History Trivia / CopLand

* DeletedRole: [[Music/{{Blondie}} Debbie Harry]] acted in the movie but was edited out in the final cut. She explained on a live television special that although she was cut, she still got paid.

* StarDerailingRole: Subverted for Creator/SylvesterStallone. While the film posted solid box-office takings, got good reviews, and Stallone received positive critical notices for his performance as a demure small-town sheriff, in 2008 the actor stated on ''The Opie and Anthony Show'' that the film "hurt" his career and that he had trouble getting roles for eight years, due to the film's failure to reach the high expectations set for it and the mix of views on whether he was leaving action movies for more character-driven content. Stallone has described this as "the beginning of the end, for about eight years". In a 2019 interview he called Creator/JamesMangold "the best director I ever worked with" but said the film was bad for his career: "I loved the film, but it actually worked in reverse. It was pretty good critically, but the fact that it didn’t do a lot of box office, again it fomented the opinion that I had my moment and was going the way of the dodo bird and the Tasmanian tiger."

* StarDerailingRole: While the film posted solid box-office takings, got good reviews, and Creator/SylvesterStallone received positive critical notices for his performance as a demure small-town sheriff, in 2008 the actor stated on ''The Opie and Anthony Show'' that the film "hurt" his career and that he had trouble getting roles for eight years, due to the film's failure to reach the high expectations set for it and the mix of views on whether he was leaving action movies for more character-driven content. Stallone has described this as "the beginning of the end, for about eight years". In a 2019 interview Stallone called Creator/JamesMangold "the best director I ever worked with" but said the film was bad for his career: "I loved the film, but it actually worked in reverse. It was pretty good critically, but the fact that it didn’t do a lot of box office, again it fomented the opinion that I had my moment and was going the way of the dodo bird and the Tasmanian tiger."

* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/SylvesterStallone lost much of his musculature and gained a lot of blubber for the role as the small town sheriff. He gained the necessary weight for the role by eating a steady diet of giant pancakes served at a local pancake house.

* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/SylvesterStallone lost much of his musculature and gained a lot of blubber for the role as the small town sheriff.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/TomCruise, Creator/TomHanks and Creator/JohnTravolta were considered for Sheriff Freddy Heflin.

* DeletedRole: Debbie Harry acted in the movie but was edited out in the final cut. She explained on a live television special that although she was cut, she still got paid.

* DoingItForTheArt: A big deal was made in the press about Stallone working for scale in this movie. The fact that he had just been paid $20 million to star in ''Film/JudgeDredd'' probably made this decision easier.
* DyeingForYourArt: Stallone lost much of his musculature and gained a lot of blubber for the role as the small town sheriff.
* PlayingAgainstType: Stallone convincingly plays a conflicted sheriff with emotional depth, and even has a different physique in this film than that for which he is known.
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Edie Falco, who many probably recognize now as either Carmella or Nurse Jackie.
** John Spencer always seemed to be somewhere in the background of plots involving law enforcement or the military before gaining greater recognition for his work on ''Series/TheWestWing''.
** The PDA president's aide is [[Series/TheWire Assistant Commissioner Rawls]].
** Half the supporting cast of ''Series/TheSopranos'' show up in bit parts. Paulie Walnuts is a mob boss, Phil Leotardo is the president of the patrolman's union, Gloria Trillo is Freddie's high school crush, Carlo Gervasi and Artie Bucco are cops, Beansie Gaeta is a carnival game operator, and Agent Cubitoso is the Mayor of New York.

* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Guy/Girl!]]: [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay The T-1000]] is Ray's right-hand man.

** John Spencer always seems to be somewhere in the background of plots involving law enforcement or the military.

* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Guy/Girl!]]: [[{{Terminator}} The T-1000]] is Ray's right-hand man.

* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Guy/Girl!]]:

** [[{{Terminator}} The T-1000]] is Ray's right-hand man.

** John Spencer always seems to be somewhere in the background of plots involving law enforcement or the military.