- California Doubling: Although the story is set in the Appalachians in West Virginia and Kentucky, the miniseries was shot in Romania, just outside Brașov with the Carpathians standing in for the Appalachians.
- Career Resurrection: For Kevin Costner. The one-two punch of Waterworld and especially The Postman had knocked him off the A-list in the late '90s, and he spent over a decade in little-seen films before starring in this series, a move that won him an Emmy and put him back in the spotlight.
- Cast the Runner-Up: Kevin Costner considered playing either Jim Vance or "Bad" Frank Phillips.I thought about playing Jim Vance, loved that role....I liked "Bad" Frank but it made more sense for me to play Devil Anse Hatfield. I had to put my producer’s hat: What was the right place for me to be? Not: How can I surprise people...Devil Ansemade the most sense and, I got involved in this as any role I ever had.
- Dawson Casting:
- Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield was 22 and Randell McCoy was in his 30s when the war broke out, much younger than Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton, respectively, were when filming.
- Despite playing his younger brother, Boyd Holbrook is actually three years older than Matt Barr.
- Directed By Castmember: Kevin Costner directed some scenes himself to help speed the schedule along, having a longtime working relationship with series director Kevin Reynolds
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