Meryl Streep was once attached to play Lillian Hall.
Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates and Lily Rabe all worked on American Horror Story
The lines "Do you want an argument, or an answer?" and "Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night!" are borrowed from All About Eve, released in 1950. Written by Mankiewicz, for Twentieth Century Fox.