Trivia

Because of Meryl Streep's height (5'6") several camera/set/costume tricks had to be employed to mimic Julia Child's height (6'2"). Countertops were lowered, Streep wore extra high heels, and forced perspective camera angles were used.

Eric Powell's quote ("I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by") was originally made by Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005). Eric explains this himself, immediately after delivering the line.

Both the Paris and Boston train terminal shots were done in the beautifully restored New Jersey Transit Hoboken Train Terminal waiting room.

This is the second film that Meryl Streep has appeared in that has the name "Julia" in the title. The first was her film debut, Julia (1977), in 1977.

Scenes featuring Dave Annable of "Brothers & Sisters" (2006) as a friend of Julie's were cut from the final film.

Julia Prud'homme, who plays the bridge teacher in the film, is Julia Child's grand-niece.

'Stop The Train' by Henry Wolfe is included in the soundtrack. Henry (Real name Henry Gummer) is Meryl Streep's son.

Meryl Streep gained as much as 15 pounds while filming the movie.

Paul Child was 10 years older than Julia, however in reality Meryl Streep is 11 years older than 'Stanley Tucci'.

Although the movie is based on the blog by Julie Powell, where she narrated her admiration and efforts to cook 524 of Julia Child's recipes in one year, Julie (Amy Adams) and Julia (Meryl Streep) don't have any scenes together. Julie frequently talks about Julia, there is a montage featuring both women and their husbands, and at a certain point, Julie gets to know Julia's opinion about her blog; but they never personally meet (at least not in the movie).