* CaliforniaDoubling: the series takes place in Wyoming, but is filmed in New Mexico--a part of New Mexico that really does look a lot like Wyoming, though.
* FakeAmerican: Creator/RobertTaylor1963 (Longmire) is Australian.
* FakeNationality: Filipino-American Creator/LouDiamondPhillips as a Native American. [[PlaysGreatEthnics This is nothing new for the actor]].
* PlayingAgainstType:
** {{Creator/Graham Greene|Actor}} is famous for his peaceful, stoic mentor roles, but here he plays the corrupt, murderous and FauxAffablyEvil ex-Tribal Police chief turned gangster Malachai Strand.
** Creator/TomWopat, best known for playing a [[Series/TheDukesOfHazzard heroic rural outlaw]] who mocked and humiliated the corrupt local sheriff's department, plays a sheriff [[spoiler:who is revealed to be corrupt]].
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Despite being one of their most popular shows, A&E cancelled it after the third season [[http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-a-hit-tv-show-got-canceled-its-fans-were-too-old-1410451057 due to being too expensive and having viewers too old for their desired demographic.]] But it was later renewed on Netflix and ran for three more seasons with the sixth slated to be the final one.
* StuntCasting: Creator/TantooCardinal, one of the most famous Canadian First Nations actors, plays the small (but significant) role of the Crow medicine woman Marilyn in a few episodes in the last three seasons.