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| � The actresses were coached by Simon Clifford, who runs Futbol De Salao, a Brazilian soccer school. � The Hounslow Harriers team doesn't exists, but almost all the players are professional footballers. � Many of the wedding guests are relatives of director Gurinder Chadha and added realism by throwing themselves wholeheartedly into the scenes and treating the shoot as if it were a real wedding. � Jess wears number 7 for the Hounslow Harriers, the same number David Beckham wears for both England and Manchester United. � Star Parminder Nagra was worried that the scar on her leg would prevent her from getting the role of Jess. Instead, the scar - and the story behind it - were worked into the script. � The plane that the Hounslow Harriers get off of in Hamburg is actually a Museum aircraft that is kept on display at Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel airport. A Boeing 707 which no longer in airline service it sports a red and white Hamburg airport paint job. � The aircraft shown that transported the team to Hamburg (a Boeing 707-430 reg. D-AFHG Ex Lufthansa D-ABOD) is a static display at the Hamburg airport. � Although football (soccer) star David Beckham and the term "bend" are well-known in the U.K., they are virtually unknown in the U.S. As such, when the time came for the film's U.S release, 20th Century Fox marketing execs suggested changing the title to "Move it like Mia", alluding to U.S. football star Mia Hamm. Director Gurinder Chadha objected to the name change and the film was released with its original title. |
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| � Revealing mistakes: Jess's team, Hounslow Harriers, is playing Queens Park Rangers (QPR) in the final. A woman wearing a QPR scarf is sitting behind the Harriers' bench and is seen cheering after Jules and Jess score goals against QPR. � Revealing mistakes: During the engagement party, one of the old women opens her purse to check her phone before the ringing begins. |