Steamboy

Steamboy mistakes

Factual error: The Great Exhibition was held in 1851, roughly 15 years before the film takes place.

Factual error: Tower Bridge is destroyed by the steam castle. The movie takes place in 1866 and Tower Bridge was not built until 1894.

Steamboy trivia

Trivia: In the English dub of the film, Anna Paquin voices Ray Steam, Alfred Molina voices Edward (Ray's father) and Patrick Stewart voices Lloyd (Ray's grandfather). The three also share another connection in real-life. Paquin and Stewart co-starred in all three "X-Men" films, which were created by Marvel, and Molina starred in another popular Marvel comic-turned-film, when he appeared as the villain in "Spider-Man 2."

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Trivia: The film took nearly a decade to make. It was repeatedly placed on hold during production due to financial issues, and was slowly pieced together over eight years.

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Trivia: The film is comprised over over 180,000 individual hand-drawn animation cells, in addition to digital and 3D animation.

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Steamboy quotes

Dr. Loyd Steam: An invention with no philosophy behind it is a curse.

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