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1	* AllStarCast: Besides Creator/JohnnyDepp, other notable actors in the film include Creator/JoelEdgerton, Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, Creator/KevinBacon, Creator/PeterSarsgaard, Creator/DakotaJohnson, and Creator/CoreyStoll.
2	* BillingDisplacement: Creator/DakotaJohnson is billed fourth, but leaves the movie around the 40 minute mark. Her character doesn't even receive her own epilogue segment at the end of the film.
3	* CaliforniaDoubling: Revere Beach in Revere, Massachusetts, just north of Boston, was transformed into Miami Beach for the Miami scenes. Filmmakers added real palm trees to the beach, and dressed up a local pizzeria, to look like a Cuban café.
4	* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Creator/JohnnyDepp named this as his favourite film of his own.
5	* DeletedRole: Sienna Miller shot scenes as Catherine Greig, Whitey's girlfriend who went on the run with him, all of which were removed from the final cut.
6	* DuelingMovies: With ''Film/{{Spotlight}}'', which is also about a particularly dark moment in Boston's recent history.
7	* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/JessePlemons gained weight for his role as Kevin Weeks. Producers of ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' asked him to keep the weight on. He portrays a character who is a butcher by profession.
8	* FakeAmerican / FakeIrish: Australian Creator/JoelEdgerton and British Creator/BenedictCumberbatch play Boston natives of Irish descent, as do Juno Temple and Creator/DakotaJohnson (who is American but not from Boston).
9	* MissingTrailerScene: The beating of John [=McIntyre=], shown in most promotional spots, was ultimately cut from the film.
10	* PlayingAgainstType: For composer Music/JunkieXL (credited under his real name Tom Holkenborg), best known for big bombastic blockbuster music scores like ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' and ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', the somber string-heavy score of ''Black Mass'' was a notable departure from his usual work.
11	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
12	** Creator/GuyPearce was originally cast as William Bulger, but dropped out of the project for undisclosed reasons.
13	** Creator/TomHardy had been considered for John Connolly, but dropped out and was replaced.
14	** Creator/MargotRobbie turned down the role of Lindsey Cyr due to scheduling conflicts. Creator/JenniferLawrence also turned the part down due to scheduling conflicts. Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/FelicityJones, Creator/AnnaKendrick and Creator/BlakeLively were all considered for the role.

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