Trivia / A Perfect World

• Creator's Favorite Episode: This is one of Clint Eastwood's favorite movies that he's directed.
• Hostility on the Set: Clint Eastwood and Kevin Costner did not always get along during shooting, Costner being an actor who likes to rehearse and wanting to discuss every scene, as opposed to Eastwood, who dislikes rehearsals and prefers to shoot quickly. This led to Costner to storm off the set at one point. However, the two managed to work together for the rest of the movie.
• Those Two Actors: Kevin Costner and Linda Hart (who plays the waitress Butch has a one-night stand with late in the movie) would team up again a few years later in Tin Cup, playing exes.
• What Could Have Been: Clint Eastwood was originally only going to direct, and not appear in the movie. Kevin Costner talked him into acting in the movie as well.
  • Steven Spielberg was originally going to direct at one point, which would have ended up re-teaming him with Laura Dern.
  • Eastwood originally wanted Denzel Washington as Butch.