production.
At the end of the film there are some short sequences of Super 8 footage of the real Cavendish family, including Robin and Diana on their wedding day and a family outing to a beach with Robin in his wheelchair.
Diana Rigg, Dean-Charles Chapman, and Roger Ashton-Griffiths all starred together in HBO's hit series Game of Thrones (2011).
In the DVD commentary Jonathan Cavendish states that the song "True Love" from High Society which is played during a repeated scene of Robin and Diana kissing in front of an African sunset was a favourite of his parents in real life.
Tom Hollander plays both of a pair of twins. Andrew Garfield previously appeared in The Social Network (2010), in which Armie Hammer also plays twins.
Andrew Garfield, Diana Rigg, Miranda Raison, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, and Hugh Bonneville have all been guest stars on Doctor Who (2005). Garfield and Raison guest starred in the same 2-parter episodes in Series 3 ("Daleks in Manhattan" / "Evolution of the Daleks").
