To prepare for the role, William Hurt spent a night in Louisiana State Penitentiary - better known as Angola.
Kaori Momoi, who played the motel manager, played the counterpart of Kristen Stewart in The Yellow Handkerchief (1977), the Japanese adaptation of the same story.
William Hurt and Maria Bello previously starred in A History of Violence (2005), but they didn't share any scenes.
William Hurt & Kristen Stewart both previously starred in "Into The Wild", but they didn't share any scenes.
The cast has two Oscars (Hurt, Redmayne) and four more nominations (Hurt 3, Redmayne 1).