Trivia / The Yellow Handkerchief

• Billing Displacement: Maria Bello gets second billing in front of the then-unknown Kristen Stewart and Eddie Redmayne. While May plays a big role in the story, she doesn't properly come into focus until the end of the second act.
• Dawson Casting: Eddie Redmayne is twenty-five playing a character who is implied to be at least seventeen. Kristen Stewart likewise was eighteen playing a fifteen-year-old.^note Martine's age is never actually stated, but Gordy at one point alludes to her being fifteen.
• Enforced Method Acting: William Hurt spent for days in Louisiana State Penitentiary to better understand Brett's situation. He even volunteered to stay overnight in a maximum security cell.
• Fake American: British Eddie Redmayne disguises his RP under a convincing American accent.
• The Remake: The film is an American remake of a Japanese film of the same name, made in 1977.