Trivia / Buried

• California Doubling: Set in Iraq, shot in Barcelona.
• Enforced Method Acting: Ryan Reynolds stated that he suffered from claustrophobia towards the end of filming, much like Paul Conroy; the film was shot in chronological order, and so the coffin he was in had to be filled with more and more sand over time. He described the last day of shooting as "unlike anything I experienced in my life, and I never ever want to experience that again."
• Fake Nationality:
  • Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds portrays the American Paul Conroy.
  • Paul's Iraqi captor is voiced by a Spanish actor.