Although his memoirs frequently refer to the barber as the Little Tramp, Chaplin said in 1937 that he would not play the Little Tramp in his sound pictures.
Znan francoski filmski režiser François Truffaut je razkril, da je v začetku produkcije filma Chaplin dejal, da ne želi igrati "Potepuha" na zvočnem filmu, zato ima brivca za popolnoma drug lik.