When filming "The Green Mile," De Labont was still groping for ways to get along with the actors. Because he was involved in the planning of the film, the screenwriting and the actual shooting stages, he was very clear about what he wanted.
The name of John Coffey in the film originated from a lecturer who taught history at Emerson College in Boston. Stephen King liked his name so much that he used it in the novel.
The height difference between David Moss and Mike Clark Duncan is less than 1 inch, and the difference in height is caused by the viewing angle.
In order to make Passy's role even more disgusting, the crew asked Doug Hugherson to put on a pair of leather shoes with a particularly loud voice.
Mike Clarke Duncan felt embarrassed when he was shooting John grabbing Paul’s crotch, so Hanks left for a while and returned. When the filming continued, Duncan reached out and found that Hanks had put an empty water bottle in his pants. To alleviate his discomfort. The film’s story takes place in Louisiana, but in Louisiana there was no electrocution in 1935, only hanging, and the death penalty was always executed in court until 1957.
