16 Hidden Scenes in Greatest Showman
Following is our collection of Greatest Showman facts. Handpicked and verified, these little-known details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Greatest Showman film message.


Greatest Showman Movie Trivia Facts
These trivia from Reddit and other sources can be used as questions with answers in quizzes or games.
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When asking his daughters what he should put in the museum one says put a unicorn. The other says put a mermaid. The mermaid suggestion is a reference to the Fiji Mermaid that was an actual exhibit at the museum. The unicorn suggestion refers to Lancelot the living unicorn.
Greatest Showman Easter Eggs
Hidden objects, characters, easter eggs, and their meanings are wonderful ways to discover the filmmaker's perspectives of any given movie.
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PT Barnum (Hugh Jackman) closes the piano in the bar as Phillip Carlyle (Zac Efron) turns around so that he doesn't see that the piano is actually playing itself
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- When Barnum is talking to his daughters about how to improve the show, they suggest "a unicorn or a mermaid". The reply, "Unicorns aren't real" (implying that mermaids are real) is a nod to one of PT Barnum's first attractions: The Fiji Mermaid
Greatest Showman Hidden Facts
Hugh Jackman doesn't actually touch the piano, but the piano is being played
Barnum keeps sober while making a deal with Carlyle by pouring the drinks himself (keeping his drink almost empty) and avoiding drinking altogether





When P. T. is showing his daughters his 'wishing machine', the linen parts like the entrance to a circus
Barnum's girls were talking about mermaid, which was the most famous fake thing Barnum presented in the real life.


Greatest Showman Plot
Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
Cast and Details
Here are the full cast and crew of Greatest Showman. The goofs, crazy credits, and trivia they have performed may have not taken your attention. Some are hidden for a reason, while others randomly forgotten.
Genre | Biography, Drama, Musical |
Director | Michael Gracey |
Production | 20th Century Fox |
Stars | Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Zendaya |
IMDB score | 7.6 |