The original author, Daniel Handler, did not want his novel to be adapted into a movie, so after the filming started, he hoped that volunteers would only buy movie tickets for the movie but not go to the cinema.
Christie Carlson Romano was the first person to play Violet, and the casting director later caught a glimpse of Emily Browning on TV while exercising in the gym.
Tim Burton had hoped to direct the film and appointed Johnny Depp to play Count Olaf and Glenn Cross to play Aunt Josephine. Later, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp withdrew one after another. Brad Sabnin, who took over, replaced Glenn Cross with Meryl Streep.
Kim Carey needs 3 hours of makeup every day.
The baby in the film uses a stand-in, but the director initially considered using a CG animation baby.
When Count Olaf and the child met for the first time in the film, he said: Wait, say the last sentence again. This sentence was originally not a line in the script, but was added because of the improvisation of the performer.
Liam Aiken, who played Klaus, grew 11.4 centimeters taller during the filming of the film, and his clothing was constantly adjusted as a result. At the end of the film, he was obviously taller than Emily Browning, who played his sister.
Two weeks before the completion of the film, the director of photography Emmanuel Lubez Gene wanted to take on the role of "New World" and had to withdraw from the filming. Robert Yeman took over for him to shoot the second half of the third part of the film.
When Josephine and the children looked through her scrapbook in the film, a photo of a young Josephine traveling in Africa appeared in the scrapbook. This photo was taken by Meryl Streep in "Out of Africa". Stills from ".
There are more than 100 animal actors in the film, and 70 reptiles often appear in the scene of the reptile room.
