- Just as Cillian Murphy's character was named Robert Fischer Jr. as a tribute to champion chess player Bobby Fischer, his father's (Pete Postlethwaite) character is named Maurice Fischer as an homage to artist M.C. Escher (full name Maurits Cornelis Escher), whose art was clearly an inspiration for many of the special effects in the film.
- Movie Goof (continuity error): In the scenes where Arthur and Ariadne are looking at the hotel rooms in the second layer of dreams, Ariadne's bun keeps moving back and forth on her head. (In one scene, it is on top of her head, in the next, it is near the back, then moves up again.)
- Evan Rachel Wood was Christopher Nolan's first choice to play Ariadne, but she turned it down. Nolan considered casting Emily Blunt, Rachel McAdams and Emma Roberts, but chose Ellen Page instead.
- The "paradox staircase" (with a woman perpetually picking up papers) that Arthur shows Ariadne is a reference to a lithograph print by the Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher. The print is usually called "Ascending and Descending" or "The Infinite Staircase", and was first printed in March 1960; Escher is well-known for his drawings exploring optical illusions and real architectural, mathematical, and philosophical principles rendered in fantastical ways.
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