| 1 | * AbilityOverAppearance: |
| 2 | ** Creator/JoaquinPhoenix is 5'8", making him six inches shorter than Music/JohnnyCash, but he plays the role brilliantly all the same. It helps that he was chosen by the man himself for it. |
| 3 | ** Shooter Jennings hardly looks anything like [[Music/WaylonJennings his father]] did at the time, though being a talented singer in his own right, not to mention the man's ''actual son'', gives him a pass. |
| 4 | * ActorAllusion: Music/WaylonJennings is played in the movie by his son, Shooter. |
| 5 | * CreatorChosenCasting: Johnny Cash personally chose Creator/JoaquinPhoenix to portray him after seeing him in ''{{Film/Gladiator}}''. |
| 6 | * PlayingAgainstType: Creator/GinniferGoodwin, who plays Johnny Cash's jealous first wife, is best known for playing wholesome girl-next-door characters. |
| 7 | * RealLifeRelative: Shooter Jennings is the son of Music/WaylonJennings. He even performed his father's song, "I'm A Long Way From Home". |
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