The production team had to build a fake snow machine. It broke on day one. So they used real snow from a nearby mountain. And it smelled like wet dog. Authentic!
Nicholas Ralph (James) admitted he’s terrified of geese. Guess who has a scene with an aggressive goose? Him. That goose is a method actor. It bit him three times.
Samuel West (Siegfried) learned to play the cornet for a single scene. He’s terrible at it. The crew left it in the final cut because it sounds so perfectly awful.