Editing Gosford Park (section)

===Casting===
In ''Gosford Park'', as in many of his other films, Altman had a list of actors he intended to appear in the film before it was cast formally. The film's casting director was [[Mary Selway]], whom producer David Levy described as knowing many British actors.<ref name=qa>{{cite video |people=Hammond, Pete |date=8 March 2002 |title=Cast and Filmmaker's Q&A Session |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Focus Features|USA Films]]|display-authors=etal}}</ref> Very few actors who were offered parts did not end up in the film. [[Jude Law]] dropped out of the production just before the shoot began, and he was replaced by [[Ryan Phillippe]]. [[Kenneth Branagh]] and [[Robert Bathurst]] were both tied down by scheduling conflicts. [[Alan Rickman]], [[Joely Richardson]] and [[Judi Dench]] were also considered for roles in the film. The cast is notable for featuring two [[Knight Bachelor|knight]]s (Michael Gambon and Derek Jacobi)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=54993 |date=30 December 1997 |page=2 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=53527 |date=30 December 1993 |page=2 |supp=y}}</ref> and two [[Dame (title)|dames]] (Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith).<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=56237 |date=16 June 2001 |page=7 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=51981 |date=29 December 1989 |page=7 |supp=y}}</ref> Alan Bates and Stephen Fry would later be knighted<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=56797 |date=31 December 2002 |page=1 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=64607 |date=31 December 2024 |page=N2 |supp=y}}</ref> and Helen Mirren and Kristin Scott Thomas made dames.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=56963 |date=14 June 2003 |page=7 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61092 |date=31 December 2014 |page=N8 |supp=y}}</ref>