'Brooklyn' trivia and fun facts

Saoirse Ronan was getting a manicure in Dublin when she discovered that she had received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in the film. In her rush of excitement, she bought champagne for everyone in the salon.

Received a standing ovation when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

Rooney Mara was originally cast in the lead role. However, her eventual replacement, Saoirse Ronan, was a front-runner for the part since the film began development, but she was too young to portray Eilis. The production was stalled for years, Mara backed out and when the project was ready to resume, Ronan had aged properly to fit the character and won the part.

Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired the distribution rights of the film at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, with a record-deal of $9 million.

The Irish beach scenes were filmed at Curracloe Strand. The location was also used for the filming of the D-Day sequence in Salvar al soldado Ryan (1998).

Filming on eight different dinner scenes, set at the boarding house, were all completed within only two days.