Trivia / Legends of the Fall

• California Doubling: Alberta and British Columbia double for Montana.
• Dawson Casting: Isabel Two looks age-appropriate as a 13-year-old, but after a time skip of several years, she's still played by the same actress and has obviously not aged.
• Fake American: Welsh Anthony Hopkins as Colonel Ludlow. Aidan Quinn is a borderline example as he's American, but raised in Ireland.
• Saved from Development Hell: It took seventeen years to get this film made.
• Star-Making Role: This was attempted with Julia Ormond, who was trying to break into America. The film did well but she suffered from the two huge bombs of Smilla's Sense of Snow and the remake of Sabrina, and gradually faded from leading roles.
• Throw It In!: While filming Isabel II's death scene, Brad Pitt actually did get hit by an actor playing a policeman - which is the reason he has a black eye in the tennis scene. They threw in a couple of lines about Tristan's "shiner" to explain it.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Johnny Depp was the first choice to play Tristan. Disliking more overt Mr. Fanservice roles, he turned it down.
  • The film originally got its start as a vehicle for Sean Connery and Tom Cruise, neither of whom are in the finished project.
  • Gwyneth Paltrow auditioned for the role of Susannah. Samantha Mathis was also considered.
  • Noah Wyle auditioned for Samuel Ludlow.

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