Factual error: Considering Sigrit and Lars are similar ages in the opening flashback to 1974, 41 year old Rachel McAdams should be a similar age to the 52 year old Will Ferrell, which she clearly isn't. Alternatively, if she's meant to be in her 50s, there's no way they'd have been able to have a baby together.
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30th Jun 2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
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Suggested correction: Women *can* get pregnant, and have healthy babies, in their early 50s. There are more health risks, but it happens.
Suggested correction: Actors play older/younger characters all the time. The fact that you know their real age says nothing about the character's age. In real life, people often look older or younger (when I was in my mid - to late-30's, a lot of people wouldn't believe I was older than 25).
Considering that Sigrit is 4 or 5 years old in the 1974 flashback, she is 50 or 51 in her role in the main part of the movie. Not only is McAdams too young for the role, but also is Sigrits dream of founding a family and getting a baby quite unrealistic.
She's not too young for the role, which is the point of the correction. When I looked to see her age, I saw her pictures and guessed she was about 47 or 48, so she looks older than she really is. And there's a lot of 50+ year olds that look like they're in their 40's. Plus, the original mistake has nothing to do with a 50+ year old woman having a child.
30th Jun 2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Trivia: Lemtov says everyone hates the UK - this is harsh but fair in Eurovision terms, as the UK hasn't won since 1997 and regularly has a disappointing score, with some theorising political reasoning plays a part. Lemtov is played by Dan Stevens, who's British.
30th Jun 2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Trivia: Iceland has never yet won the Eurovision song contest.
30th Jun 2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Factual error: A central point of the plot is Iceland not being able to host due to financial constraints. But the winning country is allowed to nominate another country to take on the hosting role if wanted.
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Suggested correction: Italy has been absent from the Eurovision Song Contest for over a decade; the reason from multiple sources is reported to be the same stated here, even if not officially. Organizing the event is costly, very risky if production values are not up to standards and the return can be limited or negative - so you could say it happened in the past. It's a matter of internal politics, consider that executives may look at their own gain more than the big picture, and 'handing it over' to someone else makes someone in the business of organizing events (rather than winning them) lose face more than simply being one of the many who don't end up victorious.
30th Jun 2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Factual error: The Eurovision venue supposedly in Edinburgh is the SSE Hydro, in Glasgow.
30th Jun 2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Trivia: The film starts with ABBA performing Waterloo. Pierce Brosnan starred in the ABBA musical Mamma Mia! and performed Waterloo over the end credits.
30th Jun 2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Trivia: Graham Norton, the commentator during the semi finals and final, is the official Eurovision presenter for the UK. The sardonic comments he makes during the film are exactly in line with the sort of comments he makes during the real broadcast, a tradition which started with his predecessor Terry Wogan, who started the role in 1980.
30th Jun 2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Trivia: Pierce Brosnan is only 13 years older than Will Ferrell.
30th Jun 2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Trivia: The "song off" features many appearances from previous Eurovision contestants.
30th Jun 2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Trivia: The film was meant to be released to coincide with the 65th Eurovision song contest in 2020, which ended up being cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
30th Jun 2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Trivia: Will Ferrell was interested in Eurovision from the late 90s - he always felt someone should make a film about it, and was surprised nobody else ever did. So he finally did himself.
30th Jun 2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Trivia: Rachel McAdams doesn't perform all the songs herself, which are mostly sung by Swedish singer Molly Sanden. However McAdams' voice was used for mixing, and she sings in the first rehearsal, plus when she's writing Husavik in her hotel room. Likewise Dan Stevens, whose singing is performed by Erik Mjones.
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