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* WrittenInInfirmity: Inverted. The real General Ewell only had one leg. In his one scene, the General is always shown from the waist up, so the audience can't tell that his actor Timothy Scott isn't missing a leg.
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* SwanSong: ''Gettysburg'' was Richard Jordan's final performance before he succumbed to brain cancer in August 1993.
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** The role of General Lee was at one time slated for Creator/WilliamHurt, who bailed on the project when [=PolyGram=] went broke. Creator/TommyLeeJones was approached, but could not take it because his schedule was filled. Creator/RobertDuvall was the next most likely candidate, having approached the producers and done research on the role, Virginia accent and all, until he turned it down. He would later take the role in ''Gods and Generals''. Creator/AlbertFinney and Creator/GeorgeCScott were also offered to play Lee until Creator/MartinSheen signed on a sudden last-minute deal.
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** The role of General Lee was at one time slated for Creator/WilliamHurt, who bailed on the project when [=PolyGram=] went broke. Creator/TommyLeeJones was approached, but could not take it because his schedule was filled. Creator/RobertDuvall was the next most likely candidate, having approached the producers and done research on the role, Virginia accent and all, until he turned it down.down (and/or had scheduling conflicts). He would later take the role in ''Gods and Generals''. Creator/AlbertFinney and Creator/GeorgeCScott were also offered to play Lee until Creator/MartinSheen signed on a sudden last-minute deal.
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* OnSetInjury: During filming of the battle scenes on Little Round Top, Bradley Egen, an extra playing a Union soldier, was unintentionally struck in the head by the butt of a musket and suffered a mild concussion.
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** During filming of the battle scenes on Little Round Top, Bradley Egen, an extra playing a Union soldier, was unintentionally struck in the head by the butt of a musket and suffered a mildconcussion.concussion.
** Tragically, a Confederate re-enactor named David "Bear" Jackson suffered a heart attack during the filming of Pickett's Charge and passed away several days later. The production held a memorial service for him with a 21-gun salute from the other re-enactors.
** During filming of the battle scenes on Little Round Top, Bradley Egen, an extra playing a Union soldier, was unintentionally struck in the head by the butt of a musket and suffered a mild
** Tragically, a Confederate re-enactor named David "Bear" Jackson suffered a heart attack during the filming of Pickett's Charge and passed away several days later. The production held a memorial service for him with a 21-gun salute from the other re-enactors.
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* OnSetInjury: During filming of the battle scenes on Little Round Top, Bradley Egen, an extra playing a Union soldier, was unintentionally struck in the head by the butt of a musket and suffered a mild concussion.
