1.   And he also had long discussions with the actors when they rehearsed the dialogue during the week before shooting began.

2.   And Sayles found them himself before shooting began.

3.   And on a hot Mexican afternoon a week before shooting began, he sat himself down to learn how to type.

4.   Berry was determined to get the role but sealed the deal only after having lunch with Thornton three weeks before shooting began.

5.   But before shooting began, Pitt, Annaud and co-star Thewlis went to Austria where the actors did a three-week mountaineering course and met the real Harrer.

6.   But soon after shooting began, Richie, who played a boy named Joey, wanted to stop.

7.   He got the part and started a crash course, which included three weeks in Dublin before shooting began, learning about Behan and absorbing the culture.

8.   He had only barely recovered when shooting began.

9.   He studied the instrument two months before shooting began.

10.   Shooting begins in March, so he might look a bit odd at the Oscars.