Surviving Actors: Manchester 2013 featured casting.
Luke Hupton wrote a personal letter to Dame Judi Dench offering her the cameo role of Elise Babineau - the antique store owner who gifts August the door that takes him into the past. Dame Judi later replied, unfortunately having to turn down the role due to a busy schedule, but thanking him for thinking of her.
Luke Hupton's first feature film.
Over 1000 actors applied to audition.