- Actor-Inspired Element: Taylor Hackford wanted Christopher Plummer to look dishevelled and careworn. Finding it impossible to put him in ill-fitting clothes, the actor instead used an eyebrow pencil to create the impression of an ugly, permanent scar.
- Creator-Chosen Casting: Stephen King wrote the role of Dolores Claiborne with Kathy Bates in mind, having loved her in Misery.
- Creator's Favorite: Kathy Bates named Dolores Claiborne as her favourite role.
- Dark Horse Casting: Judy Parfitt was an unknown stage actress recommended by Helen Mirren. On seeing her audition as Vera, Kathy Bates and Taylor Hackford were so impressed they cast her on the spot.
- Method Acting: Ellen Muth wrote a journal as her character for weeks before filming to prepare for her role.
- Missing Trailer Scene:
- Mackey shouting "Because she's done it before!" doesn't appear in the film, despite Selena's later throwing it back at him being kept in.
- Shots from an alternate version of the inquest scene before it was re-shot appear in the trailer.
- Underage Casting: Kathy Bates is only fourteen years older than her on-screen daughter Jennifer Jason Leigh, but of course she also plays Dolores at various points throughout her life.
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