Gene Hackman was considered for the role of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. When he turned it down the role went to Jon Voight.
Adrien Brody was considered for a role.
Ashton Kutcher lost the role of Danny Walker to Josh Hartnett.
The producers originally hoped to cast Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Gwyneth Paltrow together in the lead roles. However, Damon and Paltrow could not commit to the movie due to scheduling conflicts.
Charlize Theron turned down the female lead to star in Sweet November (2001).
'Marsden, James' and James Caviezel were considered for the role of Rafe McCawley.
The script was originally called "Tennessee", and was sold to Disney for approximately $2 million.
Before shooting began in Pearl Harbor, a Hawaiian priest blessed the crew - a practice recommended by local custom for film crews shooting in Hawaii.
Alec Baldwin spent time in flight simulators at Fort Rucker, Alabama to prepare for his role.
To simulate the USS Oklahoma capsizing, crews constructed the world's largest gimbal.
Women's feet were smaller in the 1940s, so costume houses from New York City to Italy were enlisted to produce period shoes in sizes 10 and 11.
It took eight weeks for crews to build the USS Oklahoma. During the capsizing sequence, there were 150 men hanging on or falling off.
The USS Missouri (BB63) portrays the USS West Virginia.
The USS Missouri was used as several of the Battleships during filming, by simply changing the life preservers with the ship's names.
Scenes of Tennessee farmland were shot an hour outside Los Angeles in Somis, California. For the look of Tennessee, corn was planted five months prior to shooting.
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